Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also remains the case that the Cabinet , as an institution , does not rest on parliamentary authority but rather on practice developed over the centuries . |
| 2 | Selection does not depend on simple presence or absence in the cohort , but on relative goodness of fit to the sensory input . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed , lawyers and others may operate in the belief that international law is an important , though not conclusive , element of the political relationship between states , or that law has an important ‘ symbolic ’ role to play — in other words , it adds credence to the political and moral case put forward by the peace movement in a way that does not depend on international law being ‘ effective ’ . |
| 4 | The fundamental point in the appeal , however , does not depend on that issue . |
| 5 | Their method of searching does not depend on pre-determined descriptors . |
| 6 | Like Japan 's economic future , it does not depend on basic manufacturing : assembly costs account for just 5% of its sales . |
| 7 | These results suggested that in ulcerative colitis , the aberrant mucosal production of IgG1 and IgG2 does not depend on active disease , but is apparently at least partially explained by a genetic impact . |
| 8 | I 'm I 'm really mentioning th this for the record because I do n't think it er it goes to the heart of the issue since erm the the erm Richmondshire allocation does not depend on these figures , but I do want to emphasize that er doing something about the commuting problem is an issue in Richmondshire . |
| 9 | The study of litigation or arbitration does not depend on detailed study of the applications of those systems . |
| 10 | What is more , a technical standard for representing letters which uses Bézier curves does not depend on any characteristic of the machine which is doing the printing : the same set of curves can be used to drive a professional typesetter or a cheap laser-printer ( though most fonts have to include ‘ hints ’ which help coarser machines interpret the curves ) . |
| 11 | It does not depend on any description of the robot 's structure . |
| 12 | But the House of Lords has since made it clear that the scope of judicial review does not depend on any distinction between judicial and administrative functions but on whether the challenged decision affects the applicant 's rights or legitimate expectations and on arguments about the suitability and propriety of judicial review in the circumstances of the case . |
| 13 | In spite of the old-fashioned view of leaders implied in this letter , there is , in the last analysis , no other position which can be put forward which does not depend on some group of leaders claiming to be more rational in their understanding of what human societies need in order to develop peacefully . |
| 14 | A ‘ renewable energy source ’ is one which does not depend on finite reserves of either fossil or nuclear fuels . |
| 15 | Critical is the view that the event is stored and that the particular realisation of it in linguistic form is variable and does not depend on stored information of agent , recipient and so on . |
| 16 | Patterson does not comment on /a/ backing at all . |
| 17 | There is a complex interrelation of both systems and we can again distinguish different countries in which this dual function of law plays a greater or lesser role : the UK for example , without a written constitution , without a constitutional court , without a long tradition of legal science but with a multitude of extra-legal institutions and ideologies does not rely on legal ideology to the same extent as other countries , for example , West Germany and the USA . |
| 18 | It is distinguishable from power in the sense just discussed ( though the two forms may exist side by side ) in that it does not rely on any idea of direct control over others or coercion . |
| 19 | This essay is , incidentally , unusually accessible for the lay reader as it does not rely on any familiarity with the technical terminology that he developed later . |
| 20 | The reported craving for yeasty foods is far more difficult to understand , since Candida does not feed on other yeasts as it does on sugar . |
| 21 | Faith does not feed on thin air but on facts . |
| 22 | Although ascorbic acid induced haemolysis has been described , the risk seems not to be widely appreciated , and indeed ascorbic acid does not occur on many lists of drugs to be avoided in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency . |
| 23 | The labour force realises its relatively privileged position and , therefore , does not embark on serious attempts at collective bargaining . |
| 24 | Wrong ‘ Banks and industrialists who have looked into the future know it does not work on present policies . |
| 25 | The gonococcus does not flourish on ordinary shin surfaces , preferring mucous membranes and internal tissues . |
| 26 | The IGCC plant does not run on natural gas , however , but on gas made from coal in a gasifier . |
| 27 | Berkeley does not elaborate on this second point , but presumably is gesturing towards the difference between actually experiencing something , such as heat , and remembering or anticipating it . |
| 28 | And , of course , if an action in tort or contract against a public authority does not turn on any issue of public law , it need not be brought under Ord. 53 . |
| 29 | We believe that people should have the choice and the choice and the rights that most people want is for their children to be educated in schools without water dripping down the walls , where the ceiling does n't fall in , that does n't rely on temporary classes . |
| 30 | The beauty of renewable energy is that it does n't rely on one source only , such as wind or solar , but on a whole range of different sources . |