Example sentences of "[vb base] for [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of it has come from work with animals , for here it is possible to arrange particular experiences at particular ages and subsequently test for their effect on the behaviour of mature animals . |
| 2 | Market research firms , government research agencies , academic research units and many other organizations which carry out survey interviews depend for their success on the voluntary help given to them by members of the general public . |
| 3 | Whatever the partnership , such schemes depend for their success on the wholehearted support of staff , governors , parents and pupils . |
| 4 | Moreover , Arabic tends to use a relatively small number of conjunctions , each of which has a wide range of meanings which depend for their interpretation on the context , thus relying heavily on the reader 's ability to infer relationships which are only vaguely alluded to by the writer . |
| 5 | Both plot and character depend for their effect on the theme of honour which underpins the two books . |
| 6 | They have the opposite effect : they draw or call a horse towards the horseman ; but they , too , depend for their effect on the horse 's keen sense of smell . |
| 7 | Christine Brooke-Rose 's growing interest in structuralist linguistics is evident in her novels of the 1960s in the use of creative juxtaposition and other devices which depend for their effect on the relations between elements rather than on the elements ‘ as such ’ . |
| 8 | Fiduciary duties depend for their enforcement on the shareholders taking action against the wrongdoing corporate managers . |
| 9 | The kinds of measure governments can adopt to combat the problem of allocative inefficiency due to imperfect competition depend for their efficacy on the reasons for the lack of competition . |
| 10 | We believe that the homoeopathic remedies are an information system and , as such , depend for their action on the quality of the remedy rather than on its quantity . |
| 11 | Look for my name on the door . ’ |
| 12 | Employ a single centralized motif — usually a medallion — and rely for their success on the balance between the focal motif and the surrounding design . |
| 13 | Indeed , as we shall see , Chinese walls rely for their effectiveness on the extent to which contractual arrangements are effective . |
| 14 | Territories here are seen as action-facilitating in the sense that many of the patterns of action we have observed rely for their appropriateness on the fully defined context in which they take place . |
| 15 | Ask for our brochure on the Wykeham Treescape . |
| 16 | ‘ Come for your turn on the gridiron , Auguste ? ’ |
| 17 | We pray for your blessing on the work of the hospices ; we ask you to guide all those who administer them ; to give wisdom to those who work as counsellors of patients and their families ; to encourage the volunteers who support families ; to grant patience and gentleness to those who nurse the sick and dying . |