Example sentences of "this [vb -s] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This plays upon the naturally alienistic attitudes of hearing parents who desperately want their deaf children to speak because of parental fear of physical expression and the implications of having to express themselves in a predominantly physical mode in order to achieve basic communication . |
| 2 | Surely this depends upon the traffic conditions and the difficulty of the route . |
| 3 | Whether we can do this depends upon the degree to which social conscience becomes the driving force in a national life . |
| 4 | Usually , much of this depends upon the woman or women who live there . |
| 5 | I have n't given details of steaming or pressing as this depends upon the yarns you have used , but do n't overdo it ! |
| 6 | That is , the woman 's experience of rape was deemed irrelevant to the question as to whether she was legally raped , since this depends upon the man 's state of mind . |
| 7 | This depends upon the context of the claim ; there is no single definition that can be used to identify third parties for all purposes . |
| 8 | Once words are grouped together in sentences , however , a range of ideas are conveyed , and this depends upon the combinations and juxtapositions of those words . |
| 9 | Farmers may be able to pass on low prices in the form of low wages but this depends upon the conditions prevailing in the labour market in their area . |
| 10 | This depends upon the material of the carpet , the nature of the substance spilt on it and how long the substance has been on the carpet without being treated . |
| 11 | This calls upon the car 's structure to dissipate an extra 34% of impact energy and represents a much more realistic test . |
| 12 | This relies upon the responses to interviews and questionnaires of managers of UK multinationals with foreign R&D facilities , and of managers of foreign firms which have invested in R&D in the UK . |
| 13 | The burden of proof of this rests upon the occupier , though in some cases the matter speaks for itself : |
| 14 | This focuses upon the subject matter of the treaty , its scope , object and purpose , rather than upon the identity of its parties . |