Example sentences of "depends [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since , as will be argued below , the risk premium depends of the value of beta , an analysis of the risk premium for commodity futures would not be a good guide for index futures .
2 The way in which programmes of modules are constructed depends of the needs of the students .
3 The survival or otherwise of a threatened species depends in the end on the will and determination of the country concerned .
4 Erm it perhaps does n't strike us as being very revolutionary but of course it depends from the context that you 're in erm to perhaps some of the absolute rulers of er of er perhaps , this was revolutionary .
5 The term ‘ pendentive ’ is to some extent a misnomer since it appears to define a form which depends from the dome instead of , as it does , supporting it .
6 A moment 's reflection shows how much the confidence of the adolescent in the learning process depends upon the possibility of success , and enough of it to give " reinforcement " .
7 Yet it may also be the case that some difficult aspects of ‘ bargaining politics ’ are involved where policy success depends upon the response of other organizations .
8 The nature and quantity of protein adsorbed depends upon the fluid in question , and varies according to the type of surface .
9 By their prudent use , an accurate R.I.A.A. network is assured but the precise design depends upon the circuit as a whole in which it is to be used and particularly upon the impedances associated with it .
10 Simple physical absorption requires large quantities of water and its effectiveness depends upon the solubility of the odorous compound(s) , which in turn depends , not only on the absorption co-efficient of the system concerned but on the surface area for gas/liquids interaction and the gas-phase driving force .
11 The existence of money is essential to the modern system of production which depends upon the granting of credit to those who undertake the manufacture of goods in anticipation of sales .
12 The nature of the limitations to be imposed on a government , and therefore the degree to which a Constitution will be supreme over a government , depends upon the objects which the framers of the Constitution wish to safeguard .
13 My reply was a relatively feeble but an entirely sincere one : ‘ There are some occupations and activities , ’ I said to them , ‘ where the extent of the benefits you receive depends upon the goodwill of the people you are serving . ’
14 I start with the view that the final responsibility for the future of the company depends upon the board as a whole , and therefore the direction in which the company is to be led is the unique responsibility of that board .
15 Access to public transport depends upon the cost and availability of services , particularly in rural areas .
16 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 .
17 The location of this junction depends upon the alignment adopted for the Millerhill Section of the Outer City Bypass .
18 The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often .
19 The speed of breakdown depends upon the composition of the wastes , the availability of air and moisture , temperature , and the presence of the right soil fauna and flora .
20 The extent to which this hope is fulfilled depends upon the land potential , and , within that limit , on management .
21 to bringing the claim , if it is pursued , the claim maybe good , it maybe bad and it depends upon the circumstances of the underline agreement , that 's one example where something maybe good or it maybe bad , it 's like an intellectual property ride , depending on how you exercise the right , it maybe good or it maybe bad , if you use it to block parallel imports or for some anti competitive purpose then it may be bad , erm it , it 's not necessarily the case that if you have a clause in the contract it is always in every circumstance bad , where the clause itself allows the undertaking concerned , to exercise it in a particular way , now , erm so so that as a matter of principal not all clauses could be automatically said in a standard form contract to be good or bad and it may depend upon how they are to exercise in a particular way , what we have said is the , the , erm , the provision in on , on the , the unfettable authority , er , erm and powers of the agent , erm is void it would depend upon the facts of each individual case whether or not every other restriction as your Lordships seen again only through and the cases they side , erm that other provisions in a standard form contract may on the facts be had , it depends upon the significance of the particular clause in the circumstances , my Lord in , in answer to your Lordships question , I do n't think it necessary follows that every clause is bad , but we do say it depends upon the facts and we have pleaded that not all loss might be erm defensible against .
22 The quality of learning depends upon the measure of our response and of our commitments .
23 What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children .
24 If retrieval of the CS-US association depends upon the presence of the cues of the conditioning context whereas the cues of the pre-exposure context allow retrieval of the information that the target stimulus is not followed by any event , then no conditioned responding can be expected when the CS is presented in the latter context .
25 But whether a reckless driver hits a pedestrian depends upon the presence of the pedestrian at the point where he recklessly passes a red light .
26 In both plants and animals the movement of gametes depends upon the presence of water .
27 This method is as subjective as the clinical indices and depends upon the presence of normal spleen , liver , and bone marrow .
28 The process of categorization is subjective : it depends upon the opinions of the observer .
29 Sooner or later therefore the goodness of personal affection depends upon the existence of someone 's appreciation of some object 's beauty .
30 If all social life depends upon the existence of some son of culture , common sense and practical knowledge , then , accordingly , social representations will be found in all social contexts .
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