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

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1 Bagehot 's magic depends upon the fact that the common man or woman remains just that ; he or she can not , except by the most exceptional marriage , become part of the royal family .
2 One such example given is Polynesia , and the evidence depends on the fact that in Polynesian kinship terminology , only differences of generation and sex are recognized , so that all males of the generation directly preceding one 's own are referred to by one and the same word , which was glossed by Morgan as ‘ father ’ ; similarly , all females of this same generation are referred to one term , which can be glossed as ‘ mother ’ .
3 They are free to be energetic and enterprising ; they are equally free to be lethargic and dilatory ; the self-respect of the voluntary group depends on the fact that any success it has is due to its own efforts .
4 The difference between the groups shown in Fig. 5.8 has been called a differential outcomes effect because the superior performance of the correlated group depends on the fact that the outcome of a correct response is reliably different for the two trial types ( tone trials and clicker trials ) .
5 The explanation for this result offered by mediation theory depends on the fact that the initial phase of discrimination training establishes links between both A and B and a common associate ( X in Table 5.1 ) , and between C and a different associate ( Y ) .
6 The interpretation depends on the fact that trusts could be set up without addressing the trustee directly .
7 The advantage of the SAM over optical equipment for the same purpose , he says , depends on the fact that coal is black , and absorbs most of the light you point at it .
8 Various explanations have been offered as to how they function but attachment probably depends on the fact that the structures concerned are covered with tubular tenent hairs , the apices of which are moistened by a glandular secretion ( Fig. 23 ) .
9 It depends on the fact that standard effects are events which in the most fundamental sense can be explained .
10 As the research agency Millward Brown has pointed out , a lot of ‘ successful ’ advertising depends on the fact that it provides ‘ new ’ information .
11 It says that if an ALT can SKIP to a second ALT , which in turn can SKIP to P , then all other options in these ALTs are in exactly the same position : they might be offered , or might be ignored in favour of P. ( 2.12 ) unc The final law depends on the fact that we are only interested in minimal acceptance sets .
12 And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks .
13 To me the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good .
14 To me , the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good .
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