Example sentences of "[vb -s] on the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of whether someone has suffered special damage or not depends on the facts of the particular case , and so is very much in the discretion of the court . |
| 2 | In this particular area , so much depends on the facts , eg , the nature of the offence , the nature of the job , the type of penalty , previous convictions , etc , and the Tribunal 's discretion should not be limited . |
| 3 | The Act also says that what is reasonable is a question of fact ; that is , it depends on the facts of the case . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | The interpretation depends on the fact that trusts could be set up without addressing the trustee directly . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | It depends on the fact that standard effects are events which in the most fundamental sense can be explained . |
| 12 | As the research agency Millward Brown has pointed out , a lot of ‘ successful ’ advertising depends on the fact that it provides ‘ new ’ information . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | To me the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good . |
| 16 | To me , the justification really depends on the fact that I view Shakespeare as a terminal good . |
| 17 | The technical term is one which concentrates on the fact that any form of ranking constitutes a hierarchy . |
| 18 | When the hon. Gentleman reflects on the fact that 97 per cent . |
| 19 | Here the problem rests on the fact that for orthodox Marxism there can be only one ‘ other ’ , that of the working class , into which all other oppressed groups , so-called ‘ minorities ’ , must in the last instance be subsumed . |
| 20 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |
| 21 | FoE 's case rests on the fact that levels are above the standards laid down by the European Commission . |
| 22 | The system of course relies on the fact that large boats and ships will be using active radar systems , not passive systems like Watchman 's . |
| 23 | A pattern recogniser working on some form of segmentation relies on the fact that the input script contains all the necessary characters correctly formed . |
| 24 | Marr and his colleagues have come up with a simpler explanation which relies on the fact that there are two classes of ganglion cells , on-centre and off-centre . |
| 25 | It relies on the fact that trees grow annual rings , and that in some trees the thickness of these rings is subject to seasonal variation ; when a tree is felled , a pattern of annual rings of varying thickness can be seen . |
| 26 | The second method for generating speech relies on the fact that the human ear and brain are very good at filling in gaps . |
| 27 | In essence this technique relies on the fact that in a dilute suspension , particles settle through a column of water at velocities which are dependent upon their size . |
| 28 | The method that has been used to store the bigram and trigram matrices relies on the fact that if no value for a trigram transition is available then the system backs off to the bigram value . |
| 29 | The difference turns on the fact that his view is empiricist , whereas theirs very definitely is not . |
| 30 | Anderson himself , in scene five , remarks on the fact that language allows him to 'show off a bit " ( p. 63 ) but this comment occurs in the context of his longest turn , which is the most obvious example of him violating the maxim of manner . |