Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] depends on the " in BNC.

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1 But if holism is true and the meaning of each sentence depends on the meanings of others , how did we do it ?
2 Each cell depends on the ability of others to differentiate and so specialize .
3 Tragedy 's specific effect depends on the interaction of its two components , the Apolline drama and the Dionysiac music .
4 This interaction depends on the extensive twist introduced in these strands by conserved β- bulges .
5 Since the total phase resistance is 20 ohms : Freewheeling resistance = 20 ohms The power rating of this freewheeling resistance depends on the operating speed of the motor .
6 Success or failure of this experiment depends on the basic human ability to impose a delay between the stimulus and the response .
7 Generally , whether computer records fall under this rule depends on the information contained within the record and the purpose for using such information as evidence .
8 The accelerator is such that induced investment depends on the difference between national income in the last period and national income in the period before that .
9 The size of hole necessary for a soakaway of this type depends on the water table and the permeability of the soil and is something the local Building Control Officer will advise on : usually a hole about 2m deep and 1.2m square is sufficient .
10 This device depends on the existence of institutions which can actually adjudicate on and , one hopes , resolve disputes in a relatively impartial way on the basis of impartial rules whose decisions are binding on the parties in question .
11 The precise resolution shown in this behaviour depends on the delay unit .
12 Since a wide variety of people of different personalities are capable of doing the same job , the efficiency of this organisation depends on the structuring of jobs and the design of communications and formal relationships , rather than on individual personalities .
13 The above discussion has shown that an intercommodity spread requires the choice of a spread ratio , and that the choice of this ratio depends on the purpose of the spread .
14 This gradient depends on the sodium pump , Na + , K + ATPase , which is present on the basolateral membrane of all gastrointestinal epithelial cells and extrudes 3 Ma + ions in exchange for 2 K + ions , thus maintaining a low intracellular [ Na + ] , high intracellular [ K + ] , and negative intracellular potential .
15 Sexual selection depends on the success of certain individuals over others of the same sex in relation to the propagation of the species ; whilst natural selection depends on the success of both sexes , at all ages , in relation to the general conditions of life .
16 Darwin 's argument emphasized that sexual selection depends on the ‘ success of certain individuals over others of the same sex in relation to the propagation of the species ’ .
17 This code depends on the type of lenses you need and also decides the maximum amount of help the voucher can give you .
18 Part of this signal depends on the synaptic activation of NMDA receptors and reflects , at least in part , Ca 2+ entry through NMDA channels and voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels .
19 The effectiveness of this method depends on the rate of reaction between the odorant and the ozone and is not suitable therefore for odour abatement where the rate of reaction is too slow .
20 For the outcome of this role depends on the multiplicity of local social processes which influence the activities of the local state , but which are inaccessible to the centre .
21 However , this suggestion depends on the assumption that prostacyclin is continually produced by arterial wall to prevent platelet aggregation .
22 The future of British Coal depends on the results of the next general election in a few months ' time , and I do not think that any hon. Member or the Minister would refute that .
23 Thus , the time taken to identify a /t/ will be directly related to the time taken to identify the word in which it occurs ; and , as we have seen , this time depends on the word 's recognition point .
24 The idea that society is entitled to take whatever steps may be considered necessary to ensure that companies serve the public interest depends on the theory that the only basis on which companies can be allowed to possess power , which effectively means the only basis on which large companies can be allowed to exist , is that they produce consequences beneficial to society .
25 Hardcastle and Mann showed that propagation depends on the integrity of the enteric nervous system , but the role of the extrinsic nerves has not been assessed .
26 Whatever action can be taken against censorship at an institutional or individual level depends on the firmness and strength of the profession 's stated position , and that requires an examination of views , role and actions of the professional association , namely the Library Association , in response to censorship .
27 ( c ) The degree of personal responsibility depends on the circumstances .
28 His future freedom depends on the political will to act ; the political will to act depends on public pressure ; yet there 's still a strange and deeply distasteful , unsympathetic undercurrent .
29 This entire case depends on the assumption that the trust to set up a building in the town will be enforced in specie , The plea that payment should be allowed instead is ignored : the town has a greater interest in acquiring a ready-made building than in constructing or commissioning one itself .
30 Thus , the ‘ dark figure ’ of unrecorded crime depends on the sort of offences that are considered , and if different groups of offence categories are examined , different ratios will be found .
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