Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the region 's strangest townlets sits on those marshes : Brouage . |
| 2 | Even in such a large tank the number of Cichlids depends on territorial requirements , rather than surface area or swimming space . |
| 3 | Local Management of Schools rests on three principles : equal funding , freedom of choice and economy ; it rests on the hypothesis that the quality of education will rise if : |
| 4 | But sustainability in such arid circumstances depends on sustainable populations which do not exceed the resources . |
| 5 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 6 | The KPMG survey of Information for Strategic Management ( 1990 ) shows that information provided to directors and senior executives of Times Top 1000 companies concentrates on financial indicators and only compares performance against internal self-determined indicators . |
| 7 | Conversely , the flexibility of partnership management in so far as it is free from the formalities of meetings and public notification of decisions may be more attractive than the requirements of the Companies Acts on these issues . |
| 8 | The difference between the two factions touches on basic questions of the National Front 's ideology . |
| 9 | The creation of needs depends on multi-layered structures and dynamics connecting individual characteristics of the consumer with processes operating at the societal level . |
| 10 | The legacy of differentiated status for the academic , utilitarian and pedagogic traditions draws on tripartite patterns of educational organization . |
| 11 | Since the justification of the binding force of authoritative directives rests on dependent reasons , the reasons on which they depend are ( to the extent that the directives are regarded simply as authoritative ) replaced rather than added to by those directives . |
| 12 | The introduction of charges reneges on ministerial assurances given during the passage of the 1986 Agriculture Act that the conservation service would not be cut back and would remain free . |
| 13 | In summary , pain-related behaviours in animals and in humans may be triggered by injury , but the intensity and latency of these behaviours depends on many circumstances other than injury . |
| 14 | The transmission of the majority of the homilies depends on Latin translations by Rufinus and Jerome . |
| 15 | The DES 's case for insisting upon more attention to be paid to subject competence in the training and deployment of teachers rests on two kinds of evidence , both of which are somewhat insubstantial . |
| 16 | The significance given to explanations in terms of natural causes depends on higher-level assumptions embedded in a broader cultural framework . |
| 17 | Overseas , too , Save the Children concentrates on long-term benefits for whole communities . |
| 18 | 16 : Unrest at closures grows on Tory backbenches . |