Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 This looks as if the intervention is effective but it may be that the child is just responding to rewards rather than learning new behaviour .
32 From the maps of the spread of the behaviour ( Figure 3.12 ) it looks as if the habit was invented independently more than once .
33 The poet writes as if the train were a woman to give it a more human and emotional element and to allow the reader to be involved with the journey on a deeper level than would be necessary if it were a simple poem taken from an objective rather than a personal view .
34 She has to if the money ai n't arrived .
35 As indeed it has to if the action potential is to occur .
36 The choice usually ( but by no means always ) corresponds to whether the theorist concerned was a physiological psychologist , non-physiological psychologist or sociologist , respectively — which in turn tends to be associated with the causes being located in the biology , psyche or values of the individual .
37 The effect of section 6 depends upon whether the buyer was ‘ dealing as a consumer . ’
38 Where delivery is made in instalments , the extent of the unpaid seller 's lien depends upon whether the contract is severable .
39 This depends upon whether the Appeal Committee decides that it will have to adjourn the hearing and carry on with it later because some new and important information has been produced , or because the Committee want you or the Council to give it more information .
40 For an individual , the demoralising effect that it can have clearly depends upon whether the period of unemployment is short-term or long-term .
41 ( In the Penn country one can tell who is anyone — it depends on whether a woman kisses Lady Curzon or not . )
42 The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot , flood or an ordinary bulb .
43 The nature of the infringement depends on whether the invention is a product ( for example , a new type of computer printer ) or a process ( for example , a new method of making integrated circuits ) .
44 The fee charged depends on whether the election is a matinée or an evening poll , and dress is optional .
45 Furthermore , the Order gives no freedom to change from one class to another ; whether such a change constitutes development depends on whether the change is ‘ material ’ .
46 How the header is created , and when , depends on whether the software is new or already exists .
47 That theory , and its antithesis , the contract theory , share a common assumption that whether or not society has a right to demand that companies serve the public interest depends on whether the state can be depicted as playing some special role in corporate existence , different in kind from its role in sustaining unincorporated businesses .
48 wa was straight from Picasse but Picasse do n't necessarily send out just depends on whether the poly 's send out to them as well .
49 Thus the effect on the input impedance depends on whether the feedback is series or parallel-inserted while the effect on the output impedance depends on whether the feedback is series or parallel-derived .
50 Thus the effect on the input impedance depends on whether the feedback is series or parallel-inserted while the effect on the output impedance depends on whether the feedback is series or parallel-derived .
51 This observation has led to the suggestion that whether a passive margin is volcanic or non-volcanic depends on whether the site of rifting happens to coincide with the location of a mantle plume and its associated hot spot .
52 The position now depends on whether the period of exclusion which has been ordered is permanent , indefinite or fixed term .
53 Whether the before-tax competitive share of labour is increased or decreased depends on whether the elasticity of substitution between capital and labour is greater or less than unity .
54 In so far as the approach to a new transaction has not been covered by the general comments made above , much depends on whether the conveyancer is acting for a seller or a buyer .
55 The organisational structure most conducive to high performance depends on whether the environment is stable and simple , or changing and complex .
56 Reference to the appropriate data track The timing here depends on whether the record in question is stored on a prime or an overflow track .
57 Much depends on whether the employer sees the degree as a screening for general ability , a broad foundation of knowledge and skills for a particular occupation , or as turning out a finished product which he can employ without incurring further substantial training costs .
58 The direction of the correction depends on whether the demand elasticity , , is greater or less than the elasticity of factor substitution in the corporate sector .
59 Large well-run estates confiscated by Paulus could well have passed into imperial hands and continued to be managed for profit , but it depends on whether the Emperor needed capital more than income .
60 Whether this is a real practical difficulty depends on whether the desire to save face would not anyway have this effect of encouraging the same decision to be made again , even if there were no risk of a damages award .
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