Example sentences of "depend on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports indicated that further relief from the United States , the European Communities ( EC ) and other donors would depend on discernable improvements in human rights ; reports in April and November from the international human rights organizations Amnesty International and Africa Watch stated that the RCC had detained hundreds of political opponents , many of whom had been tortured and executed [ see also pp. 37114 ; 37367-68 ; 37845 ] . |
| 2 | For the visual computations algorithmically defined by Ullman do not depend on high-level processes capable of identifying ( recognizing ) objects as members of a specific class : the system does not need to know that an object is a fish , or even that it has the 3-D shape that it has , in order to know that it is an object . |
| 3 | Much of that kind of support , though , will obviously depend on greater opportunities being created for teachers to share and witness the success of what their colleagues do . |
| 4 | Their method of searching does not depend on pre-determined descriptors . |
| 5 | Though competition between individuals or populations , leading to the selection of one and the demise of the other , may well fine-tune the course of evolution , the mass replacement of one dominant life-form by another may depend on environmental factors or chance events that lead to the disappearance of the first before the second can begin to radiate . |
| 6 | Objections such as these are difficulties rather than fundamental flaws in the method , although , since the statistical methods devised to cope with them will depend on certain assumptions ( for instance , a 2 per cent per annum erosion rate ) , the effect will be to reduce the degree of accuracy which can realistically be anticipated . |
| 7 | Further institutional integration would depend on political circumstances , and the aim was for the Krajina Assembly 's mandate to be endorsed by the Serbian Assembly . |
| 8 | Whether the councillor will press his claim to disclosure will depend on political factors ( for example , in councils which regularly change political complexion it is much easier for an opposition party councillor to get information than in one which is solidly of one political complexion ) . |
| 9 | This subtle strategy would depend on other judges following the new rule when murderers appeared before them claiming inheritances , rather than themselves deciding whether the murderer would spend the money more usefully than the residuary legatees . |
| 10 | The risk of catching the infection will obviously increase with the number of times intercourse takes place and will also depend on other factors , such as the sites that are infected and whether barrier contraceptives such as the condom are used . |
| 11 | Whether he develops it , and in what tissue , must depend on other factors — such as exposure to chemical carcinogens , for example in food or cigarette smoke . |
| 12 | Even if the essence of originality lies in certain modes of psychotic thought , the ability to harness this in effective creative work — and by the same token the capacity to resist the psychopathology which it implies — must depend on other factors being present . |
| 13 | A coast on which the wave energy is low , though here again how low will depend on other factors such as sediment supply and tidal range . |
| 14 | While there is no doubt that ROM can cause oxidative DNA damage leading to base changes , strand breaks , and enhanced expression of proto-oncogenes , and that oxidative stress can induce malignant transformation in cell culture , the relation between these observations and the development of malignancy in vivo is more complex and will depend on other factors such as the rate of damage , antioxidant defences , DNA repair mechanisms , and the necessity for multiple steps ( initiation , promotion , and progression ) . |
| 15 | Much will depend on other variables . |
| 16 | ( ii ) It can depend on internal decisions by the process that are nondeterministic and invisible to the environment . |
| 17 | On his return on Jan. 5 Botha referred to contacts with other ( unnamed ) Eastern European countries , but said that the establishment of diplomatic relations would depend on internal developments in South Africa in the coming months . |
| 18 | The result described does however depend on strong assumptions . |
| 19 | In an unprecedented move the Committee agreed to serve notice to developing countries seeking assistance that all future allocations would depend on effective cuts in military expenditure . |
| 20 | collective bargaining is not typically concluded by a contract , specifying in detail the future rights and duties of either side but by an understanding [ which ] must depend on personal relationships and customary usages . |
| 21 | Campbell 's financial return on his idea will depend on legal negotiations after his patent is published in Japan and the Mavica goes on sale . |
| 22 | Arrangements for their release were in hand but would depend on individual cases and the implications for public order . |
| 23 | The method selected will depend on individual circumstances and needs . |
| 24 | The exact amount of historical detail will again depend on individual needs . |
| 25 | They will depend on many factors including the characteristics of your business , ages of directors , and the size of their shareholdings . |
| 26 | However each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages , and the suitability for a particular situation will depend on many factors . |
| 27 | I will not attempt to predict what will happen on that front between now and the end of the century because that will depend on many factors . |
| 28 | This will depend on many things , for example : |
| 29 | States can not entirely depend on such measures , however , and must make provision for their own defence . |
| 30 | Length will depend on two factors , sentence length and the existence of periods of contrast . |