Example sentences of "[noun pl] depends [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is not the only way to decide if the relationship between two variables depends upon the value of a third .
2 Already I know all about the ‘ reality ’ that supports History 's progress : everything throughout the centuries depends on the distinction between the Selfsame , the ownself … and that which limits it : so now what menaces my-own-good … is the ‘ other ’ .
3 In one major group of cats — the Siamese — the colouring of the animals depends on the temperature in which they live .
4 The assessment of the relative " equities " of the parties depends on an understanding of the geology of the site and the engineering technicalities of extracting the oil and/or gas , and the application to that information of an agreed method of calculation .
5 In other words , the success of user education as a continuous process between each of the educational sectors depends on the success of education itself being regarded and pursued as a continuous process .
6 Whether these are presented as interesting old stories or as moralistic and relevant fables depends on the attitude of the head teacher .
7 The cost of incremental encoders depends on the number of slots on the rotating disc .
8 The value of your eventual cash sum and monthly premiums depends on the rate of inflation over the period of the Plan .
9 The exact form of the dominance relations within a group of hens depends on the size of the group .
10 The choice of stock revision subjects depends upon a number of factors , foremost among these being the importance of the different subjects to the library 's objectives .
11 Obviously the detailed nature of these checks depends on the material submitted , but we found it invaluable to look at the output from these checks before looking at the coursework itself .
12 However the construction of extra classrooms and toilets depends on the success of a new bid for funding which will decided by the next Government at the end of this year .
13 This continuous time model finds that the price of index futures depends on the volatility of returns on the index , as well as on the spot price , dividend yield , the risk-free rate of interest and the time to delivery .
14 How far debt finance reduces the capital stock inherited by future generations depends on the choice of taxes ; and the use of terms such as the ‘ burden of the debt ’ obscures the fact that debt policy is only one of a package of instruments for attaining a desirable intertemporal distribution .
15 The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often .
16 The distribution of taxes depends on the assumptions about the incidence , discussed below , and on the allocation series .
17 That does not , however , guarantee that exact colour rendition will be obtained , as the colour temperature of tungsten lamps depends on the voltage at which they are run and on the age of the lamp .
18 What hand tools you need for woodworking projects depends on the answers to two questions .
19 Indeed the long-term success of free-market policies depends on a change in public mood .
20 The implementation of sound information policies depends on the exchange of information between different elements of our overall strategic plan .
21 I have already said that the success of a Government 's defence policies depends on the conviction that those policies and their spokesmen carry in the eyes both of prospective opponents and of present friends .
22 To a point , the onus for acquiring these skills depends on the self-discipline and initiative of the trainees themselves .
23 The timing of the shifts depends on the growth of the local market , the extent of tariffs imposed and the fear on the part of one player that if he does not invest , others will and thereby capture the market .
24 The figure shows that the cost disadvantage of operating at half MES depends upon the gradient of the average cost curve .
25 The existence and scope of these duties depends upon the terms on which they are acting .
26 The next Labour Government will end GP fund holding , because we shall not tolerate a two-tier list system in which the length of time a patient waits depends on the size of the GP 's budget .
27 Whether this has serious implications for the efficiency of large companies depends on the effectiveness of other forms of control over management , and on the prior question of the intensity of non-profit motivations .
28 The actual function of the QWERTY keys when used with the Alt and Ctrl keys depends on the software being used .
29 This absorption is associated with electronic energy levels in the molecule 's chemical bonds , and the position of the absorption lines depends on the matrix material .
30 The location of rural settlements depends on a balance of considerations , ultimately on the nature of the rural economy and the system of land tenure .
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