Example sentences of "system [verb] on the " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , writers such as Poulantzas ( e.g. 1978 ) pointed out that the state was not just called upon to meet the needs of capitalist accumulation ; in a class-divided society the long term stability of the system depended on the state 's being able to act as a force of cohesion and stand as a ‘ symbol of legitimacy ’ for all sections of society .
2 This prompt response to political crisis reflects the fact that the progress of grants through the system relied on the initiative of the recipients , who must have realized that grants from Edward V would shortly become worthless .
3 This prompt response to political crisis reflects the fact that the progress of grants through the system relied on the initiative of the recipients , who must have realized that grants from Edward V would shortly become worthless .
4 Very roughly , Fodor argued that this kind of blanket objection to representational theories of mind does not work against the mental-sentence kind of theory for the simple reason that we know just what it would be like for a system to work on the mental-sentence principle .
5 The complexity of the system depends on the number of permutations of hose length available .
6 More generally , the effectiveness of the production system depends on the way the social system is adjusted to the technical requirements ( Emery and Trist , 1960 ) .
7 The dynamical behaviour of the system depends on the parameter b ; the discrete nature of the possible pay-off totals means that there will be a series of discrete transition-values of b that lead from one dynamical regime to another .
8 The success of the system depends on the student .
9 Unlike a simple bank reference where the significance and use of the information provided is fairly obvious , the advice obtained from an expert system depends on the interaction between the system and its user .
10 Implementing the satellite system depends on the coil coating companies — there are about 15 major players in Europe — reviewing the way in which they work with paint suppliers .
11 I want to consider how far we can use descriptions of the Belfast and Hiberno-English vowel system to reflect on the past — specifically on aspects of the Early ModE vowel system .
12 For example , a classificatory system imposed on the material divides it into abstract categories ( e.g. into a chronology on the basis of definable periods ; or into a typology , or system of sorting on the basis of formal likeness and difference ) .
13 Four potentially explosive matters need to be agreed : ( a ) a common system to apply on the retirement or death of a partner to secure the acquisition of such partner 's share in the firm , ie automatic accruer , option to purchase etc ; ( b ) how such share is to be valued , ie with or without goodwill , capital profits etc ; ( c ) the capital share of each partner in the new firm ; ( d ) the initial profit sharing ratio and the basis upon which it may be changed .
14 In a system modelled on the English public school tradition , Oxbridge trained masters educated pupils in the classics , sport and the study of European history and literature .
15 Now that Sinclair has perfected the newer type of membrane system used on the QL it would be interesting to speculate on which of the add-on companies is going to be the first to offer replacements for this !
16 This is a requirement of the development system used on the VAX 750 .
17 Another major way in which the social security system discriminates on the grounds of age is in its failure to acknowledge disability among older people .
18 A statutory system based on the SIB is beginning to look a distinct possibility for the 1990s .
19 In the south-east of Scotland ( 11 ) a system based on the annual rotation of sheep , hay and cattle or simply alternating cattle and sheep each year to provide ‘ clean ‘ grass has demonstrated impressive increases in production .
20 In the end , the school tends to provide a value system based on the ability to pass exams .
21 He criticized in particular what he saw as the fundamental flaw in a system based on the pursuit of points : that a team was given a point before it even kicked a ball .
22 MK Electric 's Response is a more sophisticated ‘ answer-back ’ system based on the same technology .
23 Metering has been on trial in England and Wales for the past two years , to assess whether it is a serious option as a basis for domestic charges from the year 2000 — when the present charging system based on the rateable value of your house is due to be scrapped .
24 But this last resort of defeated men marks the transition from a system based on the traditions of the local community to reliance on legal and administrative procedures based on written records .
25 Nikko Systems Center , subsidiary of Nikko Securities Ltd , has bought a large NCR 3600 parallel processor from NCR Japan , for trading system purposes : the value of the order is $2.15m and the new system is to run a system based on the Sybase database , supporting a network of Sun Microsystems Inc stations .
26 IBM is developing a hardware-independent microkernel system based on the Carnegie Mellon University Mach 3 system that will take advantage of its own and Taligent object technologies .
27 The ARC100 manufacturing kit features all of the necessary hardware and software for a system based on the Vr4000PC or Vr4400PC primary cache CPUs .
28 DDE is also reported to be working on a SuperMax system based on the multi-processing version of the R4000 for the beginning of next year .
29 The ARC100 manufacturing kit features all of the necessary hardware and software for a system based on the Vr4000PC or Vr4400PC primary cache CPUs .
30 Labour favoured a unitary system based on the experience of the county boroughs while the Conservatives preferred a two-tier structure based on the existing counties .
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