Example sentences of "depend on [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In the Penn country one can tell who is anyone — it depends on whether a woman kisses Lady Curzon or not . ) |
| 2 | Your meeting also highlighted a 10p differential in fares between Kirknewton and Edinburgh , depending on whether a journey was made during the morning or evening peak . |
| 3 | Depending on whether a person is a Muslim or not , the sentence varies according to circumstances . |
| 4 | In Bali , where cockfighting is also a controlled ritual , the cocks have two spurs with honed edges , rather than a single spur with a sharpened point , so the battles differ in style and technique , according to the aficionados , rather as swordsmanship differs depending on whether a cutlass or a rapier is used . |
| 5 | The reality of such choice depended on whether a reader cared who owned the papers . |
| 6 | There are a few pairs of words ( minimal pairs ) in which a difference in meaning appears to depend on whether a particular is syllabic or not , for example : But we find no case of syllabic where it would not be possible to substitute either non-syllabic ( type a ) or ( type b ) ; in the examples above , ‘ Hungary ’ could equally well be pronounced and ‘ adulterous ’ as . |