Example sentences of "depend not on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the frequency with which women were thus brutalised depended not on the category of entrant they fell into but on whether Immigration Officers wanted to use these methods , and on the attitude of the Minister responsible .
2 Arius made the coming forth of the Son depend not on the Father 's inherent being but on his sovereign will .
3 The " public interest " is a value judgment , and the ethical impact of the Act depends not on the law of libel , but on the values of the press .
4 In his welcoming remarks Bush stressed that " the success of this summit depends not on the agreements we will sign but on our efforts to overcome division and discord , to build a world of peace in freedom " ; Gorbachev also highlighted the symbolic significance of the summit as marking the end of the " prejudice , mistrust and animosity " of the Cold War .
5 According to my account of differentiation theory , however , the effect of discrimination training depends not on the associations it creates but on the fact that it concentrates the subject , s attention on distinctive features of the stimuli .
6 The creation of an effective school depends not on the application of some well-honed formulae nor on the opportunities provided by legislation .
7 However , as I argue in the final section , the extent of sexual dimorphism will depend not on the extent to which reproductive success varies in the two sexes but on the comparative effects of particular phenotypic traits on the breeding success of males and females .
8 The question of jurisdiction depended not on the truth or falsehood of the charge but upon its nature and was determinable at the commencement not at the conclusion of the inquiry .
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