Example sentences of "depends [prep] the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What this situation is depends upon the individual 's perception of his environment and how it can meet his needs . |
| 2 | The selling price of a book stems principally from the number of copies which are printed , which in turn depends upon the publisher 's estimate of the likely demand for the book . |
| 3 | That is , the woman 's experience of rape was deemed irrelevant to the question as to whether she was legally raped , since this depends upon the man 's state of mind . |
| 4 | The actual selection and number of participating banks depends upon the loan 's size ( some are for several billion dollars ) and any special relationships between banks , e.g. consortium banks and clubs . |
| 5 | Comprehension depends upon the reader 's ability to remember all the words in the sentence , and to integrate their meanings . |
| 6 | Whether the life sentence is regarded as a sufficient denunciation in society depends on the public 's perception of what life imprisonment means : if it is widely believed that it results in an average of nine years ' imprisonment , the effect will be somewhat blunted . |
| 7 | How they drive more carefully depends on the vehicle 's braking and handling , night time vision and so on . |
| 8 | To show that the price charged by the monopolist depends on the firm 's objective , consider the following possibilities : |
| 9 | This depends on the judges ' views of the merits of the case before them or ( I would add ) the direction their political inclinations lead them — what I call below their ‘ view of the public interest ’ . |
| 10 | Interpretation of the artist 's work , however , depends on the artist 's own account , since Nordenfalk had ‘ the deliberate intention of presenting Van Gogh the writer and thinker ’ . |
| 11 | Where the disclosure is made in confidence by a child victim to his solicitor , the solicitor 's entitlement to breach his duty of confidentiality depends on the child 's degree of maturity . |
| 12 | While there are some objective scientific analyses that can be used at this point , depending on the type of pottery being studied , for pottery from most excavations the analysis depends on the specialist 's judgement . |
| 13 | This is because the shearing force on a building depends on the building 's mass multiplied by its horizontal acceleration during a quake ; vertical acceleration is usually much less in quakes , and buildings are built to resist vertical forces anyway . |
| 14 | A lender classifies a borrower on the basis of credit-worthiness which , in turn , depends on the borrower 's status , income , current loan commitments , purpose of the loan and so on . |
| 15 | Students may find themselves performing in final productions over two full terms , which means they have the opportunity to play twice as many parts , but this depends on the school 's policy and how they think you have progressed . |
| 16 | Thus , the time taken to identify a /t/ will be directly related to the time taken to identify the word in which it occurs ; and , as we have seen , this time depends on the word 's recognition point . |
| 17 | This depends on the patient 's eyesight , manual dexterity and willingness . |
| 18 | The decision to give tetanus immunisation depends on the patient 's immunity as well as the wound 's susceptibility to tetanus . |
| 19 | The amount of income tax rebate depends on the person 's previous income and the time of the year when it is paid . |
| 20 | The lucidity or obscurity of the result depends on the composer 's aesthetic ideals . |
| 21 | It depends on the individual 's attitudes , needs and priorities which clearly vary from person to person and from time to time . |
| 22 | Which standard is salient depends on the individual 's dispositions and the situation at hand . |
| 23 | Increasingly , the practical application of many mathematical techniques depends on the computer 's ability to carry out calculations with faultless accuracy at ever more extraordinary speeds . |
| 24 | It rests on what is bound to be , to some extent , subjective assessment , as in playing a game when there are rules and communal experience to draw on , but ultimately it depends on the players ' awareness and skill . |
| 25 | It also depends on the doctor 's approach . |
| 26 | This means that it depends on the host 's cells ' own energy-producing system to provide for its own growth and reproduction . |
| 27 | With the final diagnostic criterion that depends on the gonococcus 's propensity for going round in pairs as ‘ diplococci ’ we have the microscopic finding that enables the diagnosis to be made in cases of suspected gonorrhoea — Gram-negative intracellular diplococci . |
| 28 | If departure from the wording depends on the testator 's intention , then this involves the assumption that the settlor would prefer his granddaughter to obtain the estate rather than the heir ( whoever that may be ) of his last surviving son to do so . |
| 29 | The choice of media depends on the organization 's requirements in terms of : |
| 30 | The value ( faith ) placed on a cheque depends on the depositor 's creditworthiness and on the standing of the bank on which the cheque has been drawn . |