Example sentences of "[adv] dependent upon [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of excuses in crime and of equity in contract is , however , so particularistic and so dependent upon the facts of the case that it strains credulity to imagine someone seeking in advance to bring his case under such categories . |
| 2 | Our detailed knowledge of the site 's later history is largely dependent upon the excavations across the defences and at the west gate . |
| 3 | But by 1989 Jamaica was heavily indebted and more than ever dependent upon the bankers and financiers . |
| 4 | Moreover , it was here that peasant incomes were most often supplemented by handicraft production making them less directly dependent upon the vagaries of the harvest . |
| 5 | During Anne 's reign , Godolphin and Marlborough — two old Tories of the pre-Revolution type — found themselves becoming increasingly dependent upon the Whigs , because the Tories were unwilling to back their wartime policies , so that by 1708 – 10 they were heading a Whig ministry . |
| 6 | All potential rival elites are equally dependent upon the capitalists , who are the only external elite able to exercise a general veto power over government policy , backed by decisive resources . |
| 7 | Pluralist critics complained that panels of interviewees are not asked to specify the areas in which powerful leaders are reputed to be influential , that the reputational method is heavily dependent upon the selections of panels , and that a reputation for being powerful is not the same thing as direct evidence of success in getting your way over other people 's opposition ( Dahl , 1958 ; Polsby , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | However successful , human free language indexing is very dependent upon the skills of the individual indexer . |