Example sentences of "it depended on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That we are dealing with a privileged élite goes without saying ; as also that it depended on the institution of domestic service . |
| 2 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 3 | As a Marxist , he had no faith in the superstructure of art , convinced that it depended on the structure of production . |
| 4 | ‘ I said it depended on the circumstances , ’ Nicholson repeated irritably . |
| 5 | Sometimes , it depended on the location of the product ; if the cotton wool is not kept in the place where makeup is removed then tissues tend to be used instead . |
| 6 | Difficulty had been experienced in making the previous law work , because it depended on the need to prove a particular act of distribution , not to members of a club or association of which the defendant himself was a member . |
| 7 | Well it depended on the length . |
| 8 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 9 | It depended on the case , of course , and she hoped fervently that it would be something she could manage on her own . |