Example sentences of "[adv] depend [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , she failed to be swayed by arguments that Britain 's future industrial prowess crucially depends on a strong base in computing research . |
| 2 | We have , of course , stressed to our friends in the Baltic states that their membership of the CSCE — Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe — process and their aspirations to join the Council of Europe will naturally depend to a great extent upon their ability to meet international standards in such matters . |
| 3 | Although they are employed to a much greater extent than the rest of the percussion , it must be realized that their effectiveness largely depends on a sparing use of them . |
| 4 | Even so , PT Timah took many years to develop its own technical expertise and still depends to an important degree on technical assistance from multinationals , including Billiton . |
| 5 | Physicians should be aware that the diagnosis of CO poisoning still depends on a high degree of clinical suspicion and direct measurement of CO . |
| 6 | Normal response to the test , however , still depends on an intact nerve supply . |
| 7 | Science ultimately is self-contradictory precisely because , although it begins with a supposal about reality , it also depends upon a concrete reality ; and once scientists admit the necessarily hypothetical character of that knowledge , they cease to be scientists . |
| 8 | It also depends upon a curious form of photosynthesis when it makes sugar from carbon dioxide , water and sunlight . |
| 9 | In the second place , the maximum amplitude of velocity fluctuations reached at the end of the unstable region will be sensitive to the level of small disturbances present at its start ; the appearance of local regions of turbulence probably depends on a certain amplitude being reached . |
| 10 | They also depended for a large part of their work on clawing money out of the social security system and on getting alongside other centrally funded bodies such as housing associations . |
| 11 | The king also depended to a considerable degree upon individuals who , like the leaders of the companies of the previous century , served in the royal army : Poton de Xaintrailles was for a period a ‘ veritable routier ’ , pillaging in different parts of France before accepting office under Charles VII ; Antoine de Chabannes , a captain of routiers , at one time had command of 1,000 horsemen before finding employment under the crown . |
| 12 | Foxes became much more wide-ranging in their search for food , since they also depended to a large extent upon rabbits . |
| 13 | Effective educational action in the disadvantaged areas may well depend on a fundamental questioning of the assumption that a high degree of uniformity is required throughout educational systems in order to ensure equality of opportunity for all children . |
| 14 | The basic salaries paid to executives relocated abroad depend to a certain degree on which countries are involved . |
| 15 | Never depend on an out-of-date map . |
| 16 | A second question is whether the ‘ rights ’ approach does not essentially depend on a non-controversial ( that is , abstract and apolitical ) formulation of the master principle ? |