Example sentences of "less upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quality — or modality — of the experience depends less upon the quality of energy reaching the nervous system than upon which parts of the sensory system are activated : stimulation of the retinal receptors causes an experience of light ; stimulation of the receptors in the inner ear gives rise to the experience of sound ; and so on . |
| 2 | Whether people named defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme depended a great deal upon the date of the interview and rather less upon their personal characteristics or even their pattern of media use . |
| 3 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 4 | Since the abolition of direct imprisonment for debts not exceeding £20 , the Insolvent Debtors Court and , after its abolition , the Bankruptcy Court in London and the county courts in the provinces , had possessed the power of imprisonment for forty days or less upon proof of means to pay or fraud . |
| 5 | The emphasis here is rather less upon the calculation of personal advantage , and rather more on the kin group as a co-operative unit , taking collective decisions which are to the advantage of all . |
| 6 | The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles . |
| 7 | The political and moral education of the boy and apprentice knight depended less upon the teaching of the church than upon the chansons de geste sung by minstrels . |
| 8 | That he could not command the bench of bishops into a unified stance on political affairs reflects less upon him than upon the variety of episcopal origins and experience : royal clerks may have been increasing among the bishops , but it is a mistake to regard them as if they were all identical in background and outlook . |
| 9 | In turn , discussion on this topic often focuses less upon the effect of property relations today than on the links established between property as an institution and Locke 's concepts of individuality and natural rights , and , in turn , Marx 's critique of private property . |
| 10 | The ecumenical movement has reversed three centuries of division which began with the failure of the Savoy Conference in 1661 and the imposition of the Act of Uniformity , Today , Holy Communion is celebrated more frequently and with a set liturgy , often in an ‘ Anglican ’ way ; set prayers are common and sometimes take a responsory form ; the increasing use of a lectionary means that the choice of readings depends less upon the whim of the preacher and more upon an ordered scheme . |
| 11 | Just as the colonial nations developed sugar from beet when they were threatened with disruptions to their cane sugar supply in the 19th century , so modern chemistry is developing sweeteners in the laboratory that rely even less upon raw materials . |