Example sentences of "solely upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need not , however , rely solely upon the works of old masters to bring to mind the lore that is associated with numerous plants . |
| 2 | They were a pragmatic , brave , distrustful people who learned that responsibility for their continued existence lay exclusively in their own hands , that their ultimate fate depended solely upon their own determination and resources . |
| 3 | Initial selection was based solely upon Stirling 's impressions of the men at brief interviews . |
| 4 | Two centuries after the ‘ blowing ’ of the Denver sluice in 1713 , the whole security of the south level of the Fens depended solely upon the security of the restored sluice . |
| 5 | Neither the economic policy of a nation nor the political programme of a party is likely to achieve a successful dynamism if it is based solely upon the assistance of lame ducks . |
| 6 | Furthermore you can establish a company pension scheme based solely upon the investment of the National Insurance contributions for no extra cost to the employer or employees . |
| 7 | For example , the right to work would depend solely upon individual ability to do the job ; the renewal of an annual driving licence after the age of 70 would have to be replaced by measures which are not triggered simply by people reaching a certain age . |
| 8 | Knowledge of these findings made a similar study , but with a focus solely upon mentally frail elderly people , an interesting proposition . |
| 9 | At one extreme , the ‘ transformed cladists ’ , or ‘ natural order systematists ’ , argue that classification should be based solely upon the perceived patterns of distribution of characters of organisms . |
| 10 | If your elderly parent has a family solicitor who knows her and her circumstances well , he will be the best person to give expert advice on the investment of her capital , but if she prefers to rely solely upon your advice you should encourage her to put safety first in this matter , for unless someone is very wealthy , and can afford to lose money occasionally , playing the stock market is a foolish and risky game in later life . |
| 11 | The increase in local stress , which can be calculated , depends solely upon the shape of the hole and has nothing at all to do with its size . |
| 12 | According to current theories , all of this is entirely predictable , depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun . |
| 13 | On the side of man , however , though his very existence depends solely upon the creative love of God , there is a surd element in the equation . |
| 14 | This may help to explain why in models of the historical determinants of trade union growth which concentrate solely upon economic variables up to 30 per cent of membership growth typically remains unexplained . |
| 15 | Unlike s.62 ( above ) liability is not dependent solely upon proving loss . |
| 16 | They are seen to have an existence apart from any given system in which they are involved , their reality does not depend solely upon their involvement in the system under examination ( Gouldner , 1970 , pp. 215–16 ) . |
| 17 | Discomfort is easier to ignore if the person is occupied , and appears worse when attention is focused solely upon it . |
| 18 | Decisions on allocation do not usually depend solely upon the pupil 's attainment in school but often take account of such factors as pupil motivation and behaviour . |
| 19 | In the Ogwo case , the decision is based solely upon the neighbour principle , the issue before the court being whether the injuries sustained by the plaintiff were foreseeable . |
| 20 | The force of traditional deference , of apathy , of ignorance and habit may well override strictly economic interests and make nonsense of any interpretation based solely upon class interest . |
| 21 | Mr. Gardiner argued that this case supported the Woolwich principle in as much as recovery depended solely upon the fact that the corporation had been placed by statute in a position of authority . |
| 22 | ‘ If this matter rested solely upon the question of the best interests of the children I should have no doubt whatever that their welfare would be better served by their remaining in England in order that their future be determined by the High Court here . |
| 23 | It is inconceivable that he should proceed in reliance solely upon the consent of an under-age patient , however ‘ Gillick competent , ’ in the absence of supporting parental consent and equally inconceivable that he should proceed in the absence of the patient 's consent . |
| 24 | Focussing attention upon individual sufferers and their capacity for recovery from addictive disease and providing general education on addictive disease and its recovery processes , rather than solely upon addictive drugs and their risks , is the best long term help for the individuals at risk and hence for society . |
| 25 | What Marslen-Wilson and Tyler propose is that at the onset of a word no reduction of the cohort by context has occurred , and that initial reduction of cohort size depends solely upon sensory input , not context . |
| 26 | Some agencies we shall be discussing rely solely upon one type of adviser so that there is no dispute about suitability . |
| 27 | A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today . |
| 28 | Assuming for the moment that the efficiency of production depends solely upon the exertions of the workers , we saw that ‘ the price required to call forth the exertion necessary for producing any given amount of a commodity may be called the supply price for that amount , with reference of course to a given unit of time ’ . |
| 29 | In both these examples it is clear that a major advantage of the simulation model is that answers can be more reliably obtained to questions such as ‘ how high should 1 build this bridge ? ’ or ‘ what would be the hydrological effect of building another 2000 houses in Edwalton ? ’ than if the engineer or planner were to rely solely upon rules of thumb or ‘ common sense ’ . |
| 30 | In general , postgraduate studies within the department are based solely upon research ; students may , however , if they wish , take a taught course within the Centre for Cognitive Science in their first year , before proceeding to research . |