Example sentences of "dependent upon the " in BNC.

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1 According to the kind of constructivism that I am espousing , the holism of the mental is logically and developmentally dependent upon the holism of directed action .
2 Groups like the NL , the TRL , and the ASU were , in the end , either too loyal to or too dependent upon the Conservative party to break away .
3 The severity of jet-lag , however , is dependent upon the number of time zones crossed rather than the length of flight .
4 The dynamic driving-force of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ allowed , in fact , no stabilization or ‘ normalization ’ , but rather conditioned circumstances in which the traditional ‘ ruling class ’ became ever more subsumed in and dependent upon the ‘ behemoth ’ of the Nazi State which it was no longer able to control in its mad rush to destruction .
5 The emotional overtones of movement away from the subject are entirely dependent upon the manner of the retreat .
6 She had a unique gift for restoring them to health , and an intuition that led her to free each into the wild just when its confidence was regained , its body mended , and its animal fulfilment clearly dependent upon the wider world .
7 Since personality arises out of social interaction its structure is not reducible to organic structure even though it remains dependent upon the whole psychoendocrine and neural system of a human being .
8 Auditory consciousness with its markedly linear character dependent upon the sequencing of events in time is a powerful vehicle for emotion , perhaps especially because the human voice is experienced in this mode , but it lacks the map-like quality of the inner visual panorama .
9 The mating systems of these animals are often dependent upon the dispersion patterns of the females and these in turn are related to patterns of optimum food exploitation .
10 The landscapes of the earth were thus ‘ peopled ’ with an interdependent range of forms comprising a natural system , itself dependent upon the grass and vegetation provided by soil , rain , and sun .
11 A special innovation in both mammals and birds was homoiothermy , warm-bloodedness , which allows a constantly high level of activity that is not dependent upon the temperature of the environment .
12 A subscription would make Leapor economically dependent upon the goodwill of the wealthy .
13 On the other hand , the Polish bourgeoisie was of mainly foreign origin ( it did not therefore identify with the nationalist tradition ) and constituted the leading segment of the empire 's industry , dependent upon the markets of the whole empire , not a lesser Poland .
14 Armenia , shattered by the Turkish persecutions , was wholly dependent upon the protection of Russia ( whatever its regime ) , against the Turks .
15 By the end of the period the United States had become as dependent upon Israel in its Middle East policy as Israel was dependent upon the United States .
16 The associative learning that goes on during such pre-exposure will be dependent upon the context in which training occurs , and to this extent latent inhibition will be attenuated by a change of context .
17 I do n't have any details except that the insurance is fairly basic with a number of optional extras and is dependent upon the client employing the firm for their full range of services at full scale fees .
18 Maturity , at least for me , seems to lie in the discovery that happiness and circumstances do n't have all that much to do with each other ; that happiness is more a matter of choice and habit than we suppose , and less dependent upon the accident of circumstances .
19 But again , a final solution is dependent upon the Agriculture Department withholding grants and the NPA negotiating a voluntary agreement .
20 The value of this information is inherently dependent upon the quality of the inference process and that in turn depends upon the complexity of the scene , the spatial , temporal and spectral resolution of the sensors and the particular algorithms used .
21 To a large extent it is dependent upon the quantity and quality of a country 's factors of production — land ( soil , climatic conditions , mineral wealth ) , labour ( workforce size , skills and health ) , capital ( plant and machinery , buildings , railways , etc. ) and enterprise ( inventive , innovative and organisational abilities ) .
22 The point is that regular-interval sampling makes every case dependent upon the first choice and so each individual unit does not have the same chance of being sampled .
23 As with all information systems , the effectiveness is largely dependent upon the quality of data entering the system .
24 The whole lesson of the events of the past 20 years is that doctors can not be re-educated , so long as their training is drug-based their journals utterly dependent upon the revenue from the drug companies advertisements , and their leisure activities agreeably subsidised by the drug companies ' slush funds .
25 In any event , the scope for freedom of choice among surveyors is dependent upon the attitude taken by the RICS to acceptable protection .
26 The ability to learn about the environment and even communicate that information to one 's fellow creatures , as bees , birds and animals do , is dependent upon the inner completeness of the tattvic tapestry .
27 The Committee was in no doubt that , so far as any data protection principles were concerned , they should be universal and not dependent upon the particular form of system or record .
28 The amount of time spent out of doors is so dependent upon the weather that children are bound to be aware of changes and some effects of sun , wind , rain and snow .
29 A key amendment proposed by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights was that the registration of an SE should be dependent upon the prior selection of its model of employee participation ; this has been incorporated in the amended proposals .
30 Hepworth Feast in south-west Yorkshire is held on the last Monday in June , but this does not comply with the general rule that the date of the village feast is dependent upon the date of its church 's dedication .
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