Example sentences of "[modal v] depend [adv] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether young leaves remain soft , flabby and vulnerable for longer than they should depends largely upon growing conditions , and essentially upon the toughening effect of potash . |
| 2 | Rigorously , the probability for a word to be produced should depend conditionally upon the whole of the previous word sequence . |
| 3 | The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles . |
| 4 | Just how extensive a lord 's rights would be in these circumstances would depend partly upon local custom and partly upon the relative power of lord and vassal . |
| 5 | His fate would depend entirely upon her mood , which he knew from experience could shift and change in the winking of an eye . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Specifically , the rock 's conductivity would depend only upon the amount and conductivity of the carbon fraction present , and have a negligible variation with pressure , as for pure carbon . |
| 8 | 3 ‘ It must also prepare young people for the work they will be called upon to do in the society which exists in Tanzania — a rural society where improvement will depend largely upon the efforts of the people in Agriculture and village development . ’ |
| 9 | This time will depend largely upon what the person feels and thinks and how they behave . |
| 10 | The strength of subsequent recovery will depend largely upon the willingness truly to hand over one 's will and the outcome of one 's life to a non-individual-human God . |
| 11 | On the British side there was a string of adverse comments on French performance and attitudes from newspaper correspondents ; although the Daily Telegraph correspondent was not being particularly sensational when he reported on the unnecessary brutality of the French and concluded ‘ The solution of the problem of rule in Indo-China will depend primarily upon French ability to exercise tact and conciliation ’ . |
| 12 | In British local government the committee system provides scope for the wider use of elected representatives in an administrator-dominated context , though here such involvement may further undermine representative government since it will depend primarily upon personal characteristics . |
| 13 | His surveys indicate that the likelihood of visiting the theatre , art galleries or museums will depend not upon subjects studied or grades of qualification achieved , but simply upon the length of time spent in a higher academic institution . |
| 14 | Fashions in education will come and go , politicians , local and national , will peddle their transitory wares , but the long-term effectiveness of our schools will depend ultimately upon there being sufficient teachers of quality to work in the nation 's classrooms . |
| 15 | Now how we answer these questions will depend crucially upon what we think animals to be . |
| 16 | The possibilities of repetition and development will depend greatly upon how carefully we conduct our own enquiry , and in particular in how we go about the next step , which is that of collecting our data . |