Depending

Examples

• They were weary, besides, of humouring the people, and of depending upon their caprice for a subsistence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• These are of irregular cylindrical form, depending on the form of the tusk’s circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For years the nations of Europe have been depending to a great extent upon supplies of nitrate of soda obtained from Chile, in South America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He did not know but what I was in the rear of the enemy and depending on him to open a new base of supplies for the troops with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These devices were essentially toys, depending for their successful operation (as is the case with motion pictures) upon a physiological phenomenon known as persistence of vision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Behind her, depending from the roof upon rawhide thongs, and stretching entirely across the cave, was a row of human skeletons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• These plates made up of both line work and halftones are known as combination plates or double-prints, depending upon the way they are produced. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Strapped on either breast were human skulls and depending from these a number of dried human hands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Depending how many they would bring for this business. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Science for example may have any kind of value, depending upon the situation into which it enters as a means. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This process continues for some time, depending on the size of the castings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His diffidence had prevented his depending on his own judgment in so anxious a case, but his reliance on mine made every thing easy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She yielded her aid, when asked, with such quiet yet obvious enjoyment that Caroline ere long took delight in depending on her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The rubber is molded in long strips in some form of isosceles triangle, depending on the style of the game to be played. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Such a suit might cost somewhere between twenty and forty dollars, depending on whether it was bought ready made or whether it was made to order. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There are more than three hundred standard kinds, depending on source and method of handling; _e. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She was far from depending on that result of his preference of her, which her mother and sister still considered as certain. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Two to four, depending on the size of the table, run lengthwise through the center, and two or three running equidistant, crosswise. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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