All this implies a really remarkable appreciation of the dependence of vital activities upon the blood.
The practical arts of agriculture were practised almost as they are at the present day in Egypt, there being, of course, the same dependence then as now upon the inundations of the Nile.
Grote states that the same circumstance must have operated in ancient times to hold the nomadic Libyans in a sort of dependence upon Kyrene (Grote, op.
They will soon learn that neither intelligence can do without labor, nor labor without intelligence, and that wealth will result only from a clearly understood and reciprocally beneficial dependence of each upon the other.
Succeeding to a rebellion rather than a crown, Henry's chief material dependence was the Huguenot party, whose doctrines sat upon him with a looseness distasteful certainly, if not suspicious, to the more fanatical among them.
The dependence of the individual upon the race has never been so fully recognized as now, so that there is little fear of its being overlooked.
Even if that dependence were less beneficial than it is, we must submit to it; for it is inevitable.
Dependence of the happiness of nations on the real distribution of power.
But the attitude of Cromwell toward the King was something more than that of absolute dependence and unquestioning devotion.
But at the moment of the change Cromwell's measure reduced the English bishops to absolutedependence on the crown.
By the more ardent partisans of the Reformation this dependence of the bishops on the crown was fully recognized.
Their dependence would have been complete had his policy been thoroughly carried out, and the royal power of deposition put in force, as well as that of appointment.
WORLD WAR II Bulgaria's motives for entering World War II were once again based on irredentism, coupled with almost total economicdependence on Germany.
The treaty acknowledged Henry II as overlord of Scotland, and expressly stated the dependence of the Scottish Church upon that of England.
The men who lived in immediate dependence upon a lord, giving him their services and receiving his protection, owing him their homage and living under his sole jurisdiction, took the name of the lord whose men they were.
A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
We may disregard the additional dependence of the brain.
Alternately her heart was touched by his apparent affection for her, and the wound again torn open by his appeal to or dependence upon Inez.
How much or how little dependence can be placed on old Cornish names of places and their supposed meaning has been shown before in the case of Marazion.
The courier comes on Friday, only I have given up all dependence on Dietrich, since he could take away the lists with him.
The main challenges facing Jordan are reducing dependence on foreign grants, reducing the budget deficit, and creating investment incentives to promote job creation.
At the same time, the government has moved to reduce the dependenceon tourism by promoting the development of farming, fishing, and small-scale manufacturing.
A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society.
However, the total dependence on fishing makes the Faroese economy extremely vulnerable, and the present fishing efforts appear in excess of what is a sustainable level of fishing in the long term.
Large-scale emigration by whites, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development.
To reduce unemployment and limit dependence on foreign labor, the government is encouraging the replacement of foreign expatriate workers with local workers.
Over time, Oman's dependenceon British political and military advisors increased, but it never became a British colony.
In an effort to reduce its dependence on foreign aid, the government is pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts of up to 7%.
Dependence on a large expatriate workforce and oil are significant long-term challenges to the UAE's economy.
The government is encouraging private sector growth to lessen the kingdom's dependenceon oil and increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population.
Poverty has increased due to the volatile nature of GDP, Morocco's continued dependence on foreign energy, and its inability to promote the growth of small and medium size enterprises.
Besides the danger of an indefinitedependence upon an undetermined power, it might be worth while to consider what the characters are on whom we are so ready to acknowledge ourselves dependent.
If we say we mean that kind of dependence we acknowledged at and before the year 1763, I answer, vague and uncertain laws, and more especially constitutions, are the very instruments of slavery.
The dependence of these Colonies, which Great Britain calls constitutional, as declared by acts of Parliament, is absolute.
Dependence of one man or state upon another is either absolute or limited by some certain terms of agreement.
The utmost that the honest party in Great Britain can do is to warn us to avoid this dependence at all hazards.
If a limited dependence is intended, I would be much obliged to any one who will show me the Britannico- American Magna Charta, wherein the terms of our limited dependence are precisely stated.
If no such thing can be found, and absolute dependence be accounted inadmissible, the sound we are squabbling about has certainly no determinate meaning.
The Peishwa Bajee Rao was anxious to free himself from the dependence which Wellesley had imposed on him in 1801.
But the exact degree of dependence of Scotland on England had never been accurately fixed, though Scottish kings had often sat in English Parliaments, and sometimes served in the English armies.
But the old-English tie of vassalage, though it placed the small freeholders in personal dependence on the thegns, left them their land as their own, and allowed a man to transfer his allegiance from one lord to another.
He showed a consistent purpose of defending the rights of the crown against the great feudal lords, and of bringing all holders of land into close dependence on himself.
The death of a father always releases his sons and daughters from dependence; the death of a grandfather releases his grandchildren from dependence only provided that it does not subject them to the power of their father.
During his time, the South Saxons fell almost into a total dependence on the kingdom of Wessex, and we scarcely know the names of the princes who were possessed of this titular sovereignty.
He reduced all the princes, except the King of Northumberland, to a strict dependence upon him; and even established himself by force on the throne of Mercia, the most extensive of the Saxon kingdoms.
One might say that his dependence had got independent of control.
First, he might have reversed his machine, so to speak, and started unwinding the long rope of dependence by which he had originally dragged the proletarian to his feet.
In Russia the one real charge brought by religious people (especially Roman Catholics) against the Orthodox Church is not its orthodoxy or heterodoxy, but its abjectdependence on the State.
So at least it seemed, doubtless in a great degree subconsciously, to the man who had wagered all his wealth on the usefulness of the poor to the rich and the dependence of the rich on the poor.
Then the mother began to sob, for this spoiled child had never shown such dependence on her before: and so they clung to each other.
Imagine the difference in rate of emotion between this woman whom the years had worn to a more consciousdependence and sharper eagerness, and this man whom they were dulling into a more neutral obstinacy.
She was not in the least blind to the construction that all witnesses might put on her giving signs of dependence on Deronda, and her seeking him more than he sought her: Grandcourt's rebukes had sufficiently enlightened her pride.
It was in this way she took what might have been the injurious flattery of admiring attention into which her helpless dependence had been suddenly transformed.
He could not reconcile himself to the cruelty of apparently rejecting her dependence on him; and yet in the nearer or farther distance he saw a coming wrench, which all present strengthening of their bond would make the harder.
The penalty is a continual reminder of our weakness, and of the need of caution and dependence upon God.
Men are constantly sacrificing their eternal future to the passing enjoyment of the present moment; they fail or neglect to recognize the dependence of the future upon the present.
In order to reduce unemployment and limit dependence on foreign countries, the government is encouraging the replacement of expatriate workers with local people, i.
Oil finds close to the Faroese area give hope for deposits in the immediate Faroese area, which may eventually lay the basis for a more diversified economy and thus lessen dependence on Danish economic assistance.
Villèle soon discovered that he had changed masters, and that little dependence could be placed on the mind or heart of a king, even though sincere, when the surface and the interior were not in unison.
It is perhaps not amiss that, before looking more closely at the achievements of Ericsson's life and activity, note should be taken of the large dependence of our present civilization and mode of life on the engineer and his work.
The imprint left by Ericsson's life on the engineering practice of his age was deep and lasting, and if one may dare look into the future, the day is far removed when engineers will have passed beyond their dependence on his life and labors.
Willing to owe everything to God, I have no dependence on any creature.
Our Lord had given her the same dependence on me, as I had in regard to Father La Combe.
To the Lord I made my complaint; He graciously encouraged me, both on this subject and on that entire dependence on Himself which He gave me, which was such that I was like a new born infant.
This renders me content in my miseries, which I would rather endure all my life long, in a state of resignation to Him, than put an end to them, in a dependence on myself.
Now there are martyrs of the Holy Ghost, who suffer for their dependence on Him, for maintaining His reign in souls and for being victims of the Divine will.
For myself I may say I had a continual dependence on God, in every state; my soul was ever willing to obey every motion of His Spirit.
By this puredependence on His Spirit, everything is given us admirably.
I believe I was so; yet I rather chose to perish, trusting in God, than make my escape in a dependence on myself.
God kept us both in so great a dependence on His orders, that He did not let us foreknow them; but the divine moment of His providence determined everything.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dependence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
