How to Use be conditioned on/upon in a Sentence

be conditioned on/upon

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  • Branches and jumps can be conditioned on the state of the CC after an operation that sets a bit value.
    Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Then the prediction can be conditioned on both the target architecture and the specific task at hand.
    Quanta Magazine, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Democrats counter that health care is a basic right that should not be conditioned on any obligations - and that having insurance is necessary to help some people become healthy enough to work.
    Amy Goldstein, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
  • Of course panmixia has to be conditioned on the fact that the vast majority of Han Chinese are stilling reproducing with other Han Chinese, and so forth.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
  • But aid to Israel should not be conditioned on Israel’s behavior in the West Bank or human-rights concerns specifically?
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Targeted sanctions against the Kremlin and other state actors must be accompanied by support for those displaced by war, and the right to refuge must not be conditioned on one’s profession or degree of education.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Progressives including Bernie Sanders have suggested that aid to Israel ought to be conditioned on certain policy choices.
    Gabe Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • High-density housing and any plans for buildings over four stories need to be conditioned on both the planning and zoning commission and the City Council confirming that the development adds community value.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The education minister has said their return shouldn't be conditioned on all teachers being vaccinated.
    Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • But Blinken committed that U.S. diplomatic, economic and development support would be conditioned on those rights being respected.
    Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Government subsidies can be conditioned on companies making significant investments themselves.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023

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