Wildfire's service, for example, cost $150 to $200 a month a person when it was introduced three years ago because of its dependence on expensive hardware.

The Galileo project, for example, has been postponed five times in the last decade directly or indirectly because of its dependence on the shuttles.

The area suffered in the Depression, perhaps more than other communities because of its dependence on industry.

Agricultural groups have decided that San Francisco is the most effective place to fight back because of the city's dependence on tourism.

Still, some industry executives say jewelers' efficiency is difficult to measure because of their dependence on artisans.

And the woman, because of her great dependence, is usually the loser.

The company has been especially vulnerable to the economic downturn because of its heavy dependence on equity-linked savings products.

Mykonians were courteous and accommodating; perhaps it is always so, because of their dependence on visitors.

The human had a special interest in sensors, perhaps because of his dependence on artificial sight.

Europe's room for manoeuvre is already limited because of its dependence on Russia.