The phrase "a function of the situation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe how something is influenced or determined by the specific circumstances or context in which it occurs.
Example: "The outcome of the negotiation was largely a function of the situation, including the interests of both parties and the external pressures they faced."
Alternatives: "dependent on the circumstances" or "determined by the context."
That is not to say that we are thoughtless or have no will, but Mr. Gladwell highlights the importance of how individual will is a function of the situation.
Rather, the meaning is a function of the situation expressed.
In order to examine, when drivers want to receive early warnings as a function of the situation criticality, a driving simulator study was conducted using the two early warning stages of a multi stage collision warning system (first stage: informing the driver; second stage: prewarning the driver).
The flexibility with which nurses discharge their duties is in part a function of the situations in which they work, the needs of patients and the availability of other health care professionals to share the provision of care.
This tool provides for the evolving forces acting on several parts of the net as a function of the snow situation.
Behind every explicit object there is something implicit that, although we call it vague, is not so in the original experience, for it is a function of the whole situation.
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The amount of experience and acquired knowledge structures, however, may vary as a function of the type of situation.
The second half of the visit was devoted to reviewing Adjuvant! printouts showing recurrence and mortality rates as a function of the patient's situation, and answering patient questions about the printouts.
When, how, and by whom feedback is delivered matters and the effects are variable as a function of the specifics of the situation (Shute 2008; Kluger and van Dijk 2010).
As a function of the CNR in a situation where there is a notch at 100-kHz frequency from the carrier to reject strong narrowband interference.
