To be less dependent on any one of these sources would help stabilize oil prices and lessen American vulnerability to political blackmail.
"Aston Martin must be less dependent on a narrow portfolio and one type of customer," Mr Palmer said.
Not only so that EU, our chief trading partner, will be less dependent on Russia but also to put additional economic pressure on one of Russia's major exports.
The poor would be less dependent on welfare.
Mr. Sälzer said his company was fortunate to be less dependent on German customers than most.
Museums were to be less dependent on public funding and more on private, including, most especially, charges to visitors.
"I just wanted to be less dependent on paper and clean out my wallet.
This new world would be less dependent on flogging costly bundles of channels to reluctant punters.
The economy can be less dependent on ad hoc government schemes like "cash for clunkers".
And newspapers in smaller markets have done relatively better, in part because they tend to be less dependent on national advertising.
The ruling royal family, these officials suggested, could more easily sell potentially unsettling reform if it appears to be less dependent on the Americans.
