Forget hazy language about offers being contingent "on approved credit".
The company said the deployment would be contingent on whether regulatory rules remain intact that would not force SBC -- and other regional Bell operating companies -- to lease their networks to competitors at low rates set by states.
In the case of the 23-year-old Warwickshire all-rounder, an appearance in the third match of the series against Australia at Edgbaston, his home county ground, would seem to be contingent on Jimmy Anderson being ruled out with his groin problem.
A related objection to rule-consequentialism is that rule-consequentialism makes the justification of familiar rules contingent on various empirical facts, such as what human nature is like, and how many people there are in need or in positions to help.
Despite GOP claims that such changes would be relatively minor, as reporter Suzy Khimm noted, "Back in 2001, before the federal government made Medicaid money contingent on the [federal] rules, states took 1.2 to 1.6 million people off Medicaid".
More specifically, each agent faces an allocation rule contingent on whether his and his rival's types fall below, in or above the (endogenously determined) subset of types that obtain their reservation utility.
Guidant said the merger was contingent on a favorable ruling.
They believed that prolonging the government's rule was contingent on its economic performance.
Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts, has made clear that his support is contingent on modifications to the Volcker Rule that would allow banks to hold small stakes in investment funds that they manage.
The players' scholarships, Ohr noted, were contingent on the players' obedience to these rules, as well as the time commitment they necessarily devoted to their team.
