Example sentences of "[noun] rest on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level with a long board resting on the strips |
| 2 | Cameron spent a lot of time sitting at his piano with the lid down , his fingers resting on the wood , whistling unconsciously . |
| 3 | ‘ Why ? ’ he repeated , his eyes resting on the suddenly tempestuous shape of her mouth . |
| 4 | The load forces were taken by the centre hole in the wheel resting on the flange on the end of the axle . |
| 5 | The student begins with his right foot forward , with most of his weight resting on the left leg . |
| 6 | A branch of one tree hung out over a pond ending in a spray of twigs resting on the water . |
| 7 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 8 | His eyes rested on the Zorzi brothers . |
| 9 | In the distance she heard the faint sounds of voices from the pool , and her dazed eyes rested on the green palm trees out on the terrace , while the dim light of the courtyard shut out the horrors of the morning , and she saw the gleaming white tower of a mosque against the deep sky and the far-off mountains , just as they had looked in the travel brochures . |
| 10 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 11 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and waited , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 12 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and walked , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 13 | That the surface of a rotating earth would experience a great wind rested on the assumption that the air could not rotate with the earth . |
| 14 | The ledgers rested on the shelf . |
| 15 | Your weight rests on the balls of your feet , not on the heels , so the calves are under tension . |
| 16 | More generally , civilisation rested on the repression of instinctive urges . |
| 17 | By his recommendation he implies that a reasonable investigation has been made and that his recommendation rests on the conclusions based on that investigation . |
| 18 | The success of any bombing sortie rested on the map reading ability of the bomb aimer who had to pick out relatively insignificant and optically difficult land features to use as navigation datum points . |
| 19 | The family had changed , and its various functions of education , food production , and the manufacture of clothing were already in part relinquished to a variety of institutions whose smooth functioning rested on the intervention and guidance of the nation state . |
| 20 | Its whole future rests on the decision we take as a nation when we vote in the General Election on Thursday , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Our interpretation of the data rests on the premise that the U-Pb isotope systems in these zircons record the actual time of their formation . |
| 22 | The success of any programme rests on the faculty 's enthusiasm and support . |
| 23 | For everyone , the lie is too upright if the club rests on the heel with the toe well off the ground . |
| 24 | As in the case of Bacon , the central importance of Paracelsus rests on the general impetus he gave to the reform of science and on the development of a comprehensive religious and ethical framework for scientific and medical endeavour . |
| 25 | This issue is currently at the centre of pedagogical discussions about language , since many teaching methods rest on the assumption that when children talk or write , they are also developing their ability to think . |
| 26 | ( Anyone having difficulties may leave the hips and legs rest on the floor until strength increases . ) |
| 27 | There was a half-full glass of pale sherry standing beside the notepad and pen resting on the arm of the heavy leather chair . |
| 28 | Above these is an intermediate breakdown zone resting on the sands and related to a major roof collapse , followed by several bedded sequences of breccias in which most of the fossils occur . |
| 29 | From Madras my wife and I were taken to see the Shore Temples at Mahabalipuram and beside this is ( or was ) a very large boulder resting on the hillside . |
| 30 | Influence rested on the various branches of the family 's directly controlling around one quarter of the total land area . |