Example sentences of "[noun sg] rest [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level with a long board resting on the strips |
| 2 | Carew was about to reach down for the attaché case resting against the leg of the chair when Harrison leaned forward towards him , his face contorted with bitterness and dislike . |
| 3 | The load forces were taken by the centre hole in the wheel resting on the flange on the end of the axle . |
| 4 | The student begins with his right foot forward , with most of his weight resting on the left leg . |
| 5 | With the Ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat , the seventeenth day of the seventh month and the waters went away and decreased until the tenth month and the first day of the tenth month , the tops of the mountains appeared , and after the end of forty days , Noah opened the window of the Ark , which he had made and sent forth a raven which went out , ever going and coming again until the waters were dried up upon the earth . |
| 6 | While such a recommendation will obviously carry great weight , the final decision on legal action rests with the local authority as the agency carrying statutory responsibility . |
| 7 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 8 | The cause of her disadvantage rests in the social arrangements we make , yet there is a tradition of social analysis which attempts to blame the girl for her failure , as if it were simply her responsibility to overcome the conditions of class , race and gender to which she is subject . |
| 9 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 10 | Lace carriage rests at the left and main carriage rests at the right . |
| 11 | Lace carriage rests at the left and main carriage rests at the right . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Your weight rests on the balls of your feet , not on the heels , so the calves are under tension . |
| 14 | More generally , civilisation rested on the repression of instinctive urges . |
| 15 | Another design fault rests with the flex : since it protrudes from the heel , you ca n't stand it up when you 're not using it . |
| 16 | The social researcher must make compromises … between roles as scientist and citizen ; between commitment and impartiality ; between openness and secrecy , honesty and deception ; and between the public right to know and the citizen 's right to privacy and protection … the onus for making decisions in practice rests with the individual researcher . |
| 17 | The reason for the accord rested in the way in which this eligibility test was administered . |
| 18 | By his recommendation he implies that a reasonable investigation has been made and that his recommendation rests on the conclusions based on that investigation . |
| 19 | It is emphasised , however , that in all cases the final decision on whether or not to prosecute an assailant rests with the Procurator Fiscal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We will concentrate in particular on compact discs ( CDs ) rather than videodiscs because , while videodiscs undoubtedly have an important and continuing role in multimedia systems , the longterm future rests with the various evolving forms of CD media . |
| 23 | Its whole future rests on the decision we take as a nation when we vote in the General Election on Thursday , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The success of any programme rests on the faculty 's enthusiasm and support . |
| 25 | As former champions , Queen 's Club rested in the fourth round — head and shoulders above the Area 5 pack . |
| 26 | For everyone , the lie is too upright if the club rests on the heel with the toe well off the ground . |
| 27 | ‘ Do fish swim ? ’ he said , whipping the power steering over and bringing the car to rest in the pub car park in a shower of gravel . |
| 28 | There was a half-full glass of pale sherry standing beside the notepad and pen resting on the arm of the heavy leather chair . |
| 29 | Their reflexes also tend to be quicker , with decision-making resting in the hands of one person . |
| 30 | 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 . |