Example sentences of "rely on [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minoans seem to have been self-sufficient in terms of basic needs , which must have put them in a position of trading strength , but they relied on imports for supplies of exotic raw materials for the manufacture of luxury goods . |
| 2 | As babies we relied on others for food , shelter , protection and love . |
| 3 | In some other respects it relied on centuries of evolution of peasant society . |
| 4 | A model of Christian living and hence of holiness which relied on images of separation and apartness became highly suspect . |
| 5 | Like her , he relied on clichés for guidance , for cross-cultural understanding . |
| 6 | Furthermore as authority for his departure from Diplock LJ 's judgment , Lord Denning relied on dicta of their Lordships in Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Harper 's Garage ( Stourport ) Ltd [ 1968 ] AC 269 which are of doubtful support . |
| 7 | When the 1980s began , they relied on banks for 71% of their external financing and carried debts equal to 68% of their assets . |
| 8 | The Plan worked by setting targets for certain key sectors of the economy ( such as steel , electricity and cement ) rather than by close state direction , it tended to foster the return to industrial predominance of capitalist businessmen , and it relied on loans from abroad , particularly from America . |
| 9 | We relied on balls into the box , to hope something would happen . |
| 10 | Alexander Bain ( 1810-77 ) filed a patent in 1843 for his fax , which relied on pulses of electric currents transmitted over telegraph lines to send images . |
| 11 | Most of these islands are short of fresh water in summer and rely on tankers from the mainland . |
| 12 | More often they rely on whorls of old leaves , tightly-packed neighbouring shoots , and above all snow-cover , to protect them from wind abrasion . |
| 13 | Technological hazards are more unpredictable and may be extremely rare , so that it becomes difficult to use probability concepts to quantify risk , especially those which rely on notions of relative frequency . |
| 14 | Adrian Britton , director for general practice , says that mortgage valuers rely on experts in specialised engineering tests . |
| 15 | Generally speaking , most Ministers rely on others for most of their ideas . |
| 16 | The answer to these questions — and I rely on findings from the literature on child development and clinical research — is a resounding ‘ No ’ ! |
| 17 | The administrators rely on threats of dire consequences for the firm as a whole but generally are more committed to the firm ( having weak professional institutes — if any ) and are less marketable should they want to change jobs . |
| 18 | Semiconductors rely on gaps between the characteristic energy levels of electrons in the material ; while these remain large , currents can not flow . |
| 19 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 20 | A vast proportion of mechanical engineering products rely on mechanisms for their operation . |
| 21 | But the eventual consensus was that runner beans , which of course rely on insects for pollination , simply were n't getting enough attention from them . |
| 22 | They rely on ideas from groups , individuals and companies within their area . |
| 23 | The first S in SSC comes from the fact that its magnets rely on coils of superconducting wire , which work only when chilled to about -269C , 4C above absolute zero . |
| 24 | Even more difficult to establish is the relative economic importance of individual small towns in the regional and urban hierarchy to what extent was a small town or village dependent on its major neighbours , and how much did the larger towns and cities rely on supplies from the former ? |
| 25 | Finally , it is worth bearing in mind that if , as now seems likely , the process of cephalization occurred independently in several arthropodan lineages ( see p.5 ) , interpretations of the head which rely on comparisons between the insects and other arthropod groups no longer have the validity ascribed to them in the past . |
| 26 | There is a growing number of councillors , particularly in the larger cities , who have no other paid employment and who rely on allowances for their livelihood . |
| 27 | All African broadcasting stations rely on governments for a large proportion of their income , insufficient funds being raised either from advertising or the licence fee . |
| 28 | Although he relies on assumptions about human nature , he seeks to treat its inherent tendencies scientifically . |
| 29 | Unavailable for work , he relies on friends for food , lodgings and money . |
| 30 | The zygosity classification of the Swedish Twin Registry was used , which relies on questions on childhood resemblance . |