Example sentences of "to rely [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any attempt to draw up a wider programme would have to rely overwhelmingly on the only information available to the Opposition — the autumn statement in its present form . |
| 2 | Physical disability makes shopping difficult , and sometimes forces the elderly to rely entirely on the good but fairly limited range of foods that can be delivered to their door by the milkman . |
| 3 | Woman-centred methods also tend to rely uncritically on the particular kinds of scientificity that therapeutic and humanist methods have developed . |
| 4 | Bereft of the supernatural assistance previously offered by the Catholic priest and unwilling to rely solely on the petitionary prayers favoured by Protestants , they resorted to time-honoured magical charms and remedies to cure sickness , improve the weather , or ward off evil spirits . |
| 5 | They argue that to rely exclusively on the electoral or parliamentary road to the goal of socialism is to shut-off the possibility of attaining that goal precisely because it overestimates the power of party and the democratic state ; underestimates rival centres of power ; and minimises the moderating implications of parliamentary democracy and much else besides . |
| 6 | In theory it would be possible to rely simply on the professional background and training of corporate managers to act as a self-imposed limit on their discretion . |
| 7 | The council , in the absence of state schemes , continued to rely heavily on the voluntary sector for essential services . |