Example sentences of "to rely on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he would not have been around to negotiate with the RAF and would have had to rely on a tenuous radio link with the LRDG main base . |
| 2 | Their small eyes and poor eyesight , combined with their often murky environment , means they have to rely on a short-range echolocation system to find food . |
| 3 | Our Canadian housing business continues to rely on a limited number of sites for its housing activity and Millcroft and Creditview subdivisions were the main sources of that activity in the later months of the year . |
| 4 | He withdrew striker Steve Flanagan and brought on young Sean Dowling at right-back , Farnham were thus able to rely on a strong midfield presence of Millard , Daly and May , with Deighan and Stairs looking to stretch Cranleigh wide on the flanks . |
| 5 | In spite of complaints by business about the pound 's appreciation ( in May 1979 its effective exchange rate was 81.3 per cent and in January 1982 it was 92 per cent of its 1975 rate ) the government came to rely on a strong pound as part of its anti-inflation strategy . |
| 6 | Stevenson 's had to be able to rely on a good word from him . |
| 7 | There was as yet no uniformity of practice among local authorities , who continued to rely on a wide variety of examining methods , though more had turned to external test agencies — organisations or examiners — than in the past . |
| 8 | It 's an anomaly that a ) we want the parabear to descend safely and not too far distant , while b ) we have to rely on a fair breeze to elevate the lifting kite and carry the droppable load . |
| 9 | Charles in fact avoided his father 's tendency to rely on a single favourite : no-one was ever labelled ( as Bernard had been ) secundus a rege in Charles 's reign . |
| 10 | They tend to rely on a rapid turnover of stock , to keep down inventory levels . |
| 11 | These fish appear to rely on a rapid circulation of plasma to meet their oxygen needs ; what advantage ( if any ) this stratagem confers is not clear , but it is one that would not be feasible in warmer oceans where the oxygen content of the water is lower . |
| 12 | Rebecca 's body has already rejected two kidneys , and she has to rely on a daily cocktail of drugs |
| 13 | Knowledge which teachers possess about other parts of the world of education and training allows managers to rely on a broader set of reference points when new policies are developed . |
| 14 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 15 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 16 | But they 're frustrated that most of the time , they 're forced to rely on a helping hand . |
| 17 | But in order to avoid having to rely on a null result , Honey and Hall ( 1989 c ) conducted a further study which attempted to eliminate problems of this sort by making use of the second of the within-subjects designs presented in Table 5.1 . |
| 18 | Similarly , in Bowes v Sedgefield DC [ 1981 ] ICR 234 the defendants were not allowed to rely on a statutory defence at trial which they had not pleaded . |
| 19 | It was therefore concluded that gaze direction is a function both of an individual 's consistent tendency to rely on a particular half of the brain and of differential hemispheric arousal in response to specific experimental situations . |
| 20 | University departments operating within close margins with respect to staffing and clinical resources have to rely on a large measure of good will to achieve continued high standards in teaching and evaluation , which can be difficult to sustain if , for example , reappointments of staff are delayed . |
| 21 | Whatever the rights and wrongs of this debate , the fact remains that we do not live in a perfect world and , like it or not , we have to rely on a large amount of data derived from animals . |
| 22 | We have to rely on the occasional incident of this kind occurring naturally , and study that . |
| 23 | communication yes , so that we used to have the difficulty , and we used to rely on the odd person , railway people , drivers and their guards , they used to be knocked up during the night for early duty , by call boys , we used to make use of them if we wanted a message sent anywhere . |
| 24 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 25 | Up until now serious collectors have tended to rely on the famous New York Stadium/Stokowski version in Francesca , and either Szell or Karajan in the Marche ( of which there is a ludicrously overinflated 40 plus versions in the current catalogue ) ! |
| 26 | Labour would hope to rely on the combined votes of the Liberal Democrats , the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru . |
| 27 | Therefore red fish would seem to be the best major source of vitamin D , although vegetarians who do not eat fish need to rely on the other sources mentioned . |
| 28 | This merely enables the local authority to rely on the private law concepts relating to the passing of the burden of covenants attached to land , i.e. the burden of a covenant can not pass to successors in title at common law , Austerberry v Oldham Corporation , and only restrictive covenants , as opposed to positive covenants may pass under the equitable rules , first proposed in Tulk v Moxhay . |
| 29 | We should not have to rely on the private sector to assist in providing facilities especially as , currently in many cases it does not provide such facilities . |
| 30 | The taxpayer argued that to rely on the substantial omissions from Mr Slade 's tax return as grounds for investigating Mr Kempton 's tax affairs was to imply guilt by association . |