Example sentences of "to rely on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | To achieve their objective , they have to rely on the efficient working of the price mechanism such that prices give them the appropriate ‘ signals ’ . |
| 28 | Whereabouts in the model would damage cause a patient to have to rely on the non-lexical procedure for reading ? |
| 29 | Conservationists expect the government to rely on the existing network of 5,800 sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) , which are given only limited protection under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
| 30 | Labour 's preference seems to be to rely on the political process to protect the rights of the citizen . |