Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] rely on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their explanation relies on the ‘ turnover costs ’ that would be involved : the fact that insiders are more productive because they have had more on-the-job training ; that such training may well come from insiders who on being sacked will not be there to supply it ; that harassment via picket lines , the ‘ angry silence ’ , etc. , can be employed even by displaced insiders , that the unpopular act of replacing a whole work-force is likely to cost the firm in terms of lost' good-will ‘ . |
| 2 | Most important , its implementation relied on the military , who , in the overwhelming majority , were adamantly anti-reform . |
| 3 | Like the psychologist J.J. Gibson , Ullman attempts to show that many perceptual features can be recognized by relatively low-level psychophysiological mechanisms , whose functioning relies on the information available in the ambient light rather than on high-level concepts or cerebral schemata ( Gibson 1950 , 1966 , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | The latter proposal had aroused deep resentment among many influential LDP members , and particularly faction leaders whose power relied on the interdependence of party members in the multi-member constituencies . |
| 5 | His plan relies on the simple expedient of envy : the ‘ blockish ’ Ajax will meet the challenge laid down by Hector , and this will ‘ physic the great Myrmidon Who broils in loud applause ’ . |
| 6 | On his election as President in May 1984 [ see pp. 33204-05 ] , his government relied on the support of the military and was heavily dependent on the USA for military and economic aid . |
| 7 | Nozick anyway could not hold that it does , because his position relies on the independent proof it provides that you do n't know you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 8 | Your accountant relies on the information and explanations which you make available . |