Example sentences of "[adv] rely on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although provision is made for the acquisition of such rights under the Telecommunications Code ( Telecommunications Act 1984 , Sched 2 ) , it is unwise merely to rely on the statutory machinery . |
| 2 | And , come to that , can we any longer rely on the received doctrine that it 's for the Chief Constable to decide on the allocation of resources ? ’ |
| 3 | When the teacher inhibits the child from pointing and pretends not to be able to see the picture , the child understands that the communicative situation has changed , that she can no longer rely on the shared visual context and she makes her reference explicit ( the teddy ) , locates him verbally rather than by pointing to him ( on the chair ) and makes explicit how the second picture differs from the first ( there ai n't no teddy ) . |
| 4 | With the soaring call for its services — when the UN takes over the Somali operation on May 4th the number of peacekeepers in the field will increase from around 60,000 to nearly 90,000 — the organisation can no longer rely on the old faithfuls : countries that , either from idealism ( Canada and Scandinavia , for instance ) or from poverty ( Fiji , Nepal and many others ) , were glad to provide troops . |
| 5 | And we can no longer rely on the extended family being dose at hand . |
| 6 | The influential Rafael Rodriguez ( who at first refused government positions , but gave advice on economic matters ) believed that Cuba could not rely on the Western capitalist countries ( accustomed to regarding Cuba as their sugar-bowl ) for the assistance necessary to develop an industrial economy . |
| 7 | You can not rely on the right questions coming to you on the spur of the moment . |
| 8 | They are included here to suggest examples of a possible connection between mankind 's first awareness of beautiful things and his evolution , which does not rely on the barren statement that a supernatural ‘ god ’ arranged it all . |
| 9 | The House need not rely on the hon. Gentleman 's view that it happens 99.99 per cent . |
| 10 | Read the whole case again , read all the symptoms of the remedy and refer to the Materia Medica of the most common remedies at the back of the book for the final comparison which does not rely on the numerical evaluation . |
| 11 | Since natural selection produced only slow , almost imperceptible changes , Darwin could not rely on the sudden appearance of a new form that did not interbreed with its parents . |
| 12 | Neighbours will appreciate a further benefit — it does not rely on the 1812 overture or other audible deterrents . |
| 13 | The confessions add considerably to de Benedetti 's embarrassments , because he is already relying on the labyrinthine Italian judicial system of appeals , and the country 's statute of limitations to avoid the possibility of a jail sentence over his - fairly tenuous — involvement in the Banco Ambrosiano collapse . |
| 14 | But until these were secured and a new defence structure created , they had perforce to rely on the British . |
| 15 | Modern historians warn us not to rely on the old text-book accounts of the causes of the Reformation , pointing out that the reality was far more complex than these suggest . |
| 16 | A recent survey of selection methods used by companies in both Britain and France for management selection , demonstrated that although the number of British companies using psychological tests had increased since an earlier survey carried out in 1984 ( Robertson and Makin , 1986 ) most organisations still relied on the traditional selection methods of the application form , interview and letters of reference ( Shackleton and Newell , 1991 ) . |
| 17 | Britain by comparison still relied on the democratic traditions of local government , as fictionally portrayed in Winifred Holtby 's South Riding ( 1936 ) . |
| 18 | You can always rely on the Modern Review to ask the really Big Questions , such as Who Killed British Fiction ? |
| 19 | In practice , an employer will not always rely on the implied duty of fidelity : there will often be an express clause in the employment contract which directs the employee to devote his time exclusively to the promotion of the employer 's business . |
| 20 | Be that as it may , the buyer can still rely on the general merchantability provision in s14(2) . |
| 21 | The series , while mentioning these historical facts , appears to be ignoring the obvious questions they raise , possibly relying on the grand sweep . |
| 22 | Today we launch our campaign , as the Community Care Act causes more elderly people than ever to rely on the six million people who care for relatives at home . |
| 23 | In the event , the water is far from hot — the EOKA gunmen who were once interned in this camp probably relied on the same boiler for water , and I am sure it was with a wry sense of humour that the Greek Cypriot government allocated St David 's Camp to the British contingent of the UN Forces in Cyprus . |
| 24 | Mr. Beazley also relied on the general statements of principle in paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Peters case [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 quoted above , which he submitted echoed the general principles laid down in the Gubisch case [ 1987 ] E.C.R. 4861 ; these are important principles , to which full weight must be given , but they can not in my judgment warrant the court placing a construction on the words of article 5(1) which they can not reasonably bear , and moreover they must be balanced against another general principle , laid down for example in Kalfelis v. Bankhaus Schrôder , Mûnchmeyer , Hengst and Co . |
| 25 | The police could also rely on the statutory offence of obstruction of the highway , and the common-law offence of public nuisance . |
| 26 | Because only a small handful of events can ever be experienced by individuals at first hand , we inevitably rely on the mass media to inform us about events beyond our immediate grasp . |
| 27 | The success of a sports team or personality often relies on the hard work of those unseen figures behind the scenes — the manager and the coach . |
| 28 | In practice , although the prosecution can now rely on the mere possession of a flick knife , it would be wise to prove an intent to injure where this is possible . |
| 29 | At the same time these results are likely to be slow , and if we are right in our conclusion that we are faced at the present time with a certain amount of abnormal employment of a quasi-permanent character , then it is not sufficient to solely rely on the gradual improvement of productive efficiency . |
| 30 | If you ca n't rely on the private sector or exports to get the economy going , you need to rely on the Government and there is very little in this statement to reflect that policy . |