Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] rely on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not rely on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times a child annoyed a parent ; it must be concerned with observable behaviour . |
| 2 | They should not rely on the taxpayer — especially in today 's economic climate . |
| 3 | It must be stressed that one should not rely on the proposition that the grounds of fault contained within third party correspondence are exhaustive . |
| 4 | Vendors should not rely on the possibility that protection may be available under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 5 | But they must still rely on the banks satisfying that demand by lending more — and the banks may not oblige . |
| 6 | If the speaker is observing the maxims in a fairly direct way , he may nevertheless rely on the addressee to amplify what he says by some straightforward inferences based on the assumption that the speaker is following the maxims . |
| 7 | He said that councillors had no idea what was going on , and could only rely on the advice of the council 's officials . |
| 8 | The company was bound by the representation and could only rely on the exclusion clause to exclude liability for damage to beads and sequins . |
| 9 | Although in their own eyes the rebels had simply been fighting for what was rightfully theirs , from the point of view of Henry II and Richard they were disturbers of the peace , and as princes maintaining the peace within their dominions , the Angevins could generally rely on the support of the church . |
| 10 | The party could not rely on the achievements of the past decade to win the next election . |
| 11 | Higher education could not rely on the taxpayer as its only source of funds , he told the annual meeting of the university 's court of governors . |
| 12 | The SPD too decided that they could not rely on the FDP to provide a solid , lasting majority in parliament and Herbert Wehner was all in favour of a ‘ Grand Coalition ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Where the employer was in breach of this duty he could not rely on the defence of common employment . |
| 16 | It was held that the hotel could not rely on the notice to protect it against liability . |
| 17 | It was held that the company could not rely on the clause to protect it against liability when the dress was stained during the cleaning process . |
| 18 | The police could also rely on the statutory offence of obstruction of the highway , and the common-law offence of public nuisance . |
| 19 | You see , they could n't rely on the local beys not to forget it had been abolished . |
| 20 | In general it allied itself with the conservative sector , knowing it could then rely on the wealth and status of this group and , in return , offering a value system that supported their regimes . |
| 21 | This case differs from the case in which the agent cognitively agreed , i.e. expressed a belief that a person has certain rights in a situation in which he should have known that the hearer may reasonably rely on the utterance to his detriment . |
| 22 | The House need not rely on the hon. Gentleman 's view that it happens 99.99 per cent . |
| 23 | As an unknown you ca n't rely on the first , and very likely have no hip London friends or business connections to facilitate the second . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Oh yeah , at night , anyway because at night he 's alone and he 's from it and during the day , I know , I know my brother as I ca n't rely on the , and , and , you know , and look at , Michelle would look at , at him all the time , but , put , put the thing on you know . |
| 26 | The broad effect of this is that a defect will normally be cured as against the administrator and liquidator ( since unsecured creditors will not normally rely on the register of charges ) but not against persons who acquire an interest ( who will normally rely on the register of charges ) . |
| 27 | In particular he will never rely on the operator spontaneously remembering to do something which has no natural place in the developing task ( p. 56 ) . |
| 28 | If the latter makes a search , the priority extends to cover the transfer , too , or the lease where there is a lease instead of a transfer ; but note that the converse is n't true , so the mortgagee must always search , and should n't rely on any search made by the borrower , who can properly rely on the search made by his or her mortgagee . |
| 29 | He can only rely on the doctor 's skill and good faith . |
| 30 | However , in other cases the courts have held that where a clause requiring best endeavours appears with an exclusion or force majeure clause , it qualifies the latter , so that the contractor can only rely on the exclusion or force majeure clause if it can establish that it used best endeavours ( see Yates and Hawkins , Standard Business Contracts : Exclusions and Related Devices , p165 ) . |