Example sentences of "have to rely on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 2 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
| 3 | Others have had to rely on government funding to keep going , although funding from the Department of the Environment through the Urban Programme has been restricted and only seven centres have been funded on a continuing basis by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and ( fir the time being ) the Legal Aid Board . |
| 4 | So homeless organisations may have to rely on charity to provide the extra night shelter . |
| 5 | If the injured trio — or even one of them for that matter — miss the game , Rangers may have to rely on goalkeeper Andy Goram more than ever . |
| 6 | Walesa told the paper on July 25 : " If I was to face anarchy , or widespread strikes , I would have to rely on force to save the country . " |
| 7 | To start , you will have to rely on manure , but supplement this with your home-made compost . |
| 8 | For we can hardly use language to throw light upon the basis from which language itself derives its meaning , without having to rely on allusion and metaphor . |
| 9 | Thus by the use of cheques , credit cards , standing orders , etc. , money can be transferred from one person or institution to another without having to rely on cash . |
| 10 | Older lone women are more likely than lone men to have to rely on income support and widows are much more likely than widowers to do so . |
| 11 | To put this carefully engineered plasmid into the virus the NIH team had to rely on chance . |
| 12 | The people who lived there had to rely on rainwater , which in the summer was often inadequate . |
| 13 | Many towns had to rely on immigration from the country to maintain even a reduced level of population , and the easing of pressure of population on the land in the country reduced the urge on men to move , although as we have seen in our examination of rural society men did continue to leave the land to escape the burdens of serfdom ( 70 ; 104 , pp.206–10 ; Ch.4 ) . |
| 14 | Then one day , before breakfast , I found her in the sitting room , and no longer had to rely on hearsay . |
| 15 | Do you resent having been put into the position where you had rely , had to rely on land sales ? |
| 16 | Whatever the method chosen , these invitations were issued only for the more important — i.e. expensive — funerals ; those of lesser rank had to rely on word of mouth . |
| 17 | In practice , like Richards , they had to rely on intuition rather than analysis , or at best on the consensus of experienced readers , a consensus which , the recent history of criticism seems to suggest , is not all that often achieved . |
| 18 | Disqualified persons had to rely on secrecy . |
| 19 | At that time Poole , like John , had to rely on stage presence more than technique , but he had a powerful personality and a quick intelligent appreciation of character which enabled him to give memorable performances in many of John 's early ballets . |
| 20 | But war was under way again in southern Angola , the team faced obvious difficulties and had to rely on information from the Angolan government . |
| 21 | But when they were switched on they blew the main fuses , which deprived them of lighting for the day and taught them why they had to rely on coal fires . |
| 22 | The reasonableness of this is manifest when viewed in the light of the fact that a great many of the most important human decisions do , after all , ultimately have to rely on mathematics for their resolution , if only by virtue of the principle of the majority vote being allowed to prevail in , for example , political matters . |
| 23 | have to rely on charity hand-outs . |
| 24 | The distinctions between them are greater and the guarantee of quality is more uncertain , so you have to rely on experience , advice and a decent shop to help . |
| 25 | well — it looks like we have to rely on Speed and Macca for them goals — i guess one of them is our ‘ top-scorer ’ right now ? |
| 26 | The observed data on income , wealth , etc. , do not correspond accurately to the theoretical constructs ; the empirical procedures have to rely on proxy measures ; assumptions have to be made about the extent to which people benefit from different public programmes and about incidence . |
| 27 | In judging other people , we have to rely on intuition and empathy . |
| 28 | When confident awareness is not available to managers , they have to rely on intuition , judgement by analogy and the informed reports of other people . |