Example sentences of "relied [prep] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 This means that the original cause of action can no longer be relied upon for any purpose .
2 Few can be relied upon for any technical back-up or support services although they can draw upon the services of their manufacturing suppliers for this purpose .
3 AEG 's experience thus guarantees that the availability of energy can be relied upon at all times .
4 Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’
5 He could be relied upon in all circumstances to give of his best for us , even though , in all honesty , we were seldom more than a pretty poor bunch throughout the period he was with us .
6 The authorities relied upon in these appeals were as follows .
7 In spite of the removal of smoke by roof ventilation , the scene of operations would be too remote for direct visual observation to provide a reliable indication of progress and no degree of artificial lighting , even if it could be provided and relied upon in these circumstances would offer adequate assistance .
8 It does not contain and should not be treated as constituting any representation in connection with any offer or invitation , nor shall it or any part of it form the basis or be relied upon in any way in connection with any contract relating to any securities .
9 Elizabeth Hodder , whose wisdom I have relied upon in this section , found from personal experience that there was no help available for stepfamilies in Britain .
10 It would not be reasonably foreseen that these accounts would still be relied upon by any banker acting in the ordinary course of business as a basis for assessing the then creditworthiness of Berg after the passage of more than about 15 months from the end of the period covered by the accounts .
11 The Florida county 's ironic predicament illustrates the extent to which drug testing is relied upon by some US employers to screen the workforce .
12 While the idea of preserving the total literary output of a nation is the ideal to be aimed at — an ideal relied upon by those who discard gleefully — the fact is that the British Library does not have a copy of every book .
13 This can be done for any letter position , including the first and the last letters of a word , and for more than one letter position , although it is not a good policy to allow more than two per word if the accuracy of the recogniser is to be relied on at all .
14 These intra-uterine devices would have had a contraceptive effect and were relied on by some women for that purpose .
15 Valuation work will be relied on by those instructing the firm for purposes agreed in the terms of engagement and , on occasions , the firm may be aware that it is to be relied on by third parties too .
16 Certainly there was the occasional spectacular apostasy from civilized values , as in the case of Jack Driberg , a Kenya Masai official who went native and then proceeded to a distinguished career as a lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge ; but on the whole the records , in so far as they can be relied on in such matters do not support this view .
17 The fact , much relied on in some more recent cases in the Ormandy line , that service by mail is not allowed in domestic Japanese cases can not be relevant ; Japan could have objected to Article 10(a) but chose not to do so .
18 That section sets out various grounds for jurisdiction , including the domicile , residence and physical presence of the debtor in England , but the sole ground relied on in this case is section 265(1) ( c ) ( ii ) , namely , that the debtor within a period of three years ending on the date of presentation , had ‘ carried on business in England and Wales . ’
19 It is very true that in one sense it must be implied that although there is no existing difference , still that a difference may arise between the parties : yet I think the distinction between an existing difference and one which may arise is a material one , and one which has properly been relied on in this case …
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