Example sentences of "on [pers pn] for their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here she was , past the prime of life it was true , but grumbling because others depended on her for their family traditions to be kept up , and here was Doris Smythe with no family and unable to do much for herself — and she was the sort of person who 'd always helped others when she was younger , Linda remembered . |
| 2 | The second , and the one with which he is still struggling , required him to search for a means of making the pupils less dependent on him for their mathematics . |
| 3 | However , most of his tours are accompanied by freelance lecturers , though never those who rely on it for their livelihood , who , he thinks , get stale . |
| 4 | ( 1 ) Official figures indicate that one in five of southern Italians and a quarter of Greeks and Portuguese work in agriculture , although the numbers significantly dependent on it for their livelihood must be considerably higher . |
| 5 | He says in Mexico for instance there are communities who depend on it for their livelihood and who benefit from the sale of the wood . |
| 6 | Tourism does bring economic benefits to rural areas , but it is usually considered to be a mixed blessing , even by those who depend on it for their living . |