Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] rely on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In support of this submission he relied on the recent decision of the House of Lords in Reg. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners , Ex parte T. C. Coombs & Co. [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 283 , 302F where the House of Lords held , in the words of Lord Lowry who gave the leading judgment in which the other Lords of Appeal concurred , that |
| 2 | To obtain a hand specimen we rely on the differential weathering of the sponge and the matrix . |
| 3 | ‘ The increased levy on petrol will really hurt a lot of disabled people in the countryside who rely on the car for their independence , ’ Mrs Hirst , of Smyth Court , Leiston , said . |
| 4 | Marr and his colleagues have come up with a simpler explanation which relies on the fact that there are two classes of ganglion cells , on-centre and off-centre . |
| 5 | It 's not detracting from the skills of the driver because in the end everything relies on the driver making it work . |
| 6 | He experimented unsuccessfully with the ammonia-soda process ( later perfected by others ) , but for mass production of alkali he relied on the proven method invented by N. Leblanc , which generated quantities of hydrochloric acid . |
| 7 | A thousand years ago , humans used a similar but much cruder system which relied on the strongest part of the pattern , a band of polarised light arcing the sky . |
| 8 | Birds of prey which rely on the heather moorlands for nesting and rearing their young , such as merlin and hen harrier , can do so without the persecution which sometimes occurs when their existence is in conflict with grouse-shooting interests . |
| 9 | The temptation is to establish a structure which relies on the initiatives of experts-Training Authorities , Regional Training Departments , Management Development Advisers . |
| 10 | The clearest example is Charterhouse which relied on the exploitation of lead and silver from the Mendips ; mining occurred over an extensive area , largely to the south-east of the town , which apparently possessed a complex street system and a small amphitheatre . |
| 11 | But if I may interrupt , how do you cope with the argument that Mr Curtis was making that if your settlement is , say , less than two and a half thousand it is no more than a large housing estate which relies on the centre of York for its functions , of service , shopping , entertainment , and therefore that the difference between that the difference between a new settlement beyond the greenbelt and peripheral development , in those terms , is no different . |