Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] rely on the " in BNC.

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1 Prior to COGSA unseaworthiness was determinative of liability ; after COGSA a carrier could rely on the Harter Act derived exemptions for errors in navigation or management , even though the vessel was unseaworthy as long as the unseaworthiness was not the cause of the loss .
2 The court found that the authority was an emanation of the state and referred to the European Court of Justice the questions of whether the dismissal of the applicant after reaching normal retirement age for a woman constituted discrimination prohibited by Council Directive ( 76/207/EEC ) and whether the applicant could rely on the directive in national courts notwithstanding any inconsistency between it and s. 6(4) of the Act of 1975 .
3 The Purchaser should rely on the normal contractual measure of damages to compensate for any breach of Warranties — ie the difference between what the Business would have been worth had the warranty been true and what it is actually worth in the light of the breach .
4 Such an exclusion would rely on the restricted sense of encoding that required , inter alia , that the significances in question are ( a ) intentionally conveyed ( and we can now say , meant-nn ) and ( b ) conventionally associated with the relevant linguistic forms .
5 Not only is the purpose for which the consumer buys consumer goods more likely to be known to the seller ( particularly by implication ) but it is far more likely that the consumer will rely on the seller 's judgment and skill .
6 The firm can rely on the intermediary if it has no reasonable grounds to doubt what he says .
7 The fact that where goods are designed and manufactured to the buyer 's special order the seller will have greater knowledge of the buyer 's requirements and the buyer will rely on the seller 's skill may make it less reasonable for the seller to exclude or limit liability ; on the other , hand , if goods are manufactured to the buyer 's special order , it may be more reasonable to expect the buyer to insure against losses .
8 The acquirer will rely on the warranties to establish whether the business is in proper compliance with those agreements at completion .
9 In these circumstances , the employer may rely on the law protecting trade secrets and begin in-house production or , alternatively , license others to use or develop the relevant know-how generated by the invention .
10 Any lack of precision or clarity may provide an excuse for a dispute or even litigation : for example , if it is not clear when payment is due , the client 's customer may rely on the uncertainty in the terms to withhold payment until the latest possible date .
11 Any minister must rely on the operational advice he is given by the managers on the ground .
12 Several of those hawks could have taken off and never returned , but they did not ; the falconer could rely on the training and the care she had given them .
13 A monarch who behaved in this way could rely on the support of many of the leading intellectuals of the age , however despotic his power .
14 The argument here is that the buyer can rely on the seller 's breach as a waiver of performance so as to justify refusal to accept delivery .
15 As the Steam Tank is not provided with any instruments for determining the pressure in the boiler , the commander must rely on the intensity of the gurgling noises , the hissing sound as steam escapes from imperfectly sealed piping , and the clouds of vapour which accumulate around him .
16 But for this conclusion to be reached , it must be established that the accountant ought to have known that the third party would rely on the accountant 's work in the way and for the purpose alleged .
17 It does not matter whether the victim would rely on the deception .
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