Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] rely on the " in BNC.

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1 Their explanation relies on the ‘ turnover costs ’ that would be involved : the fact that insiders are more productive because they have had more on-the-job training ; that such training may well come from insiders who on being sacked will not be there to supply it ; that harassment via picket lines , the ‘ angry silence ’ , etc. , can be employed even by displaced insiders , that the unpopular act of replacing a whole work-force is likely to cost the firm in terms of lost' good-will ‘ .
2 Most important , its implementation relied on the military , who , in the overwhelming majority , were adamantly anti-reform .
3 His plan relies on the simple expedient of envy : the ‘ blockish ’ Ajax will meet the challenge laid down by Hector , and this will ‘ physic the great Myrmidon Who broils in loud applause ’ .
4 On his election as President in May 1984 [ see pp. 33204-05 ] , his government relied on the support of the military and was heavily dependent on the USA for military and economic aid .
5 Nozick anyway could not hold that it does , because his position relies on the independent proof it provides that you do n't know you are not a brain in a vat .
6 Your accountant relies on the information and explanations which you make available .
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