Example sentences of "had to rely [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not bother Haslam that he had to rely to a large degree on the expertise of others to perform his own job well . |
| 2 | But war was under way again in southern Angola , the team faced obvious difficulties and had to rely on information from the Angolan government . |
| 3 | The peasants had to rely on themselves , which meant recourse from 1922 onwards to private lenders — local Jews in this area . |
| 4 | For lack of sufficient members in the countryside , the party had to rely on the most lively agents to effect smychka between itself and the masses . |
| 5 | Here were people who shared his ideals and had the financial support of government and industry , while his endeavours had to rely on the begging bowl . |
| 6 | Sir , It is a sad reflection on the high street banks ' attitude to their customers that I had to rely on FARMERS WEEKLY for financial information vital to the overall profitability of my farming business . |
| 7 | There were occasions when we could n't use it : instead we had to rely on our improvisation skills . |
| 8 | Lacking reliable counter-sources , the Americans had to rely on the world as constructed by Manucher Ghorbanifar . |
| 9 | But for one category of revolutionary decree — that which urged or recommended changes in attitude and practice without creating penal sanctions — the government had to rely on individuals who had vision and who could persuade others by example and argument . |
| 10 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 11 | But in the end they had to rely on a Tottenham error for a glimmer of home . |
| 12 | Now individuals and community groups had the facts at their fingertips to refute the placatory statements of the developers and corporate businessmen , and no longer had to rely on instinctive judgements to support their case . |
| 13 | By comparison the CMHTs were a readily identifiable and costed group of specialist development staff covering all aspects of the developmental process ; they had to rely on gaining access to other organizations ' resources ; and they intentionally eschewed traditional residential care — especially private residential care . |
| 14 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 15 | Households with less privately-owned land which had to rely on the ‘ public economy ’ ( the forest ) for livestock rearing rather than private land , were less willing to see restrictions placed upon access to forests or to others ' private land for stubble grazing in cases where fodder tree planting on terrace backs was being advocated . |
| 16 | I had to rely on such copies . |
| 17 | At that time Poole , like John , had to rely on stage presence more than technique , but he had a powerful personality and a quick intelligent appreciation of character which enabled him to give memorable performances in many of John 's early ballets . |
| 18 | Then one day , before breakfast , I found her in the sitting room , and no longer had to rely on hearsay . |
| 19 | Disqualified persons had to rely on secrecy . |
| 20 | ‘ Could be better , ’ came the reply , ‘ you know what my regular trade is like , always had to rely on the trippers out here in the sticks , and who wants to come out here during a Winter like we 've just had . ’ |
| 21 | To put this carefully engineered plasmid into the virus the NIH team had to rely on chance . |
| 22 | Between the wars , there was little change but county club finances were often sorely stretched and some of the less popular counties had to rely on local patrons for help . |
| 23 | But such protection derives from licensing conditions which are stricter than those in the theatre , where shows like Oh , Calcutta ! had to rely on advisory ‘ adults only ’ notices at the box-office . |
| 24 | But when they were switched on they blew the main fuses , which deprived them of lighting for the day and taught them why they had to rely on coal fires . |
| 25 | She had been less fortunate with the driver , who was not at all sure of the route to the Hook and had to rely on friendly passers-by to give directions . |
| 26 | The players had to rely on their hearing rather than their sight ! |
| 27 | The patient , whom I shall call Maxine , first came to see me because she had a phobia about water — a phobia which was becoming so exaggerated that she could not even bear to put her hands in water and had to rely on creams and lotions to cleanse her face and body . |
| 28 | Each had to rely on the support and goodwill of his partners to be able to spend their entire time on the case of the South Ronaldsay children . |
| 29 | ‘ He was in a very difficult position , he had to rely on the prosecution to frame their charges properly . |
| 30 | The Carey family had to rely on a house provided by a Bengali moneylender to save them from destitution . |