Example sentences of "rely on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After playing this for a while , I reckon the original mark ( 38% , Issue 73 ) was a mite generous for a game that does n't rely on skill in the slightest — you just need to memorise the entry and exit points of the Gremlins and use the same movements , screen after screen with no variation . |
| 2 | A zebra , or antelope , could easily outrun a lion , and lions must therefore rely on stealth and the surprise attack ; carnivorous dogs , by contrast , hunt by running down their prey . |
| 3 | It is probably within these groups that systems like PGSS , which do not rely on contact with native signs , can be most effective . |
| 4 | ‘ We ca n't rely on phone calls and second-hard contact , ’ Somerset resourcefully agreed . |
| 5 | As stated , this could well save you years of wasted time if you would otherwise rely on trial and error alone . |
| 6 | Convention establishes certain procedures so that when clear rules are adopted according to these procedures , people can rely on state intervention in their behalf ; they can also rely on the state not to intervene at the behest of other citizens except as these rules stipulate and can plan and coordinate their affairs accordingly . |
| 7 | Meade will rely on Heist in the Festival Bumper , and both Mubadir and Glencloud in the County Hurdle . |
| 8 | The committee must , however , rely on Parliament to enforce these powers . |
| 9 | I 'd urge you to buy the MS-DOS 5 upgrade rather than rely on MS-DOS 2.11 or 3.3 . |
| 10 | It was clear after the war that Japan could no longer rely on textile exports for most of its foreign exchange earnings ( chapter 2 ) . |
| 11 | FoE is urging the UNCED conference , however , to adopt strategies on combating climate change which do not rely on reforestation . |
| 12 | Those normally at work but disabled by non-industrial illness have had a limited cover under National Insurance , and those who have never been in the workforce have very limited special provision and must rely on income support if they lack resources . |
| 13 | Or they may appeal to our feelings — advertisements that evoke nostalgia , or involve appealing children and animals ; that make us laugh or rely on sex appeal , are all playing on our emotions to persuade us to buy . |
| 14 | The spray from the falls is so dense that you can not peer into it and you must rely on logic to believe that it is the same water that makes the river that snakes along the gorge a few hundred metres away . |
| 15 | They can only rely on evidence obtained independently of these proceedings . |
| 16 | One area in which the CEGB could n't always rely on support was the media . |
| 17 | They could not rely on support from all of their members and the TUC nor could they call out the membership so as to hit other newspapers and so bring indirect pressure to bear on Shah . |
| 18 | But the Assembly had purely consultative powers and real authority rested in a Council of Ministers , created at the same time , in which Britain could rely on support , from the Scandinavians and others , for strictly inter-governmental co-operation . |
| 19 | The living conditions of the displaced are invariably extremely difficult and many must rely on church and humanitarian organizations for basic assistance . |
| 20 | What is the Attorney-General 's authority for saying that he can not rely on Crown privilege in relation to cross undertakings for damages ? |
| 21 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 22 | And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 . |
| 23 | You ca n't rely on popularity to make you happy . |
| 24 | Whether attitudes towards BSL can be altered or not , those who come into work with deaf people will have to approach the task of learning BSL and it may be that the weight of sign learning must rely on motivation to the task and the cognitive and age factors . |
| 25 | The Liberal Democrat spokesman , Mr Charles Kennedy , quoted a letter from the Department of Health which admitted patients were in a weak position to make meaningful comparisons or to shop around , so the NHS could not always rely on competition to make sure that its internal and external markets worked effectively . |
| 26 | With 12 players on call from the World Cup compared to the USA 's six , Canada could rely on experience and it made all the difference , especially among the backs where the Eagles paid a heavy price for dropped passes , missed tackles and errant kicks . |
| 27 | The tsar was wrong to think that he could rely on payment for the help he had given Austria in 1849 . |
| 28 | John Neville 's inactivity in the face of Edward 's advance surely owed something to awareness that he could not rely on duchy support . |
| 29 | John Neville 's inactivity in the face of Edward 's advance surely owed something to awareness that he could not rely on duchy support . |
| 30 | If you 're in a band , you play — you do n't rely on back-up tapes . |