Example sentences of "of [noun sg] rest on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their view of management rests on the assumption that a consensus exists on values and priorities within the Service . |
| 2 | Although individual consent was of central importance to Hobbes , he did not believe that the authority of law rested on the fact that it promoted a desirable objective or that it reflected a profound truth . |
| 3 | A naturalistic explanation of behaviour rests on the assumption that one can readily identify ‘ natural ’ ( or sometimes ‘ God-given ’ ) reasons for behaviour , such that , for example , it is ‘ only natural ’ that two people should fall in love , get married , live together , and raise a family . |
| 4 | One example is that of Quality Control The control of quality rests on the assumption that in mass production no two units are exactly identical , but that it is possible to mass produce vast quantities of almost identical units . |
| 5 | If there is a common theme to liberal political theorizing on authority , it is that the legitimacy of authority rests on the duty to support and uphold just institutions , as , following Rawls , the duty is now usually called . |
| 6 | The dualist 's notion of paraphrase rests on the assumption that there is some basic sense that can be preserved in different renderings . |
| 7 | If a definition of postmodernism rests on the removal of subjectivity , then several of the nouveaux romans cited demonstrate forcefully that the subject is a site of contradictions . |
| 8 | Another proposed mechanism of epeirogenesis rests on the observation that continental lithosphere is in an unstable mechanical equilibrium because its mantle is denser than the underlying asthenosphere . |
| 9 | A tin of tobacco rested on the shelf . |
| 10 | A fleck of spittle rested on the blood blue lips of the man . |