Example sentences of "rely [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps more generally women find their own retirement easier because they have had to organize their own time for most of their lives and have relied more on the small pleasures of domestic life . |
| 2 | Many small farmers , of course , did not hire any outside labour but relied entirely on the combined efforts of each member of their family . |
| 3 | Of course , it was necessary to come to a decision at some point , and to do this the system relied primarily on the acoustic probability scores attached to each labelling . |
| 4 | The defence relied heavily on the legal precedent of Goodchild in the House of Lords in 1978 , where Lord Diplock ruled that it was not illegal to possess naturally occurring substances even if they contained a controlled drug . |
| 5 | So he can not cast off the argument from error and rely entirely on the conditional theory to show that K aq is here false . |
| 6 | It relies entirely on the voluntary services of its 1,800 members , of whom 1,050 are British or Irish . |
| 7 | This is because night vision relies mainly on the monochrome rods instead of the centrally placed colour-coded cones . |
| 8 | He did not , however , rely solely on the strong right arm of the Serbian forces . |
| 9 | Now Lucy Netzer and Jacob Sagiv , from the Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot in Israel have developed a simpler and quicker technique for preparing monolayer films that relies simply on the chemical properties of the starting materials . |
| 10 | Modern studies rely particularly on the internal structures for their identification : some brachiopods with similar exteriors can have very different ‘ insides ’ . |
| 11 | The ten minute Violin Concerto , and expertly structured work in one single , continuous movement , relies heavily on the frequent repetition of concise thematic fragments . |
| 12 | The actual content of Jesus ' teaching relies heavily on the Old Testament . |
| 13 | It relies heavily on the mathematical implications of quantum theory . |
| 14 | It is one that presents very summarized information on a cash accounting basis and relies heavily on the investigatory abilities of both the staff of the C & AG and the various Select Committee . |
| 15 | The Chancellor made clear that henceforth he would rely more on the narrower definition of money , Mo , and maintain a high exchange rate ( and high interest rates ) to dampen inflation . |
| 16 | But it seems unlikely that many customers will rely solely on the private network , instead using it in tandem with British Telecom 's lines . |
| 17 | If the purchaser has little confidence in the vendor 's ability to pay compensation for breach of warranty , the purchaser will rely heavily on the due diligence exercise . |
| 18 | This inevitably leads to an undignified sprawl for most aspirants , relying heavily on the frictional property of stomachs , knees and anything else to hand , before the front face of the buttress is thankfully gained . |
| 19 | Relying heavily on the rudimentary rhythms of pre- ‘ Extricate ’ era , only ‘ Wrong Place , Right Time ’ and ‘ Dead Beat Descendent ’ rise out of the quagmire . |
| 20 | Relying heavily on the rudimentary rhythms of pre- ‘ Extricate ’ era , only ‘ Wrong Place , Right Time ’ and ‘ Dead Beat Descendent ’ rise out of the quagmire . |
| 21 | This is a growing burden , given the government 's devolution of geriatric and mental care on to the ‘ community ’ while actually failing to provide support and relying instead on the voluntary services of women in the family . |
| 22 | These positions have it in common that they express a view about how company law should regulate corporate power in the public interest : by introducing social welfare considerations as explicit decision-making criteria , or by excluding them and relying instead on the benign effects of the invisible hand , guided where necessary by external legal controls . |
| 23 | The Financial Times of Jan. 28 noted that the co-operative and private sector was already reeling from the previous week 's monetary reform , having " relied heavily on the large cash economy and soaring prices to fuel its takeoff " . |
| 24 | Any attempt to draw up a wider programme would have to rely overwhelmingly on the only information available to the Opposition — the autumn statement in its present form . |
| 25 | Physical disability makes shopping difficult , and sometimes forces the elderly to rely entirely on the good but fairly limited range of foods that can be delivered to their door by the milkman . |
| 26 | Woman-centred methods also tend to rely uncritically on the particular kinds of scientificity that therapeutic and humanist methods have developed . |
| 27 | Bereft of the supernatural assistance previously offered by the Catholic priest and unwilling to rely solely on the petitionary prayers favoured by Protestants , they resorted to time-honoured magical charms and remedies to cure sickness , improve the weather , or ward off evil spirits . |
| 28 | They argue that to rely exclusively on the electoral or parliamentary road to the goal of socialism is to shut-off the possibility of attaining that goal precisely because it overestimates the power of party and the democratic state ; underestimates rival centres of power ; and minimises the moderating implications of parliamentary democracy and much else besides . |
| 29 | In theory it would be possible to rely simply on the professional background and training of corporate managers to act as a self-imposed limit on their discretion . |
| 30 | The council , in the absence of state schemes , continued to rely heavily on the voluntary sector for essential services . |