Example sentences of "his [noun sg] rest on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less the emperor decides against the hopeful beneficiary , and he asserts that his decision rests on the testator 's intention . |
| 2 | By his recommendation he implies that a reasonable investigation has been made and that his recommendation rests on the conclusions based on that investigation . |
| 3 | The student begins with his right foot forward , with most of his weight resting on the left leg . |
| 4 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |
| 5 | His fame rests on the flurry of tracts he published in his last years , and little is known of his background . |
| 6 | Taff said sleepily as he stood up , then leaned over the side of the trench , his head resting on the grass . |
| 7 | His head rested on the pillow at an unusual angle , the chin tilted abnormally high , so that , from the foot of the bed , Richard was looking into the dark pits of his nostrils . |
| 8 | He went to sleep as he stood there , clutching his glass , his forehead resting on the windowpane . |
| 9 | Then he slipped his hand into the glove compartment of his car till his finger rested on the heavy rubber casing of a torch . |
| 10 | His argument rested on the fact that in ‘ the real world ’ people had conversations about books . |
| 11 | Stephen lay flat , gazing out at the patterns of sunlight , his chin resting on the backs of his hands . |
| 12 | His chin rested on the top of her hair , and his breath stirred its tendrils . |
| 13 | He pressed up close , his hand resting on the slope of her thigh . |
| 14 | He had ended his own life , but in the cold had remained crouched , his hand resting on the hilt of the blade which he had pushed into his heart . |