Example sentences of "[noun] rests upon a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the defence of mistake ( as in dishonesty , duress , provocation and unwarranted demands ) one can see just how the criminal law rests upon a mixture of subjectivism and objectivism . |
| 2 | The body rests upon a bed of the finest ash , a coating of india rubber , three quarters of an inch in thickness , being placed between , which has the effect of almost destroying the vibration generally attendant on the railway carriages . |
| 3 | The present political initiative rests upon a consumer- or market-based perspective as the driving force for change , and upon the belief that managers within the service will respond to that direction . |
| 4 | The magic castle that is London 's St Pancras Station rests upon a forest of unseen arches , forming a vault which in the railways ' heydays , from the 1870S to the 1920s , housed the thousands of barrels of beer that arrived daily from Burton-on-Trent . |
| 5 | Ramsey cried to the Church to be itself ; to know that its being rests upon a death and an empty tomb ; and to be itself whether modern Britain will listen or close its ears . |
| 6 | That scheme rests upon an interpretation of liberal ideals and the justice of the market order for the distribution of wealth and power which has been overshadowed by a rival interpretation of liberalism and a redefinition of legitimate market relations . |