Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] relied on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd 's has hitherto relied on the promises of rich men and women to meet exceptional insurance losses from their personal resources ; in recompense for this personal risk , they were often handsomely rewarded . |
| 2 | Switzerland has long relied on Italian and Spanish workers . |
| 3 | Until fairly recently , tropical silviculture has largely relied on natural regeneration . |
| 4 | American capitalism has always relied on international rivalry and the occasional war to create an artificial community of interest between the rich and the poor . |
| 5 | The business and industrial community too has always relied on public libraries to provide a service to meet their specialist needs . |
| 6 | Her prose has always relied on a certain musicality and lyricism to seduce and keep us spellbound . |
| 7 | She has always relied on instinct , and for 55 years it has served her well . |
| 8 | Traditionally the chain has always relied on hardware and ironmongery sales . |
| 9 | Like all United Kingdom unit trust providers — with the exception of Lazards Merchant Bank which offers investors free entry into all eight of its unit trusts ( minimum investment £5,000 ) — Murray Johnstone has traditionally relied on commission hungry financial advisers to introduce its business . |
| 10 | But considered in the context of the two years spent in Paris jazz clubs , exploring a musical genre that has often relied on experimental vocal contributions , it all begins to make sense . |
| 11 | Jonadab always relied on the leaves for treating any horse which developed an infection or chill in the bladder . |
| 12 | They had always relied on speed and skill in horsemanship , which enabled them to dash in upon their adversaries , fire off a salvo from their short but deadly bows , and then retreat before any reprisal . |
| 13 | He remembered how strong she was and how much he had always relied on her . |
| 14 | Every friend you 've ever relied on in government would have trouble remembering your name . |
| 15 | They have usually relied on the grossness of the physical threat , rather than its certainty , to do the work . |
| 16 | I have always relied on the kindness of my friends . |
| 17 | Cell fusion techniques such as those used in making monoclonal antibodies for example , have always relied on polyethylene glycol to fuse cell membranes together . |
| 18 | Instead it plays with the ‘ death of reading ’ , for novels have always relied on the reader to bring them to life . |
| 19 | Browne reckons that the value of the UK hardware market will fall 28% in real terms by 1994 , which means that vendors that have traditionally relied on maintenance as a key cash generator ‘ will be forced to act rapidly to avoid crisis ’ . |
| 20 | Organizations have traditionally relied on structure and threats of insecurity to control the behaviour of employees . |
| 21 | What is becoming increasingly clear is that the Labour party is trying to do nothing other than promote scare stories so as deliberately to frighten people who have traditionally relied on adult education courses . |
| 22 | He said the Kenton Road unit was vital to the 30 adults who have regularly relied on it for help since it began as a pilot project two years ago . |
| 23 | In New York , as in other cities such as Boston , Chicago , and Los Angeles , the poor have historically relied on the public hospitals , largely financed and administered by city or county government , for their health care . |