Example sentences of "[adv] rely upon a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So in the Westinghouse case , one group of witnesses successfully claimed a privilege existing in English law , while another group of witnesses successfully relied upon a privilege existing in the law of the United States , the requesting State . |
| 2 | Frustrated national movements like those of the Irish , or south Slavs of the Dual Monarchy , of the Armenians in Turkey or the Poles in Russia , could usually rely upon a reflex of ready sympathy in at least some foreign countries . |
| 3 | However , he also relied upon a number of criticisms of the judge 's summing up . |
| 4 | The Dutch sellers now relied upon a clause ( clause 13 ) in their contract of sale with the buyers and claimed therefore to have proprietary rights entitling them to have priority over the buyers ' other creditors . |
| 5 | They could never even rely upon a good singing voice — instead there is that distinctive nasal whine . |