Example sentences of "relied heavily upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the London Film Company was formed in 1913 by Dr Ralph Tennyson Jupp , as an offshoot of his Provincial Cinematograph Theatres exhibition company , he relied heavily upon American producers and directors . |
| 2 | Churchill relied heavily upon intelligence from Ultra , calling the Bletchley cryptanalysts ‘ the geese who laid the golden eggs but never cackled ’ ; and he could frequently be heard demanding , ‘ Where are my eggs ? ’ |
| 3 | An ordinary shut door , for example , would not be opaque to you , if you were one of those species of bat or whale who relied heavily upon detection of sound waves ! |
| 4 | I relied heavily upon Hedley Byrne as illustrative . |
| 5 | It seems that many Breton lords relied heavily upon the profits of wreck to boost their incomes , and to abolish it might have caused yet another rebellion in an area where Angevin control was still fairly fragile . |
| 6 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 7 | Before 1322 , however , because of his often fraught relations with the magnates , Edward relied heavily upon the church for essential funds . |
| 8 | The legislation , later amended by the Legal Aid Act 1974 , relied heavily upon the decisions of the Rushcliffe Committee . |