Sentence examples for might rest on from inspiring English sources

Although it might be that some of the geriatric syndromes carry a high degree of specificity in relation to deficit accumulation, this needs to be investigated, lest we turn over one orthodoxy (of disease) only to accept another (of syndromes) that might rest on just as insecure a foundation.

Alternatively, the legitimacy of institutions and decisions might rest on their being fair and inclusive.

The outcome of this game might rest on which team handles it better.

Other mergers might rest on theoretical synergies or technological breakthroughs: will Citibank's investment bankers get on with Salomon Smith Barney's?

A lot might rest on pillar 2 of the new accord ie, on whether supervisors allow banks to lose a bit of padding during recessions.

But finding the kind of blockbuster move that could placate Steinbrenner might rest on parting with their best prospect, pitcher Brandon Claussen.

It also makes an improbable suggestion about Spinal Tap's continued appeal: that it might rest not on the jokes, but on a genuine love for the music, in both audience and band.

Joe Torre said he might rest Abreu on Sunday.

There is something eminently likable about this year's big indie breakthrough band, the Kaiser Chiefs, but the feeling remains that it might rest more on their personalities - an engaging combination of wild-eyed exuberance and dry northern wit - than their music.

And unlike the South Carolina situation, she said, local crews use special backpack-sized sprayers generating micron-sized water droplets that can be directed at specific features on a property where Aedes mosquitoes might rest, such as on a hedge or large flowering bush.

Now Kendrick and colleagues suggest that sheep's mighty powers of recollection might rest in part on the ability to form mental images in the absence of visual input.