Sentence examples for rest on it from inspiring English sources

The job of the lintel is to bear the loads that rest on it (and its own load) without deforming or breaking.

The lintel must bear loads that rest on it as well as its own load without deforming or breaking.

Scott is determined to build on his Masters victory, not rest on it.

And while Mr. Obama deserves a break, he must build on this success, not rest on it.

A woman stands full front, extending the palm of her right hand to allow a dove to rest on it.

Votes rest on it: until the economic crisis, crime was the hottest issue in opinion polls, and it may well rise again as the economy heals.Crime's salience with voters feels ancient but is actually new: until the 1970s it hardly featured in elections, and it was only when Mr Blair began to fight the Tories for the territory that headlines proliferated.

Its pre-eminence outside America rests on it being the best option for international transactions.

Here's the trick: does it rest on its bottom?

"Everything rests on it.

The season probably rests on it.

Abenomics, and Japan's recovery, rests on it.