Sentence examples for rest on something from inspiring English sources

The success or failure of any one painting might rest on something as elementary as the choice between oil paint and acrylic paint or a brush and a palette knife.

Without unduly calling into question an operating definition of what "punk" is (The Wheel of Punk™ lets us rest on something as lazy as "the exact opposite of The Eagles"), it's important to realize that half the fun of this thing is how arbitrary it is.

The question asked of the student: "How many exposed faces would the resulting solid have?" The solid has to rest on something.

But in order to nap effectively, your head must be able to rest on something, he said, like a desk or the back of a chair.

The success of the changes in making students feel more welcome will rest on something intangible, Mr. Cooper, the third-year student, said.

Journalist and author Norman Cousins, for example, argued that the correct answer should be six, because the seven-sided solid has to rest on something, and the face that it is resting on is not exposed.

"How can you tell?" "His arm is curved like it's resting on something".

Mr Cowen's piece therefore rests on something of a straw argument: the idea that egalitarianism as a political force in America is fundamentally opposed to globalisation.

The rigid oval nature of the band means it can't flex when resting on something hard, making it uncomfortable to wear at times.

"It may be that you could have a crypto-based voting technology that rests on something that could be understood by a high school senior.

CHICAGO'S claim to have cracked the problem of post-industrialisation rests on something more than the development of entertainment and "knowledge" industries: it is now a "global city", say a variety of onlookers.