Below you will find example sentences with "relies heavily". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Relies Heavily in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: heavily
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.5 words

Words in this phrase

relies heavily

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • relies can mean: third-person singular simple present indicative of rely Frequent word
  • heavily can mean: With a great weight. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

ant man relies heavily on his 1× as it relies heavily on coal 1× british columbia relies heavily on imported 1× charity which relies heavily on donations 1× company that relies heavily on car 1× food bank relies heavily on its 1× for example relies heavily on precipitation 1× haidt relies heavily on neuroscience 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a well informed 1× ant man relies 1× as a company 1× british columbia relies 1× haidt relies heavily 1× in the meantime 1×

Common sentence endings:

and jos channels 1× and media assistance 1× and neurological systems 1× at 1243 gmt 1× at the site 1× character of maverick 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

high 3× man 2× tech 2× world 2× per 2× cent 2× vegetables 2× electricity 2× consumption 2× prices 2× power 2× next 2×

Related phrases

heavily influenced heavily damaged invested heavily rely heavily

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around heavily:

heavily damaged 8× invested heavily 7× rely heavily 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

relief fund relief efforts reliable sources reliable source reliable service relevant stakeholders

Just after it in the phrase index:

religious belief religious beliefs religious freedom religious groups religious leaders religious minorities

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

invested heavily rely heavily

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "relies heavily" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 23.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as ant man relies heavily on his, as it relies heavily on coal, high, man and tech stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with heavily influenced, heavily damaged, invested heavily, heavily damaged, invested heavily and rely heavily, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with relies heavily

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

It relies heavily on public and media assistance. (8 words)

Netanyahu relies heavily on the far right to govern. (9 words)

Sundance Lake, for example, relies heavily on precipitation to maintain water levels. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Power prices plunged across the region, which relies heavily on hydropower for electricity, as reservoirs were seen filling more rapidly than normal, with contracts for the next quarter and next year down 11% and 6%, respectively, at 1243 GMT. (39 words)

Operated by the Sault College Students’ Union, the food bank relies heavily on its partnership with United Way and Harvest Algoma, who provide Clement and her team with packaged goods, fresh vegetables, soup and bread. (35 words)

The village, in Carron Valley, was built by the Clanranald Trust for Scotland, a charity which relies heavily on donations and volunteers to help bring history to life at the site. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

And, while it’s not a biopic, the first-time screenwriter relies heavily on her past personal experiences – from a country she still adores – to entertain one and all.

Ant-Man relies heavily on his high-tech suit and gear, while Iron Man needed high-tech armored suits and countless weapons to get the job done.

As a company that relies heavily on car use, Uber acknowledges it's only right that it set ambitious sustainability goals for itself.

As one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii relies heavily on its thriving tourism industry.

A well-informed bet relies heavily on the contextual understanding of the game scenario.

British Columbia relies heavily on imported foods from warmer regions, in particular from California, importing 60 per cent of our vegetables and 70 per cent of our fruit.

In the meantime, however, electricity consumption at this level globally relies heavily on fossil fuels, and until recently, this consumption was paid for at exceptionally high prices.

It relies heavily on public and media assistance.

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Nigeria’s healthcare system relies heavily on this mode of payment, with a large proportion of the population lacking access to health insurance or formal social protection schemes.

Operated by the Sault College Students’ Union, the food bank relies heavily on its partnership with United Way and Harvest Algoma, who provide Clement and her team with packaged goods, fresh vegetables, soup and bread.

Power prices plunged across the region, which relies heavily on hydropower for electricity, as reservoirs were seen filling more rapidly than normal, with contracts for the next quarter and next year down 11% and 6%, respectively, at 1243 GMT.

The body relies heavily on for the functioning of the nervous and neurological systems.

The Philippines, which relies heavily on energy imports, is also keen to start exploiting natural gas reserves in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that China also lays claim to.

The village, in Carron Valley, was built by the Clanranald Trust for Scotland, a charity which relies heavily on donations and volunteers to help bring history to life at the site.

They used the location of Almaty in Kazakhstan as it relies heavily on coal heating in winter, and air pollution in the city regularly exceeds international safety standards.

Top Gun 3 is almost inevitable, as the franchise relies heavily on Tom Cruise's compelling character of Maverick.

Haidt relies heavily on neuroscience to explain why the average age of entry to the virtual world, 11, is the absolute age to give a child a phone.

Netanyahu relies heavily on the far right to govern.

On the power outage, the minister emphasised the need to revamp the transmission architecture, which currently relies heavily on Shiroro and Jos channels.

Sundance Lake, for example, relies heavily on precipitation to maintain water levels.

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