Example sentences of "[vb pp] upon [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was voted upon as a whole on 16 October , and taken up again after a week 's break on 25–27 October . |
| 2 | In Africa visitors are looked upon as a blessing and people go out of their way to meet them and make them feel truly welcome and at home . |
| 3 | To continue the analogy of the Whitehall market-place , the Ministry of Defence itself can be looked upon as a specialized commodity market , in which the three Services and the Defence scientists bargain for their share of the resources won by the Secretary of State on the main trading floor during the annual Public Expenditure Reviews . |
| 4 | Whilst Rodinal may not be looked upon as a standard developer by the photographic industry in the same way that Ilford 's ID-II and Kodak 's D-76 are regarded , it is interesting to note for instance that Ilford list , among other developers , Rodinal at a 1:25 dilution , complete with recommended developing times , for its new Delta-400 high-speed emulsion at normal , pull 1-stop and push 1-stop exposure indices . |
| 5 | Gnosticism can be looked upon as a revolt against Greek science . |
| 6 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
| 7 | And , of course , on the largest scale , the Universe itself , expanding from the big bang , may also be looked upon as a white hole erupting from a singularity . |
| 8 | For centuries he has been looked upon as a sex maniac whose only interest in kittens is to kill them if he gets half a chance . |
| 9 | David Hartridge had become a fully-fledged pilot and was looked upon as a hero . |
| 10 | The knowledge of poisons and antidotes is one of the eight chief subjects of Indian medical science and it is strongly evident that the Naga Takshaka was looked upon as a patron of the medical profession . |
| 11 | Until recent years , when the popularity of the short story has greatly increased , it was looked upon as a sort of poor relation to the novel , something the novelist did to occupy idle time , rather like whittling wood . |
| 12 | ‘ Peering close ’ is often looked upon as a sign of excellent accommodation capacity . |
| 13 | This led on in later generations to a widespread belief among orthodox Christians that the Bible should be looked upon as a compendium of truths directly revealed by God , inerrant and totally consistent in all its parts , and thus the supremely authoritative source of information not only on points of doctrine but on any other matters on which it might touch . |
| 14 | In his well-known work on asylums ( Goffman , 1961 ) he shows how progress through the wards of a mental hospital can be looked upon as a progress through a system of hazards in the course of which honour and reputation is risked , gained and lost . |
| 15 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
| 16 | For a class of materials called conductors the internal charge distribution may be looked upon as a cloud of mobile negative particles in the background of immobile positive lattice ions . |
| 17 | Then poor Pamela must be turned off and looked upon as a vile abandoned creature , and everybody would despise her , and justly too , Mrs. Jervis . |
| 18 | More emphasis on domestic subjects in the curriculum of secondary school girls was now recommended on the grounds that ‘ every girl should be looked upon as a potential wife and mother ’ , just as the Board of Education promoted the teaching of housewifery , laundry and cookery to working class girls . |
| 19 | The tuba , when blown softly , combines well with the horns , and might be looked upon as a possible deep ‘ 5th horn ’ . |
| 20 | In my experience people will forgive a lot of things , but not being beaten at their own game by someone they 've always looked upon as a caricature . ’ |
| 21 | In a sense , the whole process of embryonic development can be looked upon as a cooperative venture , jointly run by thousands of genes together . |
| 22 | Business analysis should be looked upon as a two-way exercise — an opportunity to inform , help and convince , as much as an opportunity to find out about the organisation . |
| 23 | The database is looked upon as a common asset |
| 24 | It should not be looked upon as a cost , as a burden , but as an investment for our continuing prosperity in the trade union movement and more specifically the G M B. |
| 25 | Illes had not come up through the state bureaucracy , and his appointment as deputy state secretary was looked upon as a " statement of intent " by many in the environmental lobby . |
| 26 | So strong was the fear that a " united front from above " would reflect credit on the ILP that Communists were warned that " the ILP must not be looked upon as a potential ally of the CP . " |
| 27 | Troubleshooters now have an international publishing deal , and with the worldwide acclaim of a band like Extreme the ‘ shooters could be looked upon as a igly -Anglicised , less-sickly version of the American stars they must be fairly confident . |
| 28 | After that he is more specific , and begins to refer to Caesar in this context , saying that himself and Brutus were born equal to Caesar in health and intelligence , yet Caesar is now looked upon as a man of such importance . |
| 29 | This was expanded upon in a SAVE book ten years later , Churches : A Question of Conversion , which received wide acclaim and is much used by church authorities , planners , parishioners and architects . |
| 30 | ‘ There is a story of a Japanese potter who was commanded by his Emperor to reproduce a marvellous glaze he had chanced upon as a mere hazard of the fire . |