Example sentences of "their [noun sg] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they apply the law incorrectly they have not performed their duty correctly and judicial review is available to correct their error of law so that they may make their decision upon a proper understanding of the law . |
| 2 | The Old Testament kings had been initiated with unction ; and in any case the Carolingians , unlike their Merovingian predecessors amongst the Franks , could not depend for their sacrality upon a long royal genealogy stretching back into the past . |
| 3 | In neglecting this overt symbol of statehood and hereditary privilege , social scientists have turned their back upon an important puzzle : how can the British public simultaneously cherish their heritage of hereditary privilege and their heritage of parliamentary democracy ? |
| 4 | Since the introduction of the Financial Services Act in 1988 it has been compulsory for financial advisers and salesmen to base their advice upon a clients ' current ability to pay future as well as present requirements . |
| 5 | Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ . |