Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] upon their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is clear is that if economic growth — which has already slowed down , particularly during the 1980s , in most of the industrial countries — continues to decline , while the claims of governments to legitimacy remain founded primarily upon their ability to promote such growth , then we can anticipate a period of increasing political instability and turbulence . |
| 2 | Parents , often isolated and often with a view of children based only upon their experience of their own offspring , began to be able to set their child and his/her behaviour within a much broader context . |
| 3 | They are seen to have an existence apart from any given system in which they are involved , their reality does not depend solely upon their involvement in the system under examination ( Gouldner , 1970 , pp. 215–16 ) . |
| 4 | For this we must rely to a great extent upon Soviet goodwill and if we make difficulty over returning their own nationals it will react adversely upon their willingness to help in restoring to us as soon as possible our own prisoners . " |
| 5 | They are among the safest of all sections of the community using the roads , simply because they rely entirely upon their sight at all times and under all circumstances . " |
| 6 | There is one important difference : the Prime Minister and his Cabinet can embark boldly upon their way forward , with electoral considerations banished for a long time to come . |
| 7 | We will continue to depend heavily upon their help for the foreseeable future and gratefully acknowledge their invaluable help . |