Example sentences of "[adv] upon a [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 2 | The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles . |
| 3 | Good roads , canals and navigable rivers , by diminishing the expense of carriage , put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those in the neighbourhood of the town . |
| 4 | In a handbill of 1818 the cotton weavers looked back to earnings of 15s 9d ( 78p ) a week in 1802 – 3 , which had been " pretty near upon a par with other Mechanicks and we maintained our rank in Society " . |
| 5 | The study focused mainly upon a group of twelve ‘ lads ’ in a school in Birmingham whom Willis followed around school and outside . |
| 6 | In a temple courtyard they came unexpectedly upon a troupe of imperial singers and dancers rehearsing a performance ; garbed in dazzling costumes of gold , red , green and turquoise , the expressionless boys and girls were indistinguishable from one another in their close-fitting bonnets as they performed the mannered steps of a delicate oriental dance to the plaintive . |