Example sentences of "[adv] upon [art] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , supply debates were the occasion for a grand attack by opposition parties upon government policy in general and not merely upon the arithmetic of the estimates . |
| 2 | So it could in theory , but I can not conceive of a case where a doctor , faced with the refusal of a mentally competent 16-year-old to having an abortion , would terminate the pregnancy merely upon the consent of the girl 's parents . |
| 3 | Rex took a deep breath , sprang out from hiding and drew down upon the boy in the business suit . |
| 4 | If we imagine ourselves to be standing outside time , looking down upon the history of the Universe as if it were a relief map , we get a different perspective . |
| 5 | The night before they move Howard sits on the terrace looking down upon the city for the last time . |
| 6 | Vologsky slammed his fist down upon the table as the injustice of it all descended upon him again . |
| 7 | The ecumenical movement has reversed three centuries of division which began with the failure of the Savoy Conference in 1661 and the imposition of the Act of Uniformity , Today , Holy Communion is celebrated more frequently and with a set liturgy , often in an ‘ Anglican ’ way ; set prayers are common and sometimes take a responsory form ; the increasing use of a lectionary means that the choice of readings depends less upon the whim of the preacher and more upon an ordered scheme . |
| 8 | The political and moral education of the boy and apprentice knight depended less upon the teaching of the church than upon the chansons de geste sung by minstrels . |
| 9 | He contends that the injuries in Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 and in the present case ( on the facts assumed ) were caused not upon the birth of the plaintiff but prior to the birth . |
| 10 | Reference was made to Collard v Carswell ( 1893 ) 20 R ( HL ) 47 , Lord Chancellor Herschell , at p 48 , and to Forslind v Bechely-Crundall , 1922 SC ( HL ) 173 , 1922 SLT 496 , in which Lord Shaw of Dunfermline , at p 509 , said : ‘ The accent of the psychology is not upon the mind of the person who is defiant or heedless of his obligations , but , as Lord Herschell put it , upon the mind of the person who is suffering from the defiance . ’ |
| 11 | Rigorously , the probability for a word to be produced should depend conditionally upon the whole of the previous word sequence . |
| 12 | Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments . |
| 13 | In the industrial type of society there is , according to Spencer , a tendency for central regulation and coercive control to decline and to be replaced by representative institutions and a more diffuse system of regulation ; but this view is then qualified in various ways , and Spencer finally concludes that representative government depends largely upon the existence of a particular type of economy the laissez-faire free-enterprise economy — which creates the conditions in which ‘ multitudinous objects are achieved by spontaneously evolved combinations of citizens governed representatively ’ . |
| 14 | The use that is made of it , however , depends more upon the decision of the individual than upon the expectations of the Church . |
| 15 | This was a prevalent interpretation within the EEC , and one which was reinforced by the tone of the debate in the British House of Commons upon the Stockholm Convention , in which most speakers concentrated more upon the relationship with the EEC than upon the organisation and aims of EFTA . |
| 16 | But as to what [ the gentleman ] observes concerning Stephen Duck , I am of Opinion , that it was not his Situation , but the Royal Favour , which gained the Country over to his Side ; and therefore I think it needless to paint the Life of a Person , who depends more upon the Curiosity of the World , than its Good nature |
| 17 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST |
| 18 | 1969 — ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST |
| 19 | America is also represented by the legendary ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST . |
| 20 | The Sheriff was of the opinion that the pursuers ' right to damages arose at once upon the default of the defenders , as every breach gave rise to a claim of damages irrespective of whether it was a breach sufficiently material to justify rescission . |
| 21 | The joy was great , both upon the occasion of the day , and the work 's being completed , which is really a wonderful undertaking . |
| 22 | As to the first question , it is evident that the working-class movement has had a profound influence upon the extension of the suffrage and the creation of mass parties ( which will be examined further in Chapter 2 ) , and hence upon the establishment of a democratic political regime as it now exists in the advanced capitalist countries . |
| 23 | This presupposes that given a low level of development of the productive forces , and a correspondingly low level of consumption by producers , a significant rate of growth not only depends upon the rate of investment but also upon an increase in the consumption of the direct producers . |
| 24 | The rights incorporated into the private key , then , depend not only on the lawful acquisition of the private key but also upon the text of the carrier 's valid receipt message . |
| 25 | A state of violence or peace is always relative and depends somewhat upon the boundaries of the moral universe , but also upon the nature of the moral system at hand . |
| 26 | In the wake of Warrington , the simple dignity of Colin Parry , as he told how his son , Tim , died when his life support machine was switched off , was branded instantly upon the brain of the nation . |
| 27 | Then we can show that the relationship between the quantity of base money in existence and the outstanding money supply depends numerically upon the magnitude of the ratios and . |
| 28 | Sedimentation and filtration for the removal of solid matter from process water are essential for most textile uses , and the methods employed depend mainly upon the source of the water . |
| 29 | The application of this principle in the Sexual Offences Act 1967 following upon the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957 is well known . |
| 30 | She stands squarely with her hands on her hips the whole time , beaming at Crilly and remarking often upon the colour of the sky . |