Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [adj] upon [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the notion of femininity is a more social one , rather than a matter of personality characteristics ; it entails social actions of particular varieties which are not simply dependent upon the person being gentle rather than aggressive . |
| 2 | So even in the situation in which apparently you 're quite heavily dependent upon a neighbouring state , there usually is some element of choice . |
| 3 | Instead , public authorities become the representatives of ‘ residual constituencies that … have not been wholly absorbed into the dominant groups ’ , such as the ethnic and racial minorities , farm workers , unorganised industrial workers and those who are almost totally dependent upon the welfare state ; ‘ In other words , public authority has the constituency of the powerless ’ . |
| 4 | This was because a substantial proportion were very heavily dependent upon the state for their income . |
| 5 | For these reasons , it is possible to hope that the House of Lords might , if called upon to do so , reconsider the decision in a way that makes it plain that the right to freedom of speech in public is not wholly dependent upon the discretion of the policeman on the spot — important though that will undoubtedly always be — but is guided by rules and principles that recognise , inter alia the importance of freedom of speech in public , and the fact that the person interfered with was going about his otherwise lawful business . |
| 6 | These two people , whose success is almost totally dependent upon the effectiveness of the publicity machines which have made them into heroes , are currently ( eternally , it seems ) in just about every magazine and paper you pick up . |
| 7 | On the other hand , it seemed obvious that the United States would not back down — and Western Europe was still heavily dependent upon the United States . |
| 8 | In his study of The City of Worcester in the Sixteenth Century ( 1973 ) Dr Alan Dyer has shown that Worcester was far more reliant upon a single trade than most Elizabethan towns , certainly much more so than Leicester . |