Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] upon a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt acutely that he lacked the authenticity that the popular vote bestows upon a leader . |
| 2 | She locates the origin of psychology at the historical beginnings of the novel , and using the example of the French writer , Antoine de Sale , indicates that the enactment of betrayal and loss in the early novels depends upon a fantasy of completeness . |
| 3 | The present political initiative rests upon a consumer- or market-based perspective as the driving force for change , and upon the belief that managers within the service will respond to that direction . |
| 4 | Thus , a successful plug-compatible strategy depends upon a parity of technology with IBM . |
| 5 | This new hawkish perspective builds upon a strand in US policy going back at least to Kennedy , which argues that the USA must possess a force structure that would enable a nuclear war to be fought and won ( Ikle , 1973 ) . |
| 6 | He said that in the business of insurance and insurance broking , a successful enterprise depends upon a number of factors which vary according to the nature of the customer , or client , with whom business is done . |
| 7 | Successful communication depends upon a recognition and accurate use of the rules and conventions . |
| 8 | In the defence of mistake ( as in dishonesty , duress , provocation and unwarranted demands ) one can see just how the criminal law rests upon a mixture of subjectivism and objectivism . |
| 9 | Skilled reading depends upon a flexibility in the application of component subskills , and so it is with all skills . |