Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] upon a " in BNC.

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1 This factor therefore depends upon an imbalance in power which is based on an imbalance in knowledge .
2 Dr Neil had seen her few poor items of food decently arranged upon a napkin in the bottom of the basket , and there seemed little doubt that she was actually living in the district — although why he could not imagine .
3 His renunciation also rested upon a dubious legal sentence of 1202 , a punitive measure against King John by Philip Augustus .
4 A demand will not , however , be set aside as irregular if the particulars of the debt as given are incorrect or even if the wrong form ( demand based on a debt not based upon a judgment ) is used , provided that the debtor understood perfectly well what debt was being demanded of him ( Re A Debtor ( No 190 of 1987 ) The Times , 21 May 1988 and Re A Debtor ( No 1 of 1978 ) The Times , 20 January 1989 ) .
5 It is linked to an appraisal system usually based upon a banded assessment of performance .
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