Example sentences of "[noun] [is] upon " in BNC.

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1 In recent days , he wrote , perhaps because Spring is upon us , I have been putting in the hours but the intensity has gone .
2 The time of Caravaggio is upon us .
3 The whole question of the burden of proof was nicely summed up in the Esso case by Lord Hodson where he said : It has been authoritatively said that the onus of establishing that an agreement is reasonable as between the parties is upon the person who puts forward the agreement , while the onus of establishing that it is contrary to the public interest , being reasonable between the parties , is on the person so alleging …
4 The final focus of revisionist research is upon the sequel to October .
5 The ore is waiting in the tubs , the snow 's upon the Fell ,
6 The Enemy is upon us and we have no time to organise ourselves into battalions and ordered companies .
7 This will particularly be the case when the adverse effect is upon the livelihood or the ability to earn of the second person or body .
8 And thought : As the clear light is upon the holy
9 The major focus at all times within the Review is upon the completion of the historical map of English literature , thereby conserving and protecting its professional plenitude .
10 One example of access to certain parts of the British census of 1971 ( Schürer 1993 ) is a reminder of what can happen in the most favourable environments , whilst the account of the situation of Soviet and Russian data indicates how dependent electronic data is upon organizational structures ( Moiseenko 1993 ) .
11 The North American stamp is upon it all , giving the line a flavour completely different to that of the Chilean systems …
12 It has been argued that the present day focus of international law is upon disputes relating to parties ' interests in satisfying needs , and values , rather than upon formalistic attention to rights .
13 A playful puppyish mood is upon you , but while this immature attitude is in evidence , be sensible enough to resist objects such as clothes , furnishings and oddments unwittingly left in your way .
14 A happy mood is upon you , so do n't get your tonsils in a twist .
15 When the introspective mood is upon them , as it is today , the Greeks will add that being special is not all fun .
16 The term ‘ caring ’ is too wide to have much utility and the use of ‘ tending ’ as an element of caring has made it clear that the focus is upon those who perform physical tasks for others .
17 The major focus is upon human interdependency , its levels of organisation , and the concomitant balance of social and self-controls that results .
18 Nor is there a focus upon the individual , for even in the analytic situation the focus is upon the therapeutic relationship and its similarities to those which the patient had previously with one , or both , parents .
19 Once again , the focus is upon the theoretical interpretations of the form and pattern of uneven development that are beginning to emerge .
20 The focus is upon better management and greater resource consciousness , emphases which are undoubtedly valuable in themselves , but which pose fundamental problems given the nature and distinctiveness of the public sector .
21 The focus is upon inter-organizational relationships , and changing political and economic circumstances receive insufficient emphasis .
22 In this the focus is upon improving the capacity to make open and honest relationships .
23 There are a number of theories that discuss this relationship and they are generally known as ‘ style theories of leadership ’ where the focus is upon the style that a leader adopts in dealing with others .
24 The focus is upon demographic factors of age at marriage and at first birth , maternal age , order of birth and family size , and the amount of time that elapses between births .
25 The focus is upon the competitive process and the strategies by which companies secure and sustain a differentiated position in circumstances of intense uncertainty and high risk .
26 The focus is upon three aggregates when a judgement is made whether a country is paying an " appropriate " amount for membership of the EC .
27 we might say : according to our view , God 's eye is upon the historic process
28 In the final part of the chapter the focus of attention is upon the social circumstances of this age group .
29 In the second section the focus of attention is upon the statistical methods used to describe population structures .
30 The focus of attention is upon whether the national law could be interpreted so as to give effect to Community law obligations .
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