Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] upon [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | An angry crowd attacked the troops , and rescued the prisoners , and their cattle were loosed again upon the common . |
| 32 | But this natural religion need not be grounded specifically upon the authority of the Bible or the Christian tradition , though it might allow these a place . |
| 33 | Few anthropologists have focused specifically upon the place of the object in social reproduction . |
| 34 | The rights so far described are focused specifically upon the needs of workers and their dependents . |
| 35 | This new layout could not be dated precisely within the later first or early second century , though it may well have followed directly upon the final levelling of the military ditches , dated on pottery evidence to the late Flavian period . |
| 36 | That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based . |
| 37 | The court may expunge or vary a proof which has been admitted either upon the application of the trustee or of a creditor if the trustee declines to interfere ( r 6.107 ) . |
| 38 | The goods would be delivered either upon the consignee 's or notify party 's identification , and delivery would not require presentation of the arrival notice . |
| 39 | Almost an entire generation of Titfords in Frome was increasingly destitute from the 1780s onwards ; in a town which had depended heavily upon the wool industry for its prosperity for so long , the innate conservatism of the local clothiers left them unable to respond to changing times and new technology . |
| 40 | The Lancastrian monarchy had depended heavily upon the customs duties for its normal revenue . |
| 41 | Although the Minister could use this as a reason not to finance the appointment of additional full-time staff , the success of the Eastern District in serving far-flung rural communities , too numerous and too widespread for full-timers to cover efficiently , has always depended primarily upon the strength and zeal of the voluntary members . |
| 42 | Although the Lancastrians had relied principally upon the archaic fifteenths and tenths they had occasionally tried some experiments . |
| 43 | Both relied heavily upon the goodwill of the private profession because the payment involved was minimal . |
| 44 | But if they are described in stories , then surely they must have lived once upon a time ? ’ |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | So far , the case discussed in this book for the extended use of the industrial co-operative as a form of organisation for production or provision has stood primarily upon the proposition that it is an expression of authentic industrial democracy , that such an extension would help to fill a debilitating gap in the practice in the United Kingdom of western liberal principles , to mend what Bertrand Russell calls ‘ this disruption of democracy from within' . |