Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under such leases , the builder/developer would be responsible for erecting a building or a number of buildings upon a particular site , and detailed provision might be made for the manner of their construction and continuing maintenance , even down to the type of subsequent letting of the buildings which was to be permitted . |
| 2 | ‘ I stopped occasionally to photograph a design branded upon a distant hillside made up of countless squat semi-circular walls protecting a meagre crop ; or limp onion plants resemblant of hieroglyphs upon a furrowed wall ; or a track which seemed to lead to only more emptiness ’ |
| 3 | He followed the traditional approach of considering separately the imposition of burdens upon a third party from the conferring of benefits , and stressed in his commentary the requirement of good faith prior to becoming a party to a treaty . |
| 4 | The pirates jumped on it like cats upon a mouse . |
| 5 | She tried , bitterly , to resist this fatal colouring ; she tried to reduce the trip to words upon a notice board ; but the mind had gone its own way , and she could not force it back into its grey and natal landscape . |