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

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1 It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects .
2 the implementation of strategies will in themselves depend greatly upon a series of further conditioning variables such as managerial organisation , patterns of authority within the management hierarchy and , above all , upon the power of oppositional groups ( especially trade unions ) .
3 looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys .
4 We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs .
5 We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke .
6 The barmaid raised the spatula and brought it down upon a bluebottle .
7 Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet .
8 It could have been a glass put down upon a table .
9 In the north-west corner , four different birds are nesting in close company — the mute swan regally aloft on its large and bulky nest , looking down upon a coot nesting nearby in lesser estate , with two nests of great crested grebes almost awash amongst the reeds close by .
10 The " OCCI boom " ( Optical Coincidence Co-ordinate Indexing ) spreading through school resources centres in the early 19705 was not , however , based only upon a misunderstanding about media formats , although there was evidence of a considerable confusion about general principles of information retrieval ; what teachers in particular were signalling ( as I explained in Organizing resources ) was great dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of conventional catalogues in practice .
11 If not upon a mandamus , why in an ejectment ?
12 The priest was dying with a last Gloria on his lips , and Harry , carried away upon a tide of hatred for all things Spanish and all things Catholic , had already sunk the blade into the back of the young hidalgo .
13 Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments .
14 The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles .
15 PORTAFERRY is featured in the first of the six-part series Once Upon A Place ( UTV , 7.00pm ) in which local people tell the story of their own area .
16 This is a book much to be admired ; it contains exactly the sort of information I would have divulged to my own foundation students once upon a sketchbook project .
17 ONCE UPON A SHELF
18 ‘ Nothing will come of nothing ’ , as King Lear said once upon a time .
19 Once upon a time another German government let Lenin cross another Germany in a sealed train on his way to Russia .
20 Once upon a time , this might have been 95 per cent .
21 MOSCOW — Once upon a time , in a previous journalistic incarnation , I worked at Westminster .
22 Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master .
23 Once upon a time , long long ago and far far away , out in the dreamlands , there was another Margaret just like you .
24 Once upon a time Fenna had brooded on a hoard for so many years and with such desire that it had quickened and grown , diamonds breeding and bringing up their young under his weight .
25 Once upon a time , of course , when you craved new clothes , you had to save for them — a quaint custom almost as outdated as horsedrawn carriages and farthingales .
26 ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths .
27 Once upon a time book-buying parents could rely on the classics to keep the kids quiet .
28 Once upon a time , if you were caught short , there would be a convenience at your disposal .
29 I 'd have done anything for you once upon a time .
30 Once upon a time , ’ he had written .
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