Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the Westinghouse case , one group of witnesses successfully claimed a privilege existing in English law , while another group of witnesses successfully relied upon a privilege existing in the law of the United States , the requesting State . |
| 2 | A new means-tested superannuation scheme was announced to replace the existing guaranteed retirement income — thereby reneging upon a National Party election promise — the age of entitlement lifted progressively from 60 to 65 years . |
| 3 | Here was a circumstance where a great number of foreigners , who would be unable to speak the local language , whose customs would be regarded with suspicion , and whose mariner of worship differed significantly , were suddenly thrust upon a remote community . |
| 4 | He was busy , my father , with unfinished canvases from art school , generous manuscripts about Beethoven and Medieval painters , a manual typewriter snug enough to fit upon a window ledge , and soup bowls heaped with cheddar cheese goldfish , gently serenaded by an old electric fan as 1 , in my turn , busied myself with Lego upon that slab of perfect marble . |
| 5 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 6 | In decoration and linear format , this school appears to represent more of a native tradition ; whilst the former , apparently based upon a single workshop ( and its subsequent contraction ) appears to be organised more deliberately . |
| 7 | It does not exist where one of the parent companies may alone decide upon a joint venture company 's commercial activities . |
| 8 | Sometimes , two pavements can exhibit an identity of many features — suggesting an almost identical workforce ; on other occasions , e.g. where large numbers of mosaicists were employed ( perhaps four or five craftsmen ) , the similarity of one pavement to another may not be immediately clear , and so relies upon an interpretation of technique and small details of design . |
| 9 | It jerked and looped and lurched energetically , finally landing upon an oak leaf . |
| 10 | We soon came upon a fascinating group of ancient dwellings , all that remained of the old village where the last inhabitants of Rona lived in primitive conditions and awful isolation until their final evacuation in 1844 . |
| 11 | They had already decided upon a name . |
| 12 | This follows on for from our concern about industrial development in the Harrogate District and that is that we are very pleased that the Harr that the North Yorkshire County Council has not embarked upon a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Any employee at Coniston Mines during the 19th Century would fall into one of two distinct categories : ( 1 ) a dayworker , whose wages were generally based upon a rate of so much per day but which was variable depending upon the degree of skill required , yet at times might be calculated on a piece rate , or , ( 2 ) a miner engaged in winning ore from the stopes , tunnelling , raising , or shaft sinking through rock . |
| 15 | Personnel management could thus draw upon a wealth of experience , a skilled data processing staff and the fact that there already existed a library of programs although none of them were designed to access or process personnel records . |
| 16 | Stories that did not depend upon a season to make their particular point she would place variously in summer , winter , spring or autumn . |
| 17 | Once appointed an administrative receiver has ‘ all the powers normally conferred upon a receiver and manager appointed under a floating charge ’ ( see p. 379D ) , though , as was recognised in that case , there are features distinguishing administration from administrative receivership . |
| 18 | This question need not however be pursued since , whatever counsel may have said , it is plain that the district judge did not proceed upon a false hypothesis . |
| 19 | Owing to the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act 1906 C could not rely upon a simple conspiracy to injure but in the House of Lords it was held that he was entitled to succeed on the ground of intimidation . |
| 20 | Instead the formal rules regulating the effects of treaties on third States have a unity and simplicity which do not rely upon an initial classification of treaties . |
| 21 | Miss Thomas is not relying upon a contractual obligation other than an obligation by the university to comply with its own domestic laws . |
| 22 | " The common duty of care does not impose upon an occupier any obligation willingly accepted as his by the visitor . " |
| 23 | It was symbolic , perhaps , of the deep-rooted nature of national instincts that the ECSC could not agree upon a single language in which to conduct its activities . |
| 24 | The Elector Counts can not agree upon a successor and the Empire divides into self-governing provinces . |
| 25 | The stability of feudal society had always depended upon a relationship of trust between lords and vassals . |
| 26 | He usually sits upon a bench at a round stone table , resting his head in his hands , sleeping . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Allen cast around and within a few yards further came upon a man-made path , narrow and winding , but in frequent use . |
| 29 | By virtue of the doctrine of privity of estate the assignee will be liable to the landlord only for breaches of covenant occurring while the lease is vested in it , and that is why a landlord will usually insist upon a direct covenant from the assignee to observe and perform the provisions of the lease during the residue of the term , as in clause 5.9.4 . |
| 30 | I usually look upon a BOD over 100 milligrammes per litre as very bad . |