Example sentences of "[adv] upon [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneously , Boardrooms across the USA began to accept that it was not always possible or desirable to rely entirely upon home-grown talent , and that managers and executives could be interchangeable between apparently quite different types of business . |
| 2 | Sherman ( 1981 ) has developed a useful alternative theory which he called the ‘ Social Breakdown Syndrome ’ , which involves a more comprehensive explanation than those which focus entirely upon individual pathology . |
| 3 | The National Health Service relies almost entirely upon Central Government assessment of its budgetary needs . |
| 4 | At the same time , a system which relies entirely upon departmental selection is bound to result in lack of balance . |
| 5 | Many highly successful modern animals , from earthworms to octopuses , rely almost entirely upon hydrostatic pressure to create their body forms . |
| 6 | It is important to realise that the allege irreducibility of " greater than " and other similar relations to qualitative " properties turns entirely upon this assumption . |
| 7 | The administrators-of the Modular Course , particularly Watson , realized early that sustainable course quality depends crucially upon relevant feedback and that course development strategies based upon relevant evidence receive readier acceptance from staff than strategies deriving their credibility from the perceived wisdom of management . |
| 8 | Interest is paid annually upon each anniversary of the first deposit to your TESSA and calculated on a daily basis on cleared balances ( including any interest credited but not withdrawn ) . |
| 9 | Although there are parallels between searching and indexing , it is important to remember that successful information retrieval does not depend only upon effective exploitation of indexing . |
| 10 | Such knowledge forms a single system in each individual person so that his actions and his accounts are performances drawing only upon one corpus of knowledge . |
| 11 | Thus , in a situation where the contemporary social dynamic was seen as disordered and destructive , the new critical emphasis offered to intellectuals a mirror of their own estrangement and distance from everyday life , while holding up the ideal of a community of feeling and understanding based only upon literary criticism . |
| 12 | It was the sort of kiss you saw portrayed on the cinema screen , between two madly attracted people in mortal danger who fell dementedly upon each other as if there was no tomorrow … |
| 13 | Behind her back , her hands intertwined and twisted feverishly upon each other . |
| 14 | Consequentially upon that contention , the appellant raised two further matters of complaint . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there are often Possibilities for the supplier to charge different people different amounts for the same good based approximately upon marginal value , for example a fixed charge plus an amount dependent upon intensity of use . |
| 16 | Furthermore , they have concentrated their attention largely upon economic growth while neglecting other aspects of development . |
| 17 | Although the prosecution claimed that she had stolen over $222,000,000 from the Filipino treasury , its case rested largely upon circumstantial evidence . |
| 18 | The educational system had failed him — an education system that had relied largely upon on-the-job training and part-time or distance study was inadequate and had ineptly squandered the intellect of its candidates . |
| 19 | Furthermore , these kinds of effective ties are maintained not only among traditional working-class or immigrant communities , where factors such as economic need and outside hostility may cause them to depend more upon each other , but also among the more mobile members of the middle class . |
| 20 | Judges of the superior courts hold office until death or retirement ( see below , pp.200–1 ) — their salaries are charged directly upon Consolidated Fund and are therefore not subject to parliamentary vote . |
| 21 | Just how extensive a lord 's rights would be in these circumstances would depend partly upon local custom and partly upon the relative power of lord and vassal . |
| 22 | UK governments , until recently , have relied traditionally upon fiscal policy , i.e. variations in government expenditure and taxation , as the primary weapon to achieve its objectives . |
| 23 | Clegg ( 1976 ) has put forward a theory of union density for those countries which rely predominantly upon collective bargaining to regulate employment terms . |
| 24 | Confirmation of portal vein patency or occlusion relies predominantly upon venous phase arterial portography or splenoportography , both invasive and time consuming radiological procedures that may have complications . |
| 25 | Poising acrobatically upon one leg then the other , Meh'Lindi proceeded to spray her body from toe to neck with black synthetic skin . |
| 26 | It is a common fault , particularly in criminal law , to give the impression that the answer is based wholly upon common sense and a few gleanings from the Sunday newspapers . |
| 27 | Ludens had reflected uneasily upon this episode . |
| 28 | They felt that such schemes allowed young people to have direct experience of engineering rather than relying purely upon second-hand information ( from teachers or the media ) . |
| 29 | For example , the right to work would depend solely upon individual ability to do the job ; the renewal of an annual driving licence after the age of 70 would have to be replaced by measures which are not triggered simply by people reaching a certain age . |
| 30 | Some agencies we shall be discussing rely solely upon one type of adviser so that there is no dispute about suitability . |