Example sentences of "[adv] upon a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Whilst it is not inconsistent for liberals to hold a theory of distributive justice , for in a sense any advocacy of the free market implies certain distributive consequences , the ‘ harm to interests ’ theorists can not deny that their theory of obligation rests entirely upon a cryptic theory of distributive justice rather than an extrapolation of fundamental precepts of liberalism . |
2 | Effective communication of the gospel depends not only upon a thorough understanding of the content of the message , but also on an ability to relate that message to the contemporary situation . |
3 | It could illustrate that symbolic episode , common to fairy-tales and Gothic novels , in which the heroine , lost in a dark wood , comes suddenly upon a sunlit clearing . |
4 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
5 | I quietly let myself out of the flat and ran down the stairs coming too quickly upon a crumpled heap hunched at the bottom . |
6 | To keep herself from sleep she suspended herself ingeniously upon a large cross which hung in her room … and should this fail she attached her hair [ the one lock she had not shaved off to the nail in the feet of her Christ so that the least relaxation would inflict terrible suffering on her … |
7 | Even upon a close analysis , it may not be easy to determine whether churning has occurred or not . |
8 | The repercussions of the introduction of cash crops have been analysed in detail in postcolonial times ( Dinham & Hines 1983 ) , particularly upon a reduced capacity of households to grow enough food for themselves , upon nutrition , and upon their ability to withstand drought and other , socially-induced , disasters ( Copans 1975 ; O'Keefe et al. |
9 | Most contemporary studies of stratification are based either upon a Marxist or a Weberian perspective . |
10 | Those who wished to brew beer for their own household could use the abbey brewery — again upon a proportional payment . |