Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually sits upon a bench at a round stone table , resting his head in his hands , sleeping . |
| 2 | It also depends upon a curious form of photosynthesis when it makes sugar from carbon dioxide , water and sunlight . |
| 3 | Science ultimately is self-contradictory precisely because , although it begins with a supposal about reality , it also depends upon a concrete reality ; and once scientists admit the necessarily hypothetical character of that knowledge , they cease to be scientists . |
| 4 | Liability of T towards L2 and vice-versa rests upon a statutory basis . |
| 5 | When the meal is over Roger once again insists upon a ‘ satisfactory ’ degree of silence before pupils are dismissed . |