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

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1 The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles .
2 The ecumenical movement has reversed three centuries of division which began with the failure of the Savoy Conference in 1661 and the imposition of the Act of Uniformity , Today , Holy Communion is celebrated more frequently and with a set liturgy , often in an ‘ Anglican ’ way ; set prayers are common and sometimes take a responsory form ; the increasing use of a lectionary means that the choice of readings depends less upon the whim of the preacher and more upon an ordered scheme .
3 For instance , childhood conduct disorder may often lead to anti-social behaviour in adulthood , but this may reflect either the continuity of the disorder or the different effects of the same social stress acting first upon a child and later upon an adult ( Graham , 1983 ) .
4 The Faculty Office or the Schools Liaison Office will be pleased to advise on this and also upon an appropriate choice of sixth year subjects , particularly where students have marginally failed to meet the entry requirements at the first sitting of Highers .
5 Sour old Mr Piggott , who had looked in at St Andrew 's , let fall an ejaculation quite unsuitable to its surroundings , and emerging from the vestry door , crunched purposefully and maliciously upon a piece of coke to relieve his feelings .
6 But in addition to the church 's calling to be the invisible yeast leavening the whole dough and the salt savouring the whole meal , it is also called to be a light placed prominently and strategically upon a lamp-stand so as to light the whole house .
7 This focuses attention squarely and inescapably upon a person acting in the capacity and with the necessary professional background of a qualified teacher .
8 But once upon a time the ad pages of NME throbbed with the heady thrills of Loon pants !
9 ‘ Discuss , with reference to at least two plays , how tragedy can be enacted not only upon the individual but also upon a family ’
10 This presupposes that given a low level of development of the productive forces , and a correspondingly low level of consumption by producers , a significant rate of growth not only depends upon the rate of investment but also upon an increase in the consumption of the direct producers .
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