Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 2 | This is no earthly voyage , and I see visions of ships that sail on no earthly sea : Our ships sail on upon a silent sea ; no wind , there is no sound but we move on . |
| 3 | the implementation of strategies will in themselves depend greatly upon a series of further conditioning variables such as managerial organisation , patterns of authority within the management hierarchy and , above all , upon the power of oppositional groups ( especially trade unions ) . |
| 4 | Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments . |
| 5 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
| 6 | The only difference is that , whereas article 10 of the Convention , in accordance with its avowed purpose , proceeds to state a fundamental right and then to qualify it , we in this country ( where everybody is free to do anything , subject only to the provisions of the law ) proceed rather upon an assumption of freedom of speech , and turn to our law to discover the established exceptions to it . |
| 7 | The only difference is that , whereas article 10 of the Convention , in accordance with its avowed purpose , proceeds to state a fundamental right and then to qualify it , we in this country ( where everybody is free to do anything , subject only to the provisions of the law ) proceed rather upon an assumption of freedom of speech , and turn to our law to discover the established exceptions to it . |
| 8 | The only difference is that , whereas article 10 of the Convention , in accordance with its avowed purpose , proceeds to state a fundamental right and then to qualify it , we in this country ( where everybody is free to do anything , subject only to the provisions of the law ) proceed rather upon an assumption of freedom of speech , and turn to our law to discover the established exceptions to it . |
| 9 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |