Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , he would be revenged upon them all , but he would take them individually , one at a time , when they were unprepared . |
| 2 | Such an approach would be centred upon the management of and for professionality and it would be based upon a relocation of the whole management process — away from a top-down managerial philosophy and practice , and towards a genuinely collegiate form which would go far beyond the traditional boundaries of delegation . |
| 3 | There would be a sharing of power between the party , the state and social organisations , and each of these would be based upon more democratic norms , including the development of self-management , elections , the rotation of office and attention to public attitudes . |
| 4 | One part would be based upon GDP per capita relative to the EC average , and the other part would be based upon an index of population . |
| 5 | One part would be based upon GDP per capita relative to the EC average , and the other part would be based upon an index of population . |
| 6 | The rule is justified by the burden that would be placed upon legal advisers and the uncertainty that would be introduced into the law if such historical materials had to be consulted . |
| 7 | Thirdly , any expansion of the EC to embrace some Eastern European countries a strain would be placed upon an adjustment mechanism intended for a single country . |
| 8 | In the late 1640s and early 1650s , they lent their military support first to Charles and then to his son , the future Charles II , on condition that once the throne had been regained a Presbyterian church would be imposed upon the English . |
| 9 | Then our mothers would be prevailed upon to loan metal meat skewers with which to bore holes in the centres of the conkers . |
| 10 | ‘ We did bust a gut on the report and we naively hoped it would be decided upon sooner , ’ said Dr Ken Warren , director of technology and strategic planning at Plessey and an Alvey committee member . |
| 11 | In the absence of the ability to make binding agreements any such communication would in any case be cheap talk — the only outcomes that are sustainable by the self-interest of the firms are the NE outcomes , and any agreement to choose non-NE outcomes would be reneged upon , as in our earlier example . |
| 12 | As before , whenever his acquirements enabled him to pay , he would be called upon to do so . |
| 13 | I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them . |
| 14 | She had received a note that morning while breakfasting at ‘ Mon Repos ’ from Sir Charles Webb-Bowen no less , telling her that she would be called upon to speak third in favour of the motion : ‘ That this Conference believes that better public and press relations would enable Government and Party to get its message across to the public more effectively . ’ |
| 15 | It was the tragic irony of Fate that , because of the terms of reference to which de Castelnau had committed him in advance , this uniquely humanitarian general would be called upon to subject the men under his command to what was shortly to become the most inhuman conflict of the whole war . |
| 16 | If the settlor can benefit under the trust or his wife can benefit then it may be that the dividend would be assessed upon the settlor under TA 1988 , s739 with credit being available for the ACT . |
| 17 | But apart from a commode under the bed , and a rickety table with a cracked basin and ewer upon it , the only other furnishing the room afforded was a rail across one corner for her wardrobe , with a cotton curtain to conceal the clothes that would be hung upon it . |
| 18 | Master Macaulay it was who took up the baton , adopting a convincingly highfalutin' tone and laying into several powerful members of the journalistic and cultural establishments , secure in the knowledge that their rage would be turned upon yours truly , rather than the actual perpetrator . |
| 19 | The customary draconian edict was dispatched from General de Bazelaire 's HQ ( alas , also to fall into German hands ) ; the commander at Forges had failed in his duty and would be court-martialled ; artillery and machine guns would be turned upon any unit retreating further . |
| 20 | Every pang of this humiliation would be visited upon Tutilo , as every particle of guilt was being visited upon him now , the more successfully to extricate Herluin , innocent and devout , only wickedly deceived , with nothing to repent but his too profound faith . |
| 21 | Senior officials inevitably tended to view any proposals for constitutional reform or institutional innovation according to the impact that would be made upon their own position and that of their clientele . |
| 22 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 23 | She knew it was the beginning of the humiliation that would be heaped upon her , and she was determined not to be broken by it . |
| 24 | Certainly Ambassador Bruce 's reporting from Paris appears to have been impartial ; while the Far Eastern memorandum took for granted first that those in command of the so-called Vietnamese Democratic Republic were men trained in the methods and doctrines of international communism ; secondly , that should they succeed , a pattern of foreign totalitarianism would be clamped upon Vietnam under which all liberties , national and personal , would be lost and thirdly , that the paramount question in Indo-China was whether the country was to be saved from communist control : all other issues were irrelevant . |
| 25 | A first note would outline the agreed improvements and a second note would be issued upon completion of the works . |
| 26 | It would , however , be proper for a circular letter to indicate that in the absence of any contrary indication within a specified period the client 's affairs would be acted upon in accordance with instructions previously given to the acquired firm . |
| 27 | The teacher was seen as a partner in learning — one whose experience and knowledge would be drawn upon , a master alongside willing apprentices . |
| 28 | Ostensibly it was to prosper from a mono-poly of trade with Spanish America , which would be bestowed upon it by the government in return for taking over the entire £9 million worth of unsecured national debt . |
| 29 | The commissioners were to report to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , after which any recommended changes in the constitution would be voted upon in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly . |
| 30 | Such an approach would be centred upon the management of and for professionality and it would be based upon a relocation of the whole management process — away from a top-down managerial philosophy and practice , and towards a genuinely collegiate form which would go far beyond the traditional boundaries of delegation . |