Example sentences of "[adv] heavily upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is nothing in the world that lieth so heavily upon my heart ’ , he writes , ‘ as the thought of the miserable nations of the earth . |
| 2 | 1 knew how he felt , for in an operation like this nerves take over and you rest so heavily upon the skill of the dispatcher that you ask his permission even to breathe . |
| 3 | Others rely more heavily upon aerobic respiration ; they are dark in colour , because they are rich in oxygen-carrying myoglobin and mitochondria . |
| 4 | If — as appears to be the case — detected offenders typically start from a position of social disadvantage ( which means that the obligation to obey the law weighs more heavily upon them than on others ) then punishment will tend to increase inequality rather than do the opposite . |
| 5 | This form of ‘ social Darwinism ’ emphasized the destructive capacity of struggle , but drew even more heavily upon pre-Darwinian models of historical development , which had now become fashionable in the age of imperialism . |
| 6 | To ensure the best and most appropriate access to that information , historians might be advised once again to pursue collaborative initiatives with scholars in other disciplines who will also rely as heavily upon such materials . |
| 7 | The burden of this increasing sense of isolation has fallen particularly heavily upon those members of the rural population who lack the means of personal mobility to maintain a more dispersed network of social contacts . |
| 8 | This burden falls most heavily upon the poorest people , whose expenditure on food represents a larger proportion of their income , and is mainly directed at those foods which the CAP taxes most . |
| 9 | The cuts under the MacSharry proposals would fall most heavily upon the very big millionaire farmers — we do not have those in Wales . |
| 10 | And it seems to me that in his written work likewise , he tends to rely rather heavily upon this remarkable dexterity . |
| 11 | But the early metal bands drew very heavily upon the blues influence … |
| 12 | This , of course , relies very heavily upon being able to define and measure value for money . |
| 13 | I believe that the government do recognise that there are six million unpaid carers , er I believe that the government depend very heavily upon these six million people , and I do not believe that the government intend to reward them . |
| 14 | However , this might well be thought to overstate the case , and we must not ourselves draw too heavily upon selected examples . |
| 15 | Nor had he ever allowed such doctrines as had influenced him to sit too heavily upon his shoulders . |
| 16 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |