Example sentences of "upon this " in BNC.
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| 1 | How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! |
| 2 | To wait upon this new-made empress . |
| 3 | Further , if , as Woolgar emphasizes ( 1988a ) , reflexivity on the part of authors is a vital quality in helping others understand how social-scientific knowledge is produced , these reflections are important to demonstrate some of the social processes lying behind and operating upon this study . |
| 4 | Both BBC and IBA structures were based upon this ideal . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that a form of parasitic violence has battened upon this pastime and flourished to such an extent that it has almost killed the host institution . |
| 6 | A number of comments must be made upon this remarkable passage . |
| 7 | Deracinated urban youths have built upon this uncompromisingly physical attitude to games and turned it into a different , more aggressive , and organized subculture . |
| 8 | Information has to be taken in to the brain — often through the eyes but this is only because humans rely so much upon this sense . |
| 9 | Another group of linked rhythms is that which includes rhythms in the intake and digestion of food , the chemical changes that are performed upon this food and the removal of waste material from the body . |
| 10 | Having decided upon this you then have the problems in ( c ) . |
| 11 | Superimposed upon this will be a general decline in performance due to loss of sleep and fatigue . |
| 12 | Of course , a vote is all very tedious , and will be ritually accompanied by the most ferocious pressures upon this beleaguered electoral college . |
| 13 | Of course , a vote is all very tedious , and will be ritually accompanied by the most ferocious pressures upon this beleaguered electoral college . |
| 14 | Not to encroach upon this paper 's wonderful racing pages but rather to hymn the beauty of the noble steeds . |
| 15 | I look back upon this household as having been — after [ Edward ] — the strongest influence in my life . |
| 16 | I shall be elaborating upon this point in a short while , but for the moment let us observe that fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete , ineffectual and impoverished . |
| 17 | Indeed , Philip Snowden reflected upon this cautious and measured approach in his manifesto to the Colne Valley electors in 1929 : |
| 18 | Scholarly ink , mixed with scholarly gall , was poured forth upon this fascinating and wholly insoluble mystery . |
| 19 | In common with other taxpayers , and in the best interests of all parties , I believe the time is long overdue for impartiality to be compelled upon this publicly funded corporation . |
| 20 | It was following immediately upon this that , on 10 September , Leslie wrote to me excitedly about a small enemy landing — a fact that was finally denied , and explained by Attlee in Parliament only in 1946 . |
| 21 | Upon this nucleus of troops , the reconstituted 5th Indian Division formed up to hold the infamous Ridge , which they did through Rommel 's critical Alam Halfa offensive at the end of August . |
| 22 | It would not be an expensive or difficult matter to make a working model of the proposed lift to a scale of say ¼ inch to a foot and upon this model the whole arrangement and system of working could be shewn with model barges and proportionate tackle . |
| 23 | Tho' I highly respect Mrs. Leapor 's character from the account you give of it , yet as she was absolutely unknown to myself , and I am but little acquainted even with her writings , I am upon this account as well as many others , entirely unfit for such an undertaking as you propose . |
| 24 | Ludens meditated upon this too . |
| 25 | Ludens had reflected uneasily upon this episode . |
| 26 | Shall we embark upon this adventure ; shall we definitely declare our hand ; shall we make a break in habit ; or a departure from principle ? |
| 27 | He and Sir David accordingly set upon this final crucial lap of their preparations and to witness the unswerving determination with which they persevered in the face of repeated frustrations was a humbling experience ; countless letters and telegrams were dispatched and his lordship himself made three separate trips to Paris within the space of two months . |
| 28 | Her Majesty 's Inspectors frowned upon this distortion of the purposes of the new school , but proved powerless and in 1955 a Government Circular gave modified approval to the introduction of examination courses in the schools . |
| 29 | Up to the sky itself from which the sun and moon and stars shine upon this earth . |
| 30 | To treat upon this matter , which makes us quake and tremble ; |