Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] upon [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The educational system had failed him — an education system that had relied largely upon on-the-job training and part-time or distance study was inadequate and had ineptly squandered the intellect of its candidates . |
| 2 | Sherman ( 1981 ) has developed a useful alternative theory which he called the ‘ Social Breakdown Syndrome ’ , which involves a more comprehensive explanation than those which focus entirely upon individual pathology . |
| 3 | The administrators-of the Modular Course , particularly Watson , realized early that sustainable course quality depends crucially upon relevant feedback and that course development strategies based upon relevant evidence receive readier acceptance from staff than strategies deriving their credibility from the perceived wisdom of management . |
| 4 | What Marslen-Wilson and Tyler propose is that at the onset of a word no reduction of the cohort by context has occurred , and that initial reduction of cohort size depends solely upon sensory input , not context . |
| 5 | The effective implementation of such a policy depends particularly upon effective management of the interface between institutional and homebased care , through screening and provision of intensive home care , where both assessment and case management are critical . |
| 6 | Although the prosecution claimed that she had stolen over $222,000,000 from the Filipino treasury , its case rested largely upon circumstantial evidence . |
| 7 | UK governments , until recently , have relied traditionally upon fiscal policy , i.e. variations in government expenditure and taxation , as the primary weapon to achieve its objectives . |
| 8 | It is a common fault , particularly in criminal law , to give the impression that the answer is based wholly upon common sense and a few gleanings from the Sunday newspapers . |
| 9 | Thus , in a situation where the contemporary social dynamic was seen as disordered and destructive , the new critical emphasis offered to intellectuals a mirror of their own estrangement and distance from everyday life , while holding up the ideal of a community of feeling and understanding based only upon literary criticism . |
| 10 | Although there are parallels between searching and indexing , it is important to remember that successful information retrieval does not depend only upon effective exploitation of indexing . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there are often Possibilities for the supplier to charge different people different amounts for the same good based approximately upon marginal value , for example a fixed charge plus an amount dependent upon intensity of use . |
| 12 | Just how extensive a lord 's rights would be in these circumstances would depend partly upon local custom and partly upon the relative power of lord and vassal . |
| 13 | The new statutory definition would naturally draw quintessentially upon existing case law and also current aspirations and modern requirements , expressed in general principles , in terms of broad classes . |
| 14 | For example , the right to work would depend solely upon individual ability to do the job ; the renewal of an annual driving licence after the age of 70 would have to be replaced by measures which are not triggered simply by people reaching a certain age . |
| 15 | Unable to offer economic inducements , the pomeshchiks relied increasingly upon sheer force to keep their peasants , exploit their labour , drive them deeper and deeper into debt , and reduce them to servile status . |
| 16 | A number of studies based primarily upon private sector organisations have analysed the impact that these variables will have . |
| 17 | On the British side there was a string of adverse comments on French performance and attitudes from newspaper correspondents ; although the Daily Telegraph correspondent was not being particularly sensational when he reported on the unnecessary brutality of the French and concluded ‘ The solution of the problem of rule in Indo-China will depend primarily upon French ability to exercise tact and conciliation ’ . |
| 18 | Clegg ( 1976 ) has put forward a theory of union density for those countries which rely predominantly upon collective bargaining to regulate employment terms . |
| 19 | Confirmation of portal vein patency or occlusion relies predominantly upon venous phase arterial portography or splenoportography , both invasive and time consuming radiological procedures that may have complications . |
| 20 | At the same time , a system which relies entirely upon departmental selection is bound to result in lack of balance . |
| 21 | History relies heavily upon disciplined enquiry , systematic analysis and evaluation , argument , logical rigour and a search for the truth ; vii ) to introduce pupils to the distinctive methodology of historians . |
| 22 | Some , light in colour , rely heavily upon anaerobic respiration . |
| 23 | Judges of the superior courts hold office until death or retirement ( see below , pp.200–1 ) — their salaries are charged directly upon Consolidated Fund and are therefore not subject to parliamentary vote . |
| 24 | They felt that such schemes allowed young people to have direct experience of engineering rather than relying purely upon second-hand information ( from teachers or the media ) . |
| 25 | The regulatory enforcement agent in routine cases adopts a compliance strategy which follows a serial pattern , a loosely structured but none the less organized process relying heavily upon negotiated conformity , with a gradual increase in pressure being applied to the unco-operative . |
| 26 | However , he says , if English is to be constituted as a truly cultural subject , it must abandon the pre-war approach of covering the ground " , and concentrate instead upon improving reading ability and training taste , which in turn requires a " discipline " . |
| 27 | The famous 1889 ‘ Appeal ’ against women 's suffrage , signed by 104 women , viewed women 's direct participation in national politics as impossible ‘ either by the disabilities of sex , or by strong formations of custom and habit resting ultimately upon physical difference against which it is useless to contend ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 28 | As the last title implies , anthropologists of this persuasion concentrate upon categories of thought and native philosophies or theories of knowledge ( which they often call ‘ conceptual systems ’ ) , drawing heavily upon linguistic theory and methods in an effort to achieve increasingly rigorous and exhaustive inventories of alien concepts and beliefs . |
| 29 | Simultaneously , Boardrooms across the USA began to accept that it was not always possible or desirable to rely entirely upon home-grown talent , and that managers and executives could be interchangeable between apparently quite different types of business . |
| 30 | Silence is also part of the Japanese communication procedure and they tend to rely heavily upon non-verbal communication . |