Example sentences of "upon a state " in BNC.
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| 1 | The petitioner took the view that involuntary agency could not properly be distinguished either from notification au parquet , to which the authors of the Convention were clearly opposed , or from such devices as service upon a State official , typically the Secretary of State , permitted in various United States jurisdictions . |
| 2 | Under certain circumstances an oral commitment can be binding upon a State , but how would this affect the States parties to the treaty who are also parties to the Vienna Convention ? |
| 3 | A third party may of course make diplomatic representations or bring pressure to bear upon a State to perform what it perceives to be that State 's treaty obligations with another State , although such action is likely to be resented as unwarranted interference in external affairs . |
| 4 | Municipal legal restrictions upon a State 's treaty-making powers can not support a claim of treaty invalidity unless the domestic restrictions are manifest and concern an internal law of fundamental importance . |
| 5 | According to these accounts , the structure of power in capitalism is based upon a state which acts as a mere instrument to serve the interests of those ( the ruling class ) who own the means of production . |