Example sentences of "is [adv] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only upon reflection that the latent expressive paradoxes became obvious , such is the potency of Glebov 's compositional sleight of hand . |
| 2 | That we do not treat animals with at least the same respect that we treat such unfortunate human creatures is seen by the liberationists as ‘ speciesism ’ in its purest form based as it is only upon the anatomical difference . |
| 3 | Here , the focus is only upon the people , however , and the three sub-components identified in this chapter-social relations in the workplace ; social relations in civil society ; and political institutions in each . |
| 4 | Thus although possibly it may amount to a transfer of value it could not amount to a chargeable transfer and it is only upon chargeable transfers that inheritance tax is payable . |
| 5 | In both instances , the focus of attention is entirely upon the actions of the defendant . |
| 6 | September is just upon us. but in Derry they 're already working hard towards this year 's Octoberfest . |
| 7 | One example is the combination of a rural petty-bourgeois ancestry and the children of those parents , who live a very different life in a future which is already upon us , as in the two novels already discussed and , to some extent , in Marco Lodoli 's Diario di un millennio che fugge ( Diary of a millennium in flight , 1986 ) ; the protagonists of these fictions seem to belong neither to the past nor to the future , but to be caught in between , in some time-slip between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries . |
| 8 | Hailes thinks the revolution is already upon us . |
| 9 | The sickness of morning is already upon us , unaccustomed as we are to being up so early . |
| 10 | The emphasis is still upon the individual offender , not the crime . |
| 11 | In some unions the emphasis is more upon representing aspirations of the working class as a whole rather than functioning as collective bargaining agencies merely for their own members . |
| 12 | In other places , the stress is more upon England . |
| 13 | The focus here is more upon the literary work itself and the " experience " of the writer which is invested in it , and " art " in this case is that which is manifested in unique and harmonious literary works , a harmonious fusion of diverse influences . " |
| 14 | The hare crouches low on the ground and remains absolutely still until the predator is nearly upon it . |
| 15 | Well fellow supporters the season is nearly upon us and hopefully it will bear fruit . |
| 16 | THE Great North Run is nearly upon us , and I am writing to ask for help in finding a runner who is prepared to run for DIAL UK , the National Association of Information and Advice Lines . |
| 17 | That time is now upon us . |
| 18 | Implementation of the Community Care Act is now upon us , yet many organisations have not really begun to explain to potential clients and stakeholders in the wider community exactly what care management is , who care managers are , what they will do , and what a care package can include . |
| 19 | Does he realise that his answer was not only factually wrong , but betrayed a depressing complacency in the face of the scale of the homes repossession crisis which is now upon us ? |
| 20 | So — can I please appeal to those of you ( teachers and class members ) who are having difficulty in deciding just what fund raising ideas to put into operation — 1985 is now upon us — and — Time Flies ’ . |
| 21 | Now , is it something that 's taken farmers by surprise , because we 're , the Poll Tax is now upon us as it were , er is it something that they were n't expecting to happen ? |
| 22 | In this study of Charlemagne , the emphasis is mainly upon two major aspects of his life : his military campaigns and his development of a unified European culture . |
| 23 | Some species , such as hares and young antelope , will stay stock-still in a crouching posture until the predator is almost upon them , before bolting . |
| 24 | The English cricket season is almost upon us , and things will never again be the same . |
| 25 | The English cricket season is almost upon us , and things will never again be the same . |
| 26 | A new year is almost upon us . |
| 27 | The Varsity showdown is almost upon them . |
| 28 | Whichever defence is relied upon , the onus of proof is firmly upon the defendant to prove both ingredients . |
| 29 | But our focus is primarily upon people , not places as such ; the male survivors of the next generation of Titfords succeeded in wrenching themselves away from the town which had been home for their ancestors for over a hundred and seventy years — and we have no choice but to follow them . |
| 30 | Engels ' emphasis is primarily upon ‘ the piles of debris , the refuse , filth and offal from the courts ’ , coupled with derelict , overcrowded conditions , each house ‘ packed close behind its neighbour … all black , smoky , crumbling , ancient , with broken panes and window-frames ’ . |