Example sentences of "than [verb] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that Franco was not alone on these occasions and that he was busy destroying nature , rather than reflecting upon it , it seems more likely that advancing age and the duration of his mandate had reduced his appetite for playing an active role in Spain 's political life . |
| 2 | Across the history of policing their need has always been for the light of research to illuminate the activities of the underprivileged and the powerless , rather than focus upon the élite themselves ! |
| 3 | The trading empire was , in large measure , demanded by the Aegean world rather than imposed upon it . |
| 4 | ‘ I should hardly like to live with her ladies and gentlemen in their elegant but confined houses , ’ Charlotte Bronte writes in 1848 , reporting the sensations of a reader rather than commenting upon description , for Jane Austen 's contexts are , like Richardson 's , still sensed rather than seen . |
| 5 | It is also a straightforward matter to create new words — and so to frame new concepts — by the use of prefixes , suffixes , etc , a quality sanctioned rather than frowned upon by the Sanskrit grammarians . |
| 6 | ( c ) It is far better to invest in reliable commercially designed and thoroughly field-tested equipment than rely upon inadequate Heath-Robinson-like d-i-y alternatives . |
| 7 | The so-called ‘ structural ’ approach adopted by these studies concentrates upon the organisational structure of unions rather than focusing upon the activities of their membership . |
| 8 | In such a case , the husband will , if possible , wish to be released by the mortgagee from the future liability under the mortgage rather than rely upon an indemnity from the wife , and although the mortgagee should be aware of the proceedings between the parties by virtue of the notification required to be made to it under r2.59(4) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 ( see p3 ) , a formal application will doubtless have to be made by the husband for a release . |
| 9 | Something to be nurtured , rather than stamped upon . |
| 10 | The Public Service Ideal does not assume , against all the evidence , that a free market will necessarily produce political access , variety , and debate ; it insists upon mechanisms which aim directly at these goals rather than relying upon their being achieved as the accidental by-products of mechanisms whose primary function is to achieve quite different goals such as commercial profitability or proprietorial self-indulgence . |
| 11 | As we shall see in the following chapter , mechanization has not been the only process responsible for this , but by enabling the farmer to de-bureaucratize his farm and place greater emphasis on developing the personal loyalty of his workforce rather than relying upon regulations and sanctions , it has been an important contributory factor . |
| 12 | Technological change in agriculture has increased the importance of obtaining the loyalty of the farm worker rather than relying upon a disciplined and authoritarian regime . |
| 13 | When a number of items are to be cleaned those which present difficulties are soaked , rather than worked upon immediately , and tackled when the easier items are finished . |
| 14 | In other words , the salesperson can relate product benefits to match the potential buyer 's buying behaviour and adopt a more creative approach , rather than concentrating upon a pre-prepared sales routine . |