Example sentences of "[vb infin] upon the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There could , indeed , be no two opinions as to the right of every one of the great national subdivisions of Europe to dispose of itself , independently of its neighbours in all internal matters , so long as it did not encroach upon the liberty of others . |
| 2 | The engineer must decide upon the configuration of wells and the extraction method for optimal recovery . |
| 3 | On land , many areas of field natural history could draw upon the enthusiasm of bird-watchers and other amateurs prepared to spend significant amounts of time and money on the study of Nature . |
| 4 | Its long-term prospects as far as mass marketing is concerned are still uncertain and will depend upon the ability of airlines to keep their prices down and upon relative exchange rate movements , both of which disproportionately affect this sector . |
| 5 | Consequently , the ‘ law ’ on the subject of Musgrove v. Pandelis ( strict liability for petrol in the tank of a car ) may depend upon the number of appeals that the client is prepared to take . |
| 6 | Obviously the effect of opting out on educational provision will depend upon the number of schools electing to withdraw from local authority control , and Mrs Thatcher and Mr Baker seemed to disagree about what would be an appropriate number : Mrs Thatcher hoped that at least 50 per cent of schools will become grant-maintained , but Mr Baker talked of a trickle . |
| 7 | But those were small matters and did not impinge upon the freedom of others . |
| 8 | It may salve the conscience or meet some other purpose of the farmer to pretend otherwise , but if we wish to understand the causes of low pay in the countryside and speculate on the prospects for improvement , we can not rely upon the charity of farmers . |