Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] upon a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sturt 's Letter your Lordship will find some interesting remarks upon a species of Gallinule to which I have given the name of Tribonyx ventralis and which I shall shortly publish in my work … ’ |
| 2 | The Act thus attempted to control the admissibility of such evidence in the courtroom for reasons not only for its biasing effects upon a jury , but also for subsequent press coverage , which is often based on courtroom interaction . |
| 3 | Many churches had four simple gables of equal size one on each face , surmounted by a central dome upon a drum . |
| 4 | Wearing the portrait of a military or political leader upon a ring or on a coin mounted as a jewel was an obvious sign of allegiance ; other portraits of unknown individuals were presumably private commemorations . |
| 5 | In his essay in Salmagundi , Robert Scholes argues that conservatives desire a common curriculum — any common curriculum — because this would have a unifying effect upon a society that suffers from an excess of pluralism , and this unifying effect , an achieved cultural consensus , would in itself be a good thing for the country socially and politically . |
| 6 | An ageing leaf , suggested by random blobs upon a shape evocative of a leaf . |
| 7 | It is especially so when we try to impose our twentieth-century interpretation upon a word which once conveyed a subtly , or dramatically , different meaning in the past . |
| 8 | Parliament has chosen to discharge this function by placing primary responsibility upon a scrutiny committee formed especially for the purpose . |
| 9 | Although the last sentence in that passage could be read as covering any demand for payment in purported reliance upon a statute Martin B. does relate it to a ‘ service rendered ’ and the following interjection by him during argument , at p. 629 , suggests that he was thinking of a demand colore officii in the sense referred to by Isaacs and Windeyer JJ. : |
| 10 | Mark equal intervals upon a baseline and number them 0 , 1 , 2 , etc . |
| 11 | Adam Smith ( 1723–1790 ) and the Scottish philosophers and economists construct their principles of capitalist economics upon a belief in the rights of individuals to pursue their own wealth and happiness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 16.2 Reading is much more than the decoding of black marks upon a page : it is a quest for meaning and one which requires the reader to be an active participant . |
| 14 | Thus , the legislation was extended to prohibit a supplier from imposing any contractual requirement upon a reseller to maintain prices , or from refusing to supply resellers where the basis for such refusal is that the resellers have been cutting prices . |
| 15 | On the south side is a piscina with octagonal basin upon a shaft , beneath a plain pointed arch , within the sacrarium are several encaustic tiles . |
| 16 | Thus the regional assistance provided by the EC could be viewed as a rather weak attack upon a problem which the EC had itself exacerbated . |
| 17 | Hippolytus composed a strange book entitled the Refutation arguing the dependence of a row of Gnostic sects upon a row of pagan philosophers , and finally turning his weapons on Callistus , who seemed to him the abomination of desolation sitting where he ought not . |
| 18 | When I took a rolled-up sample of legal tender , printed by the Royal Mint , applied one end to my right nostril , placed a restraining finger upon my left nostril , rested the other end of the said note upon a mirror or any other shiny reflective surface , upon which was displayed a slender tranche or ‘ line ’ of exotic Colombian snuff , and breathed in as deeply as my lungs would allow , I was merely relaxing in a manner by no means untypical amongst overworked show-business operatives . |
| 19 | The United States had accepted the EDC as part of its strategy : the rejection of the EDC did not mean any amendment to the American insistence upon a West German defence contribution or greater inputs from the other states . |
| 20 | A history of mass media from 1945 must thus impose a common character upon a set of — what ? |
| 21 | The " right of reply " privilege was established by the House of Lords in the case of Adam v Ward : The plaintiff , an officer but not a gentleman , used his position as an MP to make a vindictive attack upon a General in his former regiment . |
| 22 | For instance , quality and fitness for purpose could well be vitally important in a contract whereby , eg a dry cleaner agrees to use particular solvents upon a customer 's clothes , or the owner of an art gallery agrees to use special chemicals to restore and clean a painting . |
| 23 | She spread mulberry jam in reckless bounty upon a slice of tea cake . |
| 24 | The process of applying a thin coating of silver or other metal upon a nickel or copper base . |
| 25 | The problems presented ranged from sexual problems within marriage to alcoholism , suicide , attempted suicide , indecent assault upon a child , physical violence between husband and wife , family breakdown , learning and behavioural problems of children ( eg sibling rivalry , stealing , incendiarism ) , terminal illness within the family and bereavement . |
| 26 | In this instance , I am asking the Court whether , having regard to the terms of its judgment upon Mr. Berry 's application for relisting , the Court considers that it has the power to entertain an appeal of the whole case upon a reference to the Court by me under section 17(1) ( a ) of the Act . |
| 27 | In fact , cross-national differences in bargaining structures have been shown to produce a very significant impact upon a country 's entire industrial relations system . |
| 28 | It solved efficiently and finally the problem of how to construct a circular form upon a square one . |
| 29 | for this reason , the courts apply the rule that when Parliament has conferred a judicial or quasi-judicial power upon a person , he must act in accordance with the rules of natural justice . |