Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] upon [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In the first part of her reign she relied mainly upon the Antwerp money-market , where her debts in 1560 exceeded £272,000 . |
2 | Then , pained beyond belief in some tender pride , she advanced alone upon the cows , and they parted softly and meekly before her and Walter Ash followed her , and they regained their bicycles . |
3 | In a temple courtyard they came unexpectedly upon a troupe of imperial singers and dancers rehearsing a performance ; garbed in dazzling costumes of gold , red , green and turquoise , the expressionless boys and girls were indistinguishable from one another in their close-fitting bonnets as they performed the mannered steps of a delicate oriental dance to the plaintive . |
4 | Seeing that the independents would be slowly strangled so long as they relied exclusively upon the British circuits , he sought to establish connections to Hollywood . |
5 | Other measures were unfortunately not undertaken seriously ; unlike better health provision they impinged directly upon the political and economic interests of dominant classes or groups . |
6 | Jung can appear to link quite well with sociology ; indeed , he drew indirectly upon the work of the Durkheim School in developing his understanding of collective symbols . |
7 | How far this development in Pissarro 's art depended upon the example of Monet is uncertain but it can be remembered that , after initial scepticism , he commented favourably upon the ‘ Haystacks ’ series and found himself in Rouen in the spring of 1896 , several months after Monet 's canvases of the Cathedral had been exhibited at Durand-Ruel 's gallery . |
8 | It has been calculated that while Stapledon spent just under half his time before the 1320s in his diocese , once he became treasurer barely a tenth of his time was passed at Exeter ; he relied instead upon the machinery of deputies to maintain his authority and execute his wishes there . |
9 | Like the system of militia service it pressed heavily upon the poorer sections of the groups it affected and fell comparatively lightly on the middle classes of the French seaports . |
10 | The event was significant , for it followed hard upon the death in April of King John II in England , where he was still a prisoner . |
11 | He rounded angrily upon the clerk . |