Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] upon a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personnel management could thus draw upon a wealth of experience , a skilled data processing staff and the fact that there already existed a library of programs although none of them were designed to access or process personnel records . |
| 2 | Frustrated national movements like those of the Irish , or south Slavs of the Dual Monarchy , of the Armenians in Turkey or the Poles in Russia , could usually rely upon a reflex of ready sympathy in at least some foreign countries . |
| 3 | Unusual coat colours and patterns can arise spontaneously by genetic mutation anywhere in the world , and breeders in different regions might quite coincidentally seize upon a colour mutation and henceforward seek to establish it as a mark of their breed . |
| 4 | An application for a care or supervision order will frequently follow upon an emergency protection order . |
| 5 | Learning to spell may well depend upon an ability to use phonological decoding strategies during reading , for the skilled use of the GPC rules will result in an awareness of the relationships between spelling and sound . |
| 6 | You might even stumble upon a theorem or two in your researches . |
| 7 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |