Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After four years at sea and now without compass and sextant , apparently the main attributes of its navigational aids , the old tub and crew are in need of a refit and the new establishment would be most foolish to embark upon the same kind of voyage.J I HOWARD , Glendale , Upper Street , Witnesham . |
| 2 | When learners are called upon to use the language being learned for some communicative purpose , a purpose other than language practice , then they will be naturally disposed to draw upon the systemic resources which have proved serviceable in the past for the achievement of indexical meaning . |
| 3 | It is more appropriate to focus upon the proportions by which domestic consumption is served by domestic production , partner country and rest of world imports . |
| 4 | In the short run it may be more realistic to build upon the commitment of formal and informal voluntary service which already exists among the elderly . |
| 5 | It is also interesting to reflect upon the restraints applies by the City of Edinburgh in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in order to protect its environment . |
| 6 | It is far better to look upon the purpose of such negotiations as to define the risks which each party is willing to accept , and what benefits or rewards he requires from the other party in order to accept those risks . |
| 7 | I think we are too ready to look upon the child as a nonentity . |