Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] upon [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the cost of providing an economic infrastructure was one which seemed to bear heavily upon the people and , as far as the rural communities were concerned , it may be argued that the French occupation brought little positive benefits . |
| 2 | One of its major concerns has always been the securing and protection of fundamental human rights , and it sought to build further upon the UN Declaration of Human Rights of December 1948 . |
| 3 | Almost an entire generation of Titfords in Frome was increasingly destitute from the 1780s onwards ; in a town which had depended heavily upon the wool industry for its prosperity for so long , the innate conservatism of the local clothiers left them unable to respond to changing times and new technology . |
| 4 | The Lancastrian monarchy had depended heavily upon the customs duties for its normal revenue . |
| 5 | That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based . |
| 6 | Although the Lancastrians had relied principally upon the archaic fifteenths and tenths they had occasionally tried some experiments . |
| 7 | Until 1764 , Josiah had concentrated successfully upon the manufacture of what he called ‘ useful wares ’ , but he had carried out many experiments to improve the rather crude ‘ Egyptian black ’ wares already made by a number of Staffordshire potters . |