Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] upon [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although early progress in study of environmental perception often related to socioeconomic geography such as the attitudes of farmers to the drought hazard on the Great Plains ( Saarinen , 1966 ) , later research concentrated more upon the physical environment and the fascinating evaluation of myth and reality in the context of a volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea ( Blong , 1982 ) has already been referred to . |
| 2 | Whilst it is true that parole was advocated in Crime — a challenge to us all , it is true also that in the consensual politics of the day party study groups drew freely upon the available sources of expertise and received wisdom : the penal services themselves , the legal and academic communities , penal reform and other related interest groups , and published material from official or academic sources . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that the lack of such a programme bore heavily upon the poor , and that poor health and mortalities were a consequence . |
| 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 | Towards the end of the campaign television focused more upon the two-party Labour versus Conservative battle and public expectations about Alliance performance declined . |
| 6 | The stripper gyrated slowly upon the tiny square of painted hardboard at the end of the bar . |
| 7 | His long gaunt bony head lay heavily upon the white lace-fringed pillow which Moxie had put in place , the flesh of his thin forearms , emerging from spotlessly clean pyjamas , was like wax . |
| 8 | High upon Old Bedwetter and barbiturates , Sam Maggott lazed back in his office chair and smiled placidly upon the bleary-eyed officer now lounging in his doorway . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Like this , ’ Alexei said , and sketched rapidly upon the topmost sheet of a folder full of paper . |
| 11 | In 1922 the chief drainage engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture reflected thus upon the constructive uses to which he had put the heroes home from the trenches : |
| 12 | Tuppe sat gloomily upon the tall boy 's rucksack . |
| 13 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 14 | There was real distinction about his elegant yet powerful performance , but further misery descended cruelly upon the Scots 18 minutes into the second half . |
| 15 | Their eyes remained appraisingly upon the gleaming little dish . |