Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] upon [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 2 | A great many contract negotiations that started from a written set of terms and conditions sent with an offer to negotiate , which in fact produced mainly contracts upon the original terms offered , with little evidence of variations introduced by negotiation , would seem likely to be caught . |
| 3 | Those who thought otherwise relied upon the observation that attendance at church was declining . |
| 4 | They had already decided upon a name . |
| 5 | ‘ You had best impress upon the household the need for discretion . |
| 6 | The stability of feudal society had always depended upon a relationship of trust between lords and vassals . |
| 7 | In late July the parallel committee of the House of Representatives had also agreed upon a much-reduced defence bill upon which the House was due to vote after the summer recess . |
| 8 | The Mystical Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite had also dwelt upon a thick cloud of unknowing that separates the ineffable God from mankind and this image dominated Greek theology . |
| 9 | It also objected to the legitimacy which UNTAC had allegedly bestowed upon the Phnom Pehn government . |
| 10 | Statistics given to the annual meeting showed that 1,400 of them were from people who had never called upon the Samaritans before . |