Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb -s] [adv] upon " in BNC.

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1 All these reasons serve to explain why this study concentrates mainly upon the attitudes to death that prevailed in the middle-class , whose irresistible rise was so prominent a feature of the nineteenth century .
2 This study focuses instead upon interests in essentially urban industrial landscapes , raising questions of the methodology of assessment in these particular circumstances .
3 The rest of this chapter relies extensively upon the research the writer undertook in 1986 and 87 .
4 But this analysis concentrates unduly upon the intellectual content of nationalism , while neglecting its social sources , and it attributes to intellectuals an exaggerated importance as leaders of nationalist movements .
5 The success of this venture depends heavily upon the quantity and quality of the research which can be assembled and examined .
6 The route to follow from this manual depends largely upon the reader 's special interests :
7 This stage draws considerably upon the knowledge , skills , and judgement of the practitioner and , as with the summary stage , may be facilitated by formulating the objectives around two key questions :
8 The reasonableness of such clauses depends mainly upon the questions raised by s 11(4) of the UCTA " is the amount a reasonable one having regard to the financial resources of the party seeking its protection , and the extent to which he could insure against the relevant liabilities ?
9 Similarly , in the rubbery state the shear modulus of all polymers depends primarily upon the density of cross-links .
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