Example sentences of "[adv] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst it is not inconsistent for liberals to hold a theory of distributive justice , for in a sense any advocacy of the free market implies certain distributive consequences , the ‘ harm to interests ’ theorists can not deny that their theory of obligation rests entirely upon a cryptic theory of distributive justice rather than an extrapolation of fundamental precepts of liberalism . |
| 2 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 3 | the implementation of strategies will in themselves depend greatly upon a series of further conditioning variables such as managerial organisation , patterns of authority within the management hierarchy and , above all , upon the power of oppositional groups ( especially trade unions ) . |
| 4 | We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs . |
| 5 | Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet . |
| 6 | What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river . |
| 7 | In the north-west corner , four different birds are nesting in close company — the mute swan regally aloft on its large and bulky nest , looking down upon a coot nesting nearby in lesser estate , with two nests of great crested grebes almost awash amongst the reeds close by . |
| 8 | We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke . |
| 9 | He shrugged , spreading his arms wide , then threw himself down upon a threadbare chaise-longue , his hands behind his head . |
| 10 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 11 | The engine backs down upon a few trucks , perhaps a single one ; there is a quick manipulation of a coupling stick , and the engine draws off with its insignificant load . |
| 12 | looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys . |
| 13 | The barmaid raised the spatula and brought it down upon a bluebottle . |
| 14 | It could have been a glass put down upon a table . |
| 15 | Effective communication of the gospel depends not only upon a thorough understanding of the content of the message , but also on an ability to relate that message to the contemporary situation . |
| 16 | The " OCCI boom " ( Optical Coincidence Co-ordinate Indexing ) spreading through school resources centres in the early 19705 was not , however , based only upon a misunderstanding about media formats , although there was evidence of a considerable confusion about general principles of information retrieval ; what teachers in particular were signalling ( as I explained in Organizing resources ) was great dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of conventional catalogues in practice . |
| 17 | It could illustrate that symbolic episode , common to fairy-tales and Gothic novels , in which the heroine , lost in a dark wood , comes suddenly upon a sunlit clearing . |
| 18 | If not upon a mandamus , why in an ejectment ? |
| 19 | The priest was dying with a last Gloria on his lips , and Harry , carried away upon a tide of hatred for all things Spanish and all things Catholic , had already sunk the blade into the back of the young hidalgo . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments . |
| 22 | The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles . |
| 23 | I quietly let myself out of the flat and ran down the stairs coming too quickly upon a crumpled heap hunched at the bottom . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing will come of nothing ’ , as King Lear said once upon a time . |
| 25 | Once upon a time another German government let Lenin cross another Germany in a sealed train on his way to Russia . |
| 26 | Once upon a time , this might have been 95 per cent . |
| 27 | MOSCOW — Once upon a time , in a previous journalistic incarnation , I worked at Westminster . |
| 28 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
| 29 | Once upon a time , long long ago and far far away , out in the dreamlands , there was another Margaret just like you . |
| 30 | Once upon a time Fenna had brooded on a hoard for so many years and with such desire that it had quickened and grown , diamonds breeding and bringing up their young under his weight . |