Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case it is legitimate to require some special process of constitutional amendment say that the legislature may amend the Constitution only by a two-thirds majority or after a general election or perhaps upon three months ' notice . |
| 2 | Since the abolition of direct imprisonment for debts not exceeding £20 , the Insolvent Debtors Court and , after its abolition , the Bankruptcy Court in London and the county courts in the provinces , had possessed the power of imprisonment for forty days or less upon proof of means to pay or fraud . |
| 3 | Conversely the tenant may contract to remove fixtures either unconditionally , or conditionally upon being requested to do so by the landlord . |
| 4 | It meant that manufacturers no longer needed to seek their power where there was fast-running water , especially in the higher reaches of lonely dales , but found it near the canals which brought coal to them cheaply , or directly upon the coalfields themselves . |
| 5 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
| 6 | There has been a great deal of argument as to what a new enquirer needs to know before or immediately upon making a decision to follow Christ for that decision to be meaningful . |
| 7 | But to begin with this assumption is to by-pass , rather than explain , the mystery of perception as it presents itself to us if we assume that perception occurs because the perceived object impinges directly or indirectly upon the nervous system . |
| 8 | Early botanists had based their accounts either upon brief visits or else upon information or specimens provided by others . |
| 9 | Many of the preceding options are based implicitly or explicitly upon ideas as to how administrators make decisions . |
| 10 | The peace of Europe now rested more heavily than ever upon his ability to control his allies . |
| 11 | It seems that once upon a time OS/2 was going to be the real version of Windows , but Microsoft changed its mind and decided to go it alone . |
| 12 | Among modern believers , it is generally assumed that once upon a time there was a ‘ pure ’ form of Christianity preached by Paul , from which various ‘ deviations ’ — that is , ‘ heresies ’ — subsequently occurred . |
| 13 | and they forget to tell you that once upon a time does n't always have a nice ending , yeah |
| 14 | Focussing attention upon individual sufferers and their capacity for recovery from addictive disease and providing general education on addictive disease and its recovery processes , rather than solely upon addictive drugs and their risks , is the best long term help for the individuals at risk and hence for society . |
| 15 | Thus , on this view , attention should be focused upon the freeing of conditions of exit , rather than solely upon encouraging actual competition from increasing numbers of firms . |
| 16 | I endeavoured to believe that much , if not all of what I felt , was due to the bewildering influence of the gloomy furniture in the room — of the dark and tattered draperies , which , tortured into motion by the breath of a rising tempest , swayed fitfully to and fro upon the walls , and rustled uneasily about the decorations of the bed . |
| 17 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 18 | Comment centred upon being taken ‘ through into the picture ’ , upon its structure and organization and especially upon the interaction of colours and paint qualities . |
| 19 | I do emphasise this definition , which relies upon the influence upon the value of money being direct , being exercised upon particular prices ; for of course all economic policies have an effect upon the value of money and thus upon prices , including incomes . |
| 20 | But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon men that and his righteousness Joy be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost . |
| 21 | Secondly , I do not think it does a college principal any harm to operate in a different framework , see how others organise themselves and bring a principal 's view to bear upon validation exercises — and possibly upon SCOTVEC itself ! |
| 22 | As Sartre insists more and more upon the virtues of specificity ( II , 200 — 05 ) , such is his distaste for Marxist or any other universalizing categories that he refuses even to countenance them , attempting to replace concepts with specificities , universals with singulars . |
| 23 | The criminal law may depend less upon one monolithic principle and more upon a synthesis of conflicting principles . |
| 24 | And so although his early contributors had come from the European tradition which preceded the Great War , by the early Thirties he had come to rely more and more upon British contributors . |
| 25 | Although the advertising industry is almost promiscuous in its use of verbal slogans , the creative emphasis falls more and more upon the persuasive power of imagery — slow motion shots demonstrating the lustrous lightness of newly washed hair , or the soft resilience of freshly laundered towels — in fact it would be tiresome to list the repertoire of non-verbal devices deliberately designed to by-pass a critical vigilance based upon language . |
| 26 | The ecumenical movement has reversed three centuries of division which began with the failure of the Savoy Conference in 1661 and the imposition of the Act of Uniformity , Today , Holy Communion is celebrated more frequently and with a set liturgy , often in an ‘ Anglican ’ way ; set prayers are common and sometimes take a responsory form ; the increasing use of a lectionary means that the choice of readings depends less upon the whim of the preacher and more upon an ordered scheme . |
| 27 | The nature of the soil depends upon the climate ( which breaks down the rocks ) , upon the kinds of rocks involved ( hard , soft , limy , granitic ) and partly upon their age . |
| 28 | Just how extensive a lord 's rights would be in these circumstances would depend partly upon local custom and partly upon the relative power of lord and vassal . |
| 29 | The picture which is offered in this and the next chapter is not fully comprehensive and depends partly upon the knowledge of some of the Commission 's members , and partly upon the submissions and correspondence which were received . |
| 30 | For instance , childhood conduct disorder may often lead to anti-social behaviour in adulthood , but this may reflect either the continuity of the disorder or the different effects of the same social stress acting first upon a child and later upon an adult ( Graham , 1983 ) . |