Example sentences of "[adv] upon [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While each family possessed a few reindeer for harnessing to sledges , they had no herds , and depended entirely upon hunting wild deer , which they followed or waylaid on their seasonal migrations . |
| 2 | So upon accepting his resignation , the museum retained him — ‘ privately ’ — as ‘ consulting director ’ for the new Hamon Building . |
| 3 | They tensed somewhat upon sighting Petion , but Howard hastily interposed himself between them . |
| 4 | I bear you no ill will , for well I found the tables entirely turned upon me , and that I was in far ore danger from you than you were from me for I was just upon resolving to defy all the censures of the world and to make you publicly and openly my wife . " |
| 5 | In some unions the emphasis is more upon representing aspirations of the working class as a whole rather than functioning as collective bargaining agencies merely for their own members . |
| 6 | The success of the democracy depended upon the citizens ' accepting their civic responsibilities , and hence upon sustaining a sense of identification with the fate of the polis among the citizens . |
| 7 | The emphasis was rather upon providing children with basic skills . |
| 8 | Unlike s.62 ( above ) liability is not dependent solely upon proving loss . |
| 9 | Even upon discovering the full facts of life , my father 's role in my conception , I failed to shift some of my guilt onto him . |
| 10 | A strategy based simply upon warding off attack will be inadequate to guarantee its survival . |
| 11 | My symptoms subsided immediately upon quitting mefloquine . |
| 12 | In fact , immediately upon accepting the Treaty of Rome , the Benelux states agreed in substance in February 1959 to a new treaty of economic union , beginning in January 1960 and to last for 50 years , several years ahead of the Rome programme . |
| 13 | Immediately upon stepping down Buchanan was appointed to the federal Senate by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney . |
| 14 | Given immediately upon stopping the nursing this will often help to dry up the milk supply . |
| 15 | This takes some getting used to , but claustrophobic fingertips need not concern themselves unduly , as the feeling is dispelled immediately upon picking up the guitar . |
| 16 | You can sometimes discern quality in an instrument immediately upon picking it up and that 's certainly the case here . |
| 17 | Subjects generally found the judgment tasks relatively easy to perform and were able to give their first rating immediately upon hearing the tone in almost all cases . |
| 18 | Immediately upon entering the stomach , a sample of gastric juice was aspirated into a sterile Wallace bronchoscopy suction bottle for pH and bile estimations . |
| 19 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , during the recent debate on the Asylum Bill , our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary pointed out that about 30,000 people are registered as asylum seekers , without their families , and that they are allowed six months ' benefit immediately upon registering as asylum seekers ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 7.7.6 to give notice to the Landlord immediately upon the happening of any event which might affect any insurance policy on or relating to the Premises or upon the happening of any event against which the Landlord may have insured under this Lease The following amendment should be considered : … immediately upon becoming aware of the happening of any event … 7.7.7 immediately to inform the Landlord in writing of any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue any such insurance The requirement to notify the landlord in respect of convictions should be deleted for the reason stated above . |
| 22 | Then as you progress , measure your aerobic improvement by taking your pulse at several points during the walk and immediately upon finishing . |
| 23 | These assertions , which would of course be very difficult to demonstrate in a literal or historical sense , are justified as part of Pareto 's general scheme of the equilibrium of social systems , which rests on a social-psychological basis : ‘ The principle of my sociology rests precisely upon separating logical from non-logical actions and in showing that in most men the second category is far larger than the former ’ . |
| 24 | Attention focused initially upon improving the condition of potential rather than actual members of the labour force and the armed services ; on proposals and measures to diminish the infant mortality rate and to ensure that the surviving children grew up well fed and well cared for . |
| 25 | The most convincing answer is that Truman was intent primarily upon terminating the Pacific conflict speedily so as to save American lives but that he was interested simultaneously in strengthening American interests vis-à-vis Russia , which included restricting the amount of territory to be occupied by the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | Rather the focus was again upon expending the money more judiciously . |