Example sentences of "[adv] upon [art] " 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 | Which schools the police visit depends entirely upon the head teachers , and little work is done with grammar schools . |
| 4 | It is clear that if a method of examining use is to be devised which does not lean entirely upon the librarian 's judgement , that method must be sophisticated enough to take into account the many variable factors . |
| 5 | And this too is why the word can even be extended to all those who rely entirely upon the mercy of God — the poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. |
| 6 | By choosing the right substance to crystallize on a surface one can often get the new crystals to form almost entirely upon the fine irregularities of the surface and thus show them up . |
| 7 | The claim to legitimacy of particular possession is based entirely upon the institutionalization of rights . |
| 8 | Roskill L.J. , although endorsing , at p. 311H , the reasons given by the Master of the Rolls , otherwise based his judgment entirely upon the undertaking . |
| 9 | The debate among trade union tutors has concentrated almost entirely upon the content and organisation of the TUC day-release scheme . |
| 10 | In both instances , the focus of attention is entirely upon the actions of the defendant . |
| 11 | This argument , based apparently upon the particular circumstances of a young woman in New Zealand whose daughter was unfortunate enough to grow up in care , itself an unusual experience , is dangerous and partial stuff . |
| 12 | Tuppe sat gloomily upon the tall boy 's rucksack . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | The quantity of water needed for textile processing depends greatly upon the work being done . |
| 15 | Any librarian involved in the selection of material is also constantly in touch with readers , so that an over-theoretical approach based merely upon the bibliographical and logistic aspects of provision is more likely to be avoided . |
| 16 | Traditionally , supply debates were the occasion for a grand attack by opposition parties upon government policy in general and not merely upon the arithmetic of the estimates . |
| 17 | So it could in theory , but I can not conceive of a case where a doctor , faced with the refusal of a mentally competent 16-year-old to having an abortion , would terminate the pregnancy merely upon the consent of the girl 's parents . |
| 18 | The workers ' control of industry would follow naturally upon the realisation of their industrial and political power . |
| 19 | ‘ The First Law of Sport : Look doubtfully upon the man who talks of himself in the third person ’ . |
| 20 | Then , pained beyond belief in some tender pride , she advanced alone upon the cows , and they parted softly and meekly before her and Walter Ash followed her , and they regained their bicycles . |
| 21 | As was discussed in Chapter 1 the notion of prevalence depends crucially upon the unambiguous classification of the study population into cases ( i.e. those with dementia ) and non-cases ( i.e. those without dementia ) . |
| 22 | Support for the miners promptly and inevitably began to shrink , especially upon the Conservative back-benches , but he still believes that he is right . |
| 23 | Comment centred upon being taken ‘ through into the picture ’ , upon its structure and organization and especially upon the interaction of colours and paint qualities . |
| 24 | The quality — or modality — of the experience depends less upon the quality of energy reaching the nervous system than upon which parts of the sensory system are activated : stimulation of the retinal receptors causes an experience of light ; stimulation of the receptors in the inner ear gives rise to the experience of sound ; and so on . |
| 25 | The emphasis here is rather less upon the calculation of personal advantage , and rather more on the kin group as a co-operative unit , taking collective decisions which are to the advantage of all . |
| 26 | The political and moral education of the boy and apprentice knight depended less upon the teaching of the church than upon the chansons de geste sung by minstrels . |
| 27 | In turn , discussion on this topic often focuses less upon the effect of property relations today than on the links established between property as an institution and Locke 's concepts of individuality and natural rights , and , in turn , Marx 's critique of private property . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |