Example sentences of "[adv] upon [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ladies now smiled gently upon Ella as she retrieved their glasses . |
| 2 | But in fact it was too late , if indeed it had ever been possible after 1950 , for Britain to assert its will on the Six , especially upon France . |
| 3 | Ralph is now all alone against Jack 's hunters , who tower above upon Castle Rock . |
| 4 | In other places , the stress is more upon England . |
| 5 | And then the camera focused once more upon Li Yuan . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | For too long many Ulsterfolk have looked favourably upon Israel and its inhabitants , mainly due to Biblical misrepresentation and distortion . |
| 8 | As we have seen , wood depends for its defences against crack propagation partly upon Jeronimidis ' work of fracture contrivance — which ensures that the critical Griffith crack length is a long one — and also , by way of a further safety device , upon the Cook-Gordon mechanism for stopping any crack which gets past George . |
| 9 | The inhibition placed upon Norwich has unquestionably had , as Lautro must have known it would have , a seriously damaging effect upon that investment business and hence upon Winchester , their shareholders , staff , employees and investors . |
| 10 | ‘ The inhibition placed upon Norwich has unquestionably had , as Lautro must have known it would have , a seriously damaging effect upon that investment business and hence upon Winchester , their shareholders , staff , employees and investors . |
| 11 | Economic prosperity and satisfaction led many , perhaps , to look rather benignly upon Hallstein 's activist Commission and not to be unduly worried by the possibility of it developing into some kind of European government . |
| 12 | He could not help it , for an instant the restraint he was arduously imposing on himself slipped like a mask from his face , and the bitter blaze of his hatred flared from dilated eyes , burning ferociously upon Isambard 's calmly smiling countenance . |
| 13 | Initial selection was based solely upon Stirling 's impressions of the men at brief interviews . |
| 14 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 15 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 16 | The Anti-Rex smiled sweetly upon Ed Kelley , leaned forward as if to kiss his cheek and ripped off his other ear . |
| 17 | Penman said , ‘ Langley Dene ’ , to Murphy who indicated with a faint grimace that he knew his destination perfectly well already , and closed the door of the carriage firmly upon Alexandra . |
| 18 | I relied heavily upon Hedley Byrne as illustrative . |
| 19 | Schools are often obliged , therefore , to amalgamate two or more classes for massed singing , or to rely heavily upon BBC Schools ' broadcasts . |
| 20 | It certainly draws heavily upon Thomas 's memories of people and incidents from his youth and early student days and many similarities exist between the bookish Mr Torrance and Mr Noble . |
| 21 | He butted down upon Tundrish — who in turn slumped heavily upon Akbar , who lost his adhesion . |
| 22 | A selection of them pressed forward upon Dyson deferentially , introducing themselves , fetching him drinks and salted peanuts . |
| 23 | During his time at Cuddesdon something happened to the Church of England , at the national level , which left an indelible mark upon many young ordinands of the time , and certainly upon Michael Ramsey . |