Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This interest is undoubtedly driven by the search for plastic materials derived from sustainable carbon sources and which biodegrade naturally upon disposal . |
| 3 | Of the pelagic animals , some fish browse directly upon the plankton , as do the baleen whales , which concentrate upon the euphausiids and copepods . |
| 4 | Omnivores comprise by far the largest group from cosmopolitan feeders such as the opportunistic wrasses which have broad tastes to specialised feeders such as angelfish which browse benthically upon sponges and algae . |
| 5 | When John Paston wanted a favour he thought that ‘ Sir George Brown , Sir James Ratcliff and others of my acquaintance which wait most upon the King and lie nightly in his chamber will put to their good wills ’ . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Sherman ( 1981 ) has developed a useful alternative theory which he called the ‘ Social Breakdown Syndrome ’ , which involves a more comprehensive explanation than those which focus entirely upon individual pathology . |
| 8 | Such studies depend critically upon a knowledge of the total baseline flora in particular environments . |
| 9 | It also suggests that educational reforms will be of limited success unless complemented by policies such as contract compliance which act directly upon demand-side institutions . |
| 10 | Magnesium salts of stronger acids , such as the sulphate , chloride , or nitrite , normally grouped under permanent hardness , are removed in the same way to give a precipitate of the hydroxide , i.e. : unc Calcium salts produced in this way , and also those occurring naturally , can be removed by treatment with sodium carbonate , e.g. : unc The costs of the process depend directly upon the temporary and permanent hardness of the water and upon the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present . |
| 11 | As a result of this work , Quinn argues that , while formal ( i.e. rational , in the sense defined above ) planning systems serve useful purposes , they focus unduly upon measurable quantities and underemphasize ‘ the vital qualitative organizational and power-behavioral factors that so often determine strategic success ’ ( p. 15 ) . |
| 12 | Sedimentation and filtration for the removal of solid matter from process water are essential for most textile uses , and the methods employed depend mainly upon the source of the water . |
| 13 | The book 's later chapters focus mainly upon aspects of media accountability . |
| 14 | Even if an agreed definition can be arrived at and some core features identified , it need not be the case that all forms of creative expression demand precisely the same set of mental operations or depend equally upon the same intellectual qualities . |
| 15 | While some policies contain few features that their opponents can interfere with — laying down , for example , a clear duty to provide a particular service or benefit — others , such as the DHSS commitment to the development of community care for the mentally ill , depend heavily upon the commitments of implementers , and are relatively easily diverted in other directions or even rendered ineffective . |
| 16 | The assumptions used in these valuations vary according to local conditions , but depend heavily upon the assumed excess of investment returns over the rate of increase in pensionable pay . |
| 17 | Clinical indices depend heavily upon subjective features such as abdominal pain and well being . |
| 18 | The intelligibility and indeed the success of any identifying references to particulars , it is claimed , depend ultimately upon the intelligibility and the success of demonstrative references to particulars in the context of a speaker-hearer situation . |
| 19 | An obvious example is the car industry , where distributive intermediaries must provide the levels of stockholding , after-sales service , etc. , deemed appropriate by manufacturers ; their reputations depend ultimately upon the service backup given by their distributors . |
| 20 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
| 21 | ‘ The First Law of Sport : Look doubtfully upon the man who talks of himself in the third person ’ . |
| 22 | The people are almost foreign to me , the more so because country people have not yet been thrown into quite the same confusion as townspeople , and therefore look awkwardly upon those who are not in trade — writing is an unskilled labour and not a trade — not on the land , and not idle … . |
| 23 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 24 | The exhibition and catalogue concentrate also upon certain problems , essentially of authorship and chronology , which have bedevilled understanding of the period 1500–1515 . |
| 25 | S. Mark 's Cathedral appears to be a complicated building , not easy to define , either from the façade in the great piazza or from the interior , and it is not easy to view from other aspects as buildings crowd closely upon it . |
| 26 | This may help to explain why in models of the historical determinants of trade union growth which concentrate solely upon economic variables up to 30 per cent of membership growth typically remains unexplained . |
| 27 | Clegg ( 1976 ) has put forward a theory of union density for those countries which rely predominantly upon collective bargaining to regulate employment terms . |
| 28 | Yet such initiatives such as ESGs , GRIST and the Manpower Services Technical , Vocational and Education Initiative ( TVEI ) rely predominantly upon the INSET practices of LEAs . |
| 29 | 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. |
| 30 | Printers and typesetting houses have been embracing new methods for the last 15 years or so and now rely entirely upon them . |