Example sentences of "be [vb pp] upon them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those forces that make agencies fail to generate change also make them slow to respond to changes that are thrust upon them from the outside . |
| 2 | It must be understood that the brewers ' actions have not been forced upon them by the legislation . |
| 3 | In fact , competition has been reduced , prices have rocketed , thousands of public house tenants have been forced out of the trade and thousands more have felt that they have no reasonable option other than to accept the terms being imposed upon them by the brewers and accept long leases at enormously increased rents , with full responsibility for repairs . |
| 4 | As a consequence , they are likely to be faced with the necessity of balancing priorities — within the various demands being made upon them by the inchoate changes which characterize the present assessment climate . |
| 5 | Yet it is an objective standard which the directors themselves define , and not one that is imposed upon them by the courts , who regard it as illegitimate to substitute their own view of what constitutes the best interests of the company or the shareholders for that of the directors of the company . |
| 6 | He is not bound to afford the parties an opportunity to tender evidence or submissions ; and , even if a right to do so is conferred upon them by the terms of the lease , it is doubtful whether the expert need pay any attention to them . |
| 7 | Water is so often taken for granted that few people consider what is needed in a supply until the matter is forced upon them by a shortage or a change in properties that affect the running of a works . |
| 8 | Even so , the refugees themselves are likely to resist any settlement unless it is forced upon them by the Syrian government itself . |
| 9 | Staunch fans are always prepared to reanalyse their favourites in whatever blinding new light is thrown upon them by a probing music journalist . |