Example sentences of "[verb] upon [prep] those " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some folk theories of sport have achieved a myth-like status , and they are often seriously entertained and elaborated upon by those in sport . |
| 2 | The services of ISCO can be called upon by those who enrol for several years after the pupil have left school . |
| 3 | In the latter case Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. referred to the ‘ wholly mistaken notion that it is somehow demeaning for the most senior judges to have their decisions examined and passed upon by those who are judicially their juniors . ’ |
| 4 | While the idea of preserving the total literary output of a nation is the ideal to be aimed at — an ideal relied upon by those who discard gleefully — the fact is that the British Library does not have a copy of every book . |
| 5 | They tend to be frowned upon by those caring for diabetic patients . |
| 6 | The Buddhist intelligentsia associated it with beef eating , gambling and the consumption of arrack , activities which were frowned upon by those influenced by Buddhist revivalist ideas but which were perceived as regrettably common among the masses . |
| 7 | Regrettably but perhaps inevitably , the ambivalence of feeling and thought which is bound to exist at any time of change has been seized upon by those who can profit from it . |
| 8 | Virgin flesh was not so easily come upon in those days ; and a virgin garnished with terror was an unexpected breakfast treat after his long sleep . |