Example sentences of "[verb] upon they the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a very early age the Spencer children had impressed upon them the value of good manners , honesty and accepting people for what they are , not for their position in life . |
| 2 | The children must have impressed upon them the need for personal cooperation within the classroom as essential to the variety of learning situations with which they will be faced . |
| 3 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 4 | Both these versions of the expertise theory assure us that the special expertise of directors at once justifies conferring upon them the discretion to run the business and imposes a restraint on how they exercise that discretion . |
| 5 | She lavished upon them the sort of affection she would have given to her family had there been any . |
| 6 | She does not , apparently , test her spellings by saying them as they look , but imposes upon them the correct pronunciation . |
| 7 | The Police Force of London was very anti-Jewish : but special measures were taken by Sir Samuel Hoare to enforce upon them the dire necessity of pampering the Israelites . |
| 8 | In a conflict situation , have you ever behaved badly towards anyone else ; intentionally or unintentionally heaping upon them the blame you attribute to any of the figures you 've just thought about and identified ? |
| 9 | Ministers will urge upon them the favourite concept of ‘ balance , ’ and good marks will be earned by not playing the game too hard . |
| 10 | A seminar held by Lothian and Borders Police in connection with road safety issues involving the older road user revealed that a key element to ensure enhancement of the safety of this group requires guidance to impress upon them the importance of individual responsibility . |
| 11 | Upper- and middle-class Victorian men relied on working-class female prostitutes to satisfy their sexual appetites , while demanding purity of their wives and inflicting upon them the impossibly sentimentalized and saintly ideal of the Virgin Mother . |