Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] upon [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The emphasis here is rather less upon the calculation of personal advantage , and rather more on the kin group as a co-operative unit , taking collective decisions which are to the advantage of all . |
| 2 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |
| 3 | The government of the day would not be promoting the Bill , and it would not have been allocated time in its legislative programme , unless the government had considered the matter in considerable detail and decided more or less exactly upon the Bill it desired . |
| 4 | Dunbar came picking his way between the debris and the fallen , and looked down calmly upon the son and successor of his old enemy . |
| 5 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 6 | Evelyn 's material came from Rose , for ‘ He reason 'd so pertinently upon the Subject ( as indeed he does upon all things which concern his hortulan Profession ) ’ , as the preface says . |
| 7 | Emperor Frederick showed him great kindness and asked what reward he wanted for playing so well upon the bagpipes . |
| 8 | Firstly , why have teachers and students of language concentrated so exclusively upon the production of correct sentences if that is not enough to communicate ? |
| 9 | In such a situation , the features of those relationships which reflect less well upon the interviewee may not emerge easily — an important point demonstrated very effectively by Cornwell 's ( 1984 ) research on contemporary family relationships . |
| 10 | 1 knew how he felt , for in an operation like this nerves take over and you rest so heavily upon the skill of the dispatcher that you ask his permission even to breathe . |
| 11 | The eastern desert , rocky and mountainous , closes in aggressively upon the river with high bluffs restricting the fields to a tenuous strip . |
| 12 | VFM auditing is not new , and in many ways Britain is now only explicitly upon a path that other countries have already followed . |
| 13 | Effective communication of the gospel depends not only upon a thorough understanding of the content of the message , but also on an ability to relate that message to the contemporary situation . |
| 14 | The parishioner 's ability to worship depends not only upon the personal spirituality of a relationship with God in Christ , but also upon relationships with fellow worshippers , the atmosphere of the building and the vitality of the services . |
| 15 | Not only does mental disability vary so widely that it ultimately defies definition , but the extent to which a given mental disability , in so far as it can be measured in clinical terms , handicaps a person will depend not only upon the disability itself but on the patient 's social circumstances as well . |
| 16 | He believed that the surface of the earth changed gradually over long periods of time , and saw that such changes would have an effect not only upon the physical environment to which living things were exposed , but upon the possibility of migration to new locations . |
| 17 | ‘ Discuss , with reference to at least two plays , how tragedy can be enacted not only upon the individual but also upon a family ’ |
| 18 | It will become a criminal offence not to comply fully with any investigations , and it will be possible to impose substantial financial penalties , not only upon the companies operating a prohibited agreement , but also upon those directors found responsible for negotiating or operating such an agreement . |
| 19 | At the heart of the real-balance effect lies the hypothesis that desired consumption expenditure depends not only upon the level of income and the rate of interest but also upon the real net worth of the private sector : that is where is the nominal value of private sector net worth deflated by the price level . |
| 20 | Depression can have a devastating effect not only upon the person 's family but also on their job . |
| 21 | Traditionally , supply debates were the occasion for a grand attack by opposition parties upon government policy in general and not merely upon the arithmetic of the estimates . |
| 22 | The use of contract armies to fight the war depended , of course , not just upon the readiness of men to serve but also upon the willingness of parliament to vote taxes to pay for the war . |
| 23 | This contains an unfortunate value judgement , not just upon the Christianity that precedes the reference , but on the whole concept of locality as somehow opposed to cosmopolitanism . |
| 24 | No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it . |
| 25 | And the commitment of each discharger to pollution control will vary widely , depending not least upon the organizational status and occupation of the field man 's contact . |
| 26 | In order to overcome these constraints , de Gaulle had to rely chiefly upon himself — upon the powers which he held as president , but more importantly upon the prestige of his name and the authority of his voice . |
| 27 | It is a telling commentary upon parliament but even more so upon the church 's limited political potency : at that stage , the clergy needed the support not just of the commons but of the peers as well in order to defend effectively their privileges and franchises ; repeal was effected in the council and chiefly through the agency of the lords ; when the prelates contemplated a riposte in convocation they were instantly quelled by writs of prohibition . |
| 28 | In the learned hierarchy the term — literally " one who is assiduous , constant in attendance ’ was used for a candidate for office at any stage in his career , for the muderris or kadi awaiting his next post as well as for the beginner , the term in Ottoman usage perhaps reflecting the fact that the candidates were in constant attendance theoretically upon the sultan but in fact more usually upon the kazaskers , in whose hands lay the responsibility for nominating men for most posts until near the end of the sixteenth century . |
| 29 | Others say that Tethlis grasped the Sword of Khaine and that it writhed in his grip and started to come free , and that the king was cut down by his own bodyguard who feared the consequences of Aenarion 's fatal weapon being unleashed once more upon the world . |
| 30 | He lay down once more upon the bench and , his lungs filled with a crush of flower essence , began to speak . |