Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the pelagic animals , some fish browse directly upon the plankton , as do the baleen whales , which concentrate upon the euphausiids and copepods . |
| 2 | Both DGXII ( Science , R&D ) and DGXI ( Environment ) have schemes which touch upon the heritage . |
| 3 | ‘ As to the rest , we would be stupid to appoint you in command if we intended to ignore your direction , however , you must agree to submit to Alexei , s will in all things which touch upon the aims of our embassy . ’ |
| 4 | Such issues which touch upon the merits can no more be avoided under option four than under option two ; both options address many of the same issues , and face the same problems . |
| 5 | This makes the counselling task even more difficult to interpret , but even within this complicated network of family systems , aspects of the wider , extended family unit will still be evident , perhaps comprising a number of separate systems which interact upon the way that the provision of care for older relatives is organized . |
| 6 | The research will take a case study approach looking at : aeronautics , nuclear propulsion , missilery , avionics , information technologies , telecommunications , and aircraft propulsion ; areas which build upon the researchers previous work . |
| 7 | ‘ Their priority will be to make acquisitions which build upon the existing core businesses in the UK and US . ’ |
| 8 | The same holds for metaphor ( ‘ Queen Victoria was made of iron ’ ) and irony and sarcasm ( ‘ I love it when you sing out of key all the time ’ ) , which depend upon the assumption that they will be interpreted as deliberate floutings of the charge to ‘ Be true ’ rather than as untruths intended to deceive . |
| 9 | The project investigates the development , during the school years , of communication skills which depend upon the interaction between participants during conversation . |
| 10 | Certain things are excluded from registration such as a method or principle of construction or features of shape or configuration dictated solely by the function the article has to perform , or which depend upon the appearance of another article of which it is intended to form an integral part . |
| 11 | Particular attention should be given to those grounds for expulsion which depend upon the partners making necessarily subjective assessments about their colleagues ( level of performance , observance of the spirit of the partnership etc ) where the issues are rarely clear cut . |
| 12 | It is possible to add several other arguments to the list of those which focus upon the realisation of group ( a ) ( on page 16 ) National Curriculum aims . |
| 13 | There are three large works which stand upon the floor , three works which comprise a number of smaller reliefs arranged in rows , ten single reliefs and , in a new development , works made of coloured glass , and fibreglass and lead . |
| 14 | This emphasises two of the dimensions , people and time , which impinge upon the planning process . |
| 15 | In doing so , the counsellor has to look at the family dynamic with a particular emphasis on those factors which impinge upon the life of the ageing family member , but to be seen as anything other than impartial , particularly when there is jealousy and conflict within the family group , can lead to a lack of trust and the possible withdrawal of co-operation and participation by some family members . |
| 16 | The object of this research is to further consider material , collected in 1980/81 from residents and staff in a representative sample of local authority homes throughout England with a view to developing a multivariate model of the factors which impinge upon the daily lives of those who live and work in old people 's homes . |
| 17 | There are other effects additional to the Vinerian concepts of " trade creation " and " trade diversion " which impinge upon the trade accounts . |
| 18 | The empirical evaluation of teaching/learning activities does not aim at the exact specification of causes but at increased awareness of different factors which bear upon the learning process in particular classrooms . |
| 19 | We both are ready and willing to shoulder the responsibilities and duties which fall upon the rich and powerful nations of the world . |
| 20 | But this was a drama , the story of the circumstances of Van Gogh 's life ; ‘ No attempt has been made , ’ wrote Meier-Graefe , ‘ to make a critical analysis of the pictures , which enter upon the scene only in so far as they concern the drama directly or indirectly . ’ |