Example sentences of "upon [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In David Lloyd George 's coalition government he was successively parliamentary secretary at the newly created Ministry of Labour ( 1916–19 ) and the Board of Trade ( 1919–20 ) , and first secretary of the mines department ( 1920–2 ) , acquiring experience of industrial relations which was again called upon during the renewed industrial unrest of 1925–6 . |
| 2 | Our diverse expertise has been called upon during the past year for the retrieval of radioactive isotopes from redundant industrial fire detection systems , telephone dials and medical sources ; the development of techniques for treating heavy metal discharges from industrial smelters ; the provision of packages for radioactive sources used by hospitals and health authorities . |
| 3 | It was a common-sense answer to a direct question — but was seized upon as a black and white declaration of Linfield 's policy on mixed-religion teams . |
| 4 | Troubleshooters now have an international publishing deal , and with the worldwide acclaim of a band like Extreme the ‘ shooters could be looked upon as a igly -Anglicised , less-sickly version of the American stars they must be fairly confident . |
| 5 | Whilst Rodinal may not be looked upon as a standard developer by the photographic industry in the same way that Ilford 's ID-II and Kodak 's D-76 are regarded , it is interesting to note for instance that Ilford list , among other developers , Rodinal at a 1:25 dilution , complete with recommended developing times , for its new Delta-400 high-speed emulsion at normal , pull 1-stop and push 1-stop exposure indices . |
| 6 | Then poor Pamela must be turned off and looked upon as a vile abandoned creature , and everybody would despise her , and justly too , Mrs. Jervis . |
| 7 | In a sense , the whole process of embryonic development can be looked upon as a cooperative venture , jointly run by thousands of genes together . |
| 8 | The tuba , when blown softly , combines well with the horns , and might be looked upon as a possible deep ‘ 5th horn ’ . |
| 9 | But if you have a reasonable cross section of the country and your result was still that Birmingham was looked down upon as a low status accent , then at least you can your results so . . |
| 10 | ‘ There is a story of a Japanese potter who was commanded by his Emperor to reproduce a marvellous glaze he had chanced upon as a mere hazard of the fire . |
| 11 | Business analysis should be looked upon as a two-way exercise — an opportunity to inform , help and convince , as much as an opportunity to find out about the organisation . |
| 12 | And , of course , on the largest scale , the Universe itself , expanding from the big bang , may also be looked upon as a white hole erupting from a singularity . |
| 13 | To continue the analogy of the Whitehall market-place , the Ministry of Defence itself can be looked upon as a specialized commodity market , in which the three Services and the Defence scientists bargain for their share of the resources won by the Secretary of State on the main trading floor during the annual Public Expenditure Reviews . |
| 14 | The database is looked upon as a common asset |
| 15 | More emphasis on domestic subjects in the curriculum of secondary school girls was now recommended on the grounds that ‘ every girl should be looked upon as a potential wife and mother ’ , just as the Board of Education promoted the teaching of housewifery , laundry and cookery to working class girls . |
| 16 | So strong was the fear that a " united front from above " would reflect credit on the ILP that Communists were warned that " the ILP must not be looked upon as a potential ally of the CP . " |
| 17 | All too frequently the merger agreement ( which may itself comprise little more than random heads of agreement born of their production by separate teams working on specific issues ) will be relied upon as a sufficient substitute . |
| 18 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
| 19 | Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds . |
| 20 | He therefore addressed the Congress as representative of both organisations ; The National Institute for the Deaf , although it is a comparatively new body , is looked upon as the premier organisation in Great Britain … |
| 21 | The prosecution must establish that all the elements of the crime relied upon as the unlawful act were present , and this includes the mental elements of intent or recklessness in assault or battery . |
| 22 | First , it implicitly and explicitly asserted that the aims of education and the content of the curriculum were legitimate matters for public discussion and could not be looked upon as the exclusive concern of professionals : |
| 23 | The actual nominal money holdings of consumers in the th market can by definition be looked upon as the economy-wide average quantity of money plus the deviation of the actual from the average . |
| 24 | Protective equipment and clothing — including gloves , gowns , faceshields or goggles , and boots — are an important means of safeguarding those at risk from hepatitis B and other blood-borne pathogens but should not be relied upon as the sole means of protection . |
| 25 | ‘ The constable in certain districts ’ , The Pall Mall Gazette ( 19 February 1901 ) observed , ‘ is apparently looked upon as the common enemy whom it is right to kick and beat whenever that can be done with safety . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He was looked upon as the younger brother in a family is . |
| 27 | Keegan accepted Newcastle would be looked upon as the weaker side but hoped it would be the springboard to success . |
| 28 | I know how desperately Wright wants to be looked upon as the natural replacement for Gary Lineker , and this is one of his problems . |
| 29 | He was the sort of , liked to be looked upon as the local squire . |
| 30 | A man or woman with bow legs is looked upon as an ugly person . |