Example sentences of "upon [prep] the [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 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 : |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He was looked upon as the younger brother in a family is . |
| 10 | Keegan accepted Newcastle would be looked upon as the weaker side but hoped it would be the springboard to success . |
| 11 | I know how desperately Wright wants to be looked upon as the natural replacement for Gary Lineker , and this is one of his problems . |
| 12 | He was the sort of , liked to be looked upon as the local squire . |
| 13 | New plans to cut central — and republican — government spending are to be agreed upon for the second half of the year . |
| 14 | Fortunately they were not called upon for the supreme test , however , for Alice scooped her up from behind and tried to propel her into safer water . |
| 15 | If it is noticed that a form has not been acted upon after the specified number of working days the New OED Computer Group should be informed . |
| 16 | Tough titties are frowned upon in the Far East , so skimpy dressers must take care of unwanted hard-ons with these elastoplast imitators . |
| 17 | The common law trust analogy has been drawn upon in the international legal system , most notably in the establishment of the mandate and trusteeship systems in the Covenant of the League of Nations and the United Nations Charter respectively . |
| 18 | I know that all his experience will be called upon in the new role he 's ready to undertake on behalf of us all . |
| 19 | This debate re-opens some of the issues that were touched upon in the first chapter concerning the nature of metaphysics and the argument that Ayer acts in a reductionist way by proscribing , in effect , certain interpretations of reality . |
| 20 | As discussed above , the high currency of the group awards of HNC and HND has been built upon in the Advanced Courses Development Programme and the expressed need for analogous awards in the National Certificate has convinced SCOTVEC of the desirability of having group awards at all levels . |
| 21 | The General Assembly condemned the invasion and asserted the rights of the East Timorese people to self-determination , but the matter has not been voted upon in the General Assembly since 1982 . |
| 22 | The meaning of ‘ the capacity to enjoy life ’ within the Alternative Religion will be enlarged upon in the final chapter of this book . |
| 23 | But let's have one day we can look back upon in the lean years to come . ’ |
| 24 | This is because a tort and a breach of contract can be proceeded upon in the same action , whereas the distinction between criminal and civil law is more deeply marked . |
| 25 | Unless these issues are satisfactorily resolved , ideas emerging from disciplinary study can not be effectively assessed or acted upon in the pedagogic domain . |
| 26 | He could drink good wine ; eat French food superlatively cooked , and apparently available in abundance ; be waited upon as he had been waited upon in the old days before the war , by a succession of polite , quiet , efficient , well-trained servants , all of whom were Arab , all of whom spoke perfect French . |
| 27 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 28 | Tourists passed through here in their thousands , and the face of a stranger would be nothing to remark upon in the approaching season . |
| 29 | What I was trying to say that the for the fire fighter decision about was very boo 'd upon to the professional advice of our Chief Fire Officers and they have a good for eighteen months of how we are doing this fire fighting in Hertfordshire . |
| 30 | Boswell that even in the absence of an express undertaking the implied undertaking against using information for an improper or collateral purpose could be relied upon to the same effect . |