Example sentences of "upon which the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fundamental relationship upon which the economic , social , and political structure of the Empire had been based was to be dismantled . |
| 2 | ‘ Those far-distant , storm-beaten ships , upon which the Grand Army never looked , stood between it and the dominion of the World . ’ |
| 3 | To crown it all , the hand of Sir George Askwith , who chaired the conference , in which the union was represented by Cathery , Hopkins and Tom Chambers , the union 's general treasurer , could be seen in a provision that " In order that all questions which arise may be settled with the utmost promptitude , a Board of Arbitration has been appointed upon which the Mercantile Marine profession , both officers and men will be represented " . |
| 4 | Besides attesting to the now well supported view that de Man suffered from a kind of multiple personality disorder , the effect is astounding , since it allows for the formulation of key linguistic tenets upon which the radical reputation of deconstruction rests without de Man taking personal responsibility for that formulation . |
| 5 | As we shall see , conflicts of interest left unregulated do not inspire confidence upon which the financial markets depend . |
| 6 | The energy upon which the various renewable sources draw is the sun , in the case of solar energy , wind energy , wave energy , biomass and hydro-electric power , while in the case of tidal energy the source is the moon , and the earth 's rotation . |
| 7 | The episode is another reminder of just how shaky are the foundations upon which the international aspirations of many of the City of London 's securities houses are built . |
| 8 | There was also a highly significant reduction in CCPRs at all sites from 16 weeks to 32 weeks ( p<0.001 ) upon which the above changes were superimposed . |
| 9 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 10 | The geometric perspective box created the stage upon which the great dramas of European painting , theatre , internal and external architecture and materialist thinking generally have evolved since the Renaissance . |
| 11 | I arrive at length at the present appeal , one striking feature of which is that , whilst not formally abandoning them , counsel for the applicant has not pressed with any vigour either of the grounds upon which the Divisional Court decided in his favour , namely that the Director was entitled to ask questions after charge but only after administering a fresh caution , and that the fact of such a caution would be a reasonable excuse for a refusal to answer , within section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 . |
| 12 | Consider the concept , common in high-level languages , of the boolean variable , that is , a variable which can take only two values ( true and false ) and upon which the usual boolean functions — and , or , etc.ban be Performed . |
| 13 | clearly sets out the fee basis upon which the participating member is to be involved |
| 14 | The dorsal arm plate upon which the inner comb arises , is nearly vertical on the side of the disk . |
| 15 | At the same time the orthodoxy upon which the political , economic and social status quo was based was a Japanese version of Neo-Confucianism . |
| 16 | More significant in providing this national group membership has been the racial homogeneity of the Japanese people themselves , the culture , language and traditions common to them , and the shared history and society upon which the political system was constructed . |
| 17 | His whole thrust is to produce an easily understood bedrock upon which the specific nuances of particular organizations can be built . |
| 18 | Other superstitions relating to the weather concern the day of the week upon which the new Moon chances to fall . |
| 19 | The Paris museum was a centre of both research and passionate debate over the principles upon which the new science should be built . |
| 20 | One foundation upon which the new studies could be built was the Humboldtian search for the geographical factors that limited the distribution of particular species . |
| 21 | There would have been little room to work or store on the gallery , but it could have been a convenient place to display finished work for the approval of the merchants riding round the countryside in search of stock , as the main road passes nearby and upon which the main flow of riders would have travelled . |
| 22 | Living systems are ‘ open systems ’ , exchanging energy with their environment , as opposed to ‘ closed mechanical systems ’ upon which the so-called ‘ immutable ’ Second Law of Thermodynamics is based . |
| 23 | This is the basis upon which the English court has set aside convictions resting upon identification conducted in an unfair or unsatisfactory manner . |
| 24 | France created a powerful centralized bureaucracy to override local power and ensure a direct supply of resources to sustain the armies of the Crown ; England 's monarchy was dependent upon a gentry that supplied the armed forces , administered local justice , sat in Parliament and paid the taxes upon which the royal armies depended . |
| 25 | Fundamental to this , Paasi argues , is the identification of regional boundaries which provide ‘ the foundation upon which the conceptual shapes ( the manifestations of symbolic orders ) and institutions that commence the process of maintaining and reproducing the existence of the region will be constituted ’ ( pp. 124–5 ) . |
| 26 | These case studies will be used to formulate the empirical base upon which the conceptual overview will be built . |
| 27 | Its complexity makes it the rock upon which the left realist argument has foundered . |
| 28 | In my judgment there was evidence upon which the learned judge could conclude that Mr Carey and Miss Burrow were living in the premises with leave of the respondent and that during the period of his occupation Mr Carey was not in adverse possession . |
| 29 | This can be achieved by an exercise which divides the day into two-hour sessions upon which the senior nurse indicates her workload pressures across a four-point scale : very high , high , medium , low . |
| 30 | It will also avoid situations where , on final repudiation , a Writ is served which markedly deviates from the facts and grounds of fault upon which the original investigation is based — thus leaving your solicitors , in essence , to investigate ‘ from scratch ’ . |