Example sentences of "upon [art] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Where the peace is threatened , the law confers upon the constable a very wide range of powers to take preventive action . |
| 2 | Upon the water the mist floated in a golden veil , spotted with the dancing of a myriad tiny flies . |
| 3 | Once upon the ice the distance to Kirovsky Bridge seemed even vaster . |
| 4 | It is curious that it should have happened , that Michel came upon the scene the very instant she was really free for the first time in her life . |
| 5 | But she wanted to impress upon the porter the existence of an appropriate form of address that did not reveal a woman 's marital status . |
| 6 | Each photograph had stamped upon the back the words PRIVATE PROPERTY . |
| 7 | ‘ You had best impress upon the household the need for discretion . |
| 8 | However , economy being of prime importance , he included , he said , nothing inessential to the art of gardening that might increase the size and price ( eighteen shillings ) , but neither had he omitted any advice which might be deemed useful to the profession , ‘ so that upon the whole the work is rendered as complete a system of practical gardening as present knowledge of vegetation can supply ’ . |
| 9 | The club has covenanted to keep H24/V72 ‘ in good condition and to deliver up upon the occasion the whole pitch being replaced by new turf or a synthetic surface ; the club or its successors ceasing to exist ; the club or its successors granting the supporter a date and time upon which H24/V72 may be removed . ’ |
| 10 | According to current theories , all of this is entirely predictable , depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun . |
| 11 | Subsection ( 2 ) is clearly an exception to the nemo dat principle , since the buyers were able to confer upon the sub-purchaser a title better than that which the buyers had themselves , namely , a title free from the sellers ’ lien and which therefore gave to the sub-purchaser the right to immediate possession . |
| 12 | A number of representative bodies have pressed upon the Government the desirability of a transitional provision in relation to discretionary trusts where the settlement was made before 26th March 1974 . |
| 13 | He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather , that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled . |
| 14 | The duty not to be reckless places upon the advertiser the positive obligation to have regard to whether his advertisement is true or false — a point reiterated in Cowburn v. Focus Television Rentals , above . |
| 15 | He added that he did wish , however , to impress upon the Department the importance which the Korean Government and people attached to their apparent exclusion from the defense plans of the United States in the Far East . |
| 16 | The very particularity of the sacrament forces upon the penitent the sense that it is on the here and now — that row we had with the neighbours , the bad temper with which we did the washing-up , this specific uncharitable thought or unchaste deed — that salvation and damnation depend . |
| 17 | ‘ Upon the hearth the fire is red , ’ they sing , ‘ But not yet weary are our feet ’ . |
| 18 | ( c ) Duties following cancellation Where notice has been given , in the case of hire purchase or conditional sale transactions , s72 generally places upon the debtor a legal duty to redeliver the goods subject to a lien for any part exchange goods tendered by him ( s73(5) ) . |
| 19 | Her acceptance of this role has not only given enormous pleasure to the membership but it has conferred upon the Association a status in society and an endorsement which only the seal of Royal Patronage can do . |
| 20 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |
| 21 | Two other women lay upon the counter a pickle-bottle and a glass vessel of a kind which altogether defies description . |
| 22 | If the landlord of an Assured Tenant wishes to obtain possession of the premises he or she must first of all serve upon the tenant a Notice Seeking Possession of a Property let on an Assured Tenancy . |
| 23 | This is normally done by imposing upon the tenant a covenant to comply with regulations made from time by the landlord . |
| 24 | Before the originating summons was served upon the mother the father had not made her aware of his intention to ‘ go back ’ upon his letter of 23 September 1991 in which he had said that he did not intend to seek to have the children returned to Australia . |
| 25 | The rest of this chapter relies extensively upon the research the writer undertook in 1986 and 87 . |
| 26 | Thus , it was argued , whatever effect upon the market the authorities might have , it would be confined to a very narrow spectrum of assets and interest rates . |
| 27 | Anyway erm occasionally they will inflict upon the group a German person or a Swiss national . |
| 28 | Section 27 of the SGA imposes upon the seller a duty to deliver the goods and upon the buyer to accept the goods in both cases in accordance with the terms of the contract . |
| 29 | Although the words ‘ reasonably fit ’ do not require the goods to be of the very best quality , they do impose upon the seller an absolute obligation . |
| 30 | Who would have thought , with all this talk of millions to be made by gene juggling , that just a few years ago genetic engineering was considered to be so dangerous that one small accident could unleash upon the world a virulent plague that would make the black death look like an outbreak of summer flu ? |