Example sentences of "[verb] upon [art] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not steal upon the country unaware , like a thief in the night . |
| 2 | So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold . |
| 3 | Social security contributions are now imposed upon the employer equal to the vertical distance D1D2 , reducing labour demand to D1 . |
| 4 | The foundation is the duty to take care , and whether such a duty exists depends upon a relationship existing , or coming into existence , between the parties which is capable in the particular circumstances of the case of imposing a duty on the one in relation to the other . |
| 5 | Even when , sixteen years later in 1833 , he saw in trade unionism the instrument through which to establish industrial democracy , the change was to be painless , to steal upon the country unaware , ‘ like a thief in the night ’ . |
| 6 | based upon a profit bottom line for Grant Development , we 're here looking at the planning application and all the implications . |
| 7 | We are a two-year-old flying group of five members , based upon a Piper 180 Cherokee . |
| 8 | This teaching is based upon the dignity proper to all individuals by virtue of their having been created by God and redeemed by Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | Asquith 's criticism of Lloyd George 's actions played upon the myth that |
| 10 | While digesting my daily dose of Gulf wallpaper the other week , I chanced upon a Radio 4 telephone spat between an editor from ITN and Nicholas Soames MP , a Tory backbencher . |
| 11 | An annual payment is made , the amount depending upon the animal concerned . |
| 12 | Concern was once more focused upon the bottom forty per cent who were likely to be , in the words of one report , the ‘ Untrained , Unqualified and Unemployed ’ ( National Youth Employment Council , 1974 ) . |
| 13 | And the story behind these instruments is that Roberto Brandoni , a London-based importer of Italian musical goods , stumbled upon a warehouse full of necks , bodies and parts , bought the lot and is currently assembling and selling them . |
| 14 | ‘ The document which must be served upon the contemnor pursuant to the rule is Form N79 . |
| 15 | Colleagues it 's now my pleasure to call upon the deputy General Secretary , Tom to move his section of the report and to address conference . |
| 16 | Now , the fact that a criminal offence is committed by a trader or creditor does not confer upon the consumer any right to bring an action or obtain redress in the civil courts . |
| 17 | Equally , however , there may be some circumstances where ‘ strong ’ government amounts to nothing more than the power to force upon the country crass , stupid and mistaken policies lacking even the virtue of endorsement by a majority of , presumably , misguided electors . |
| 18 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 19 | " The common duty of care does not impose upon an occupier any obligation willingly accepted as his by the visitor . " |
| 20 | These stripes are an example of noise , which can be defined as random or systematic effects superimposed upon the image due to the characteristics of the imaging system and the electronic circuits used in storing , transmitting , recording or copying the image . |
| 21 | Further than this most knitters never go , unless they come upon a problem such as the pattern being too big , or containing too many colour changes to knit as designed . |
| 22 | In presenting a statement which attempts to generalize upon the research great care must be taken as to what is said . |