Example sentences of "[vb pp] upon [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that the superpowers are vital to the success of the peace process is based upon the influence they exert on the regional contestants , but in reality they have helped to perpetuate regional conflict and global competition in the area , with the encouragement of local clients . |
| 2 | Beesley watched the action with his daughter on several successive evenings , and what follows is based upon the account she gave to me . |
| 3 | If members of a conquering nation called upon the nation they had conquered and continued to hold down to forget their specific nationality and position , to ‘ sink national differences ’ and so forth , that was not internationalism , it was nothing else but preaching to them submission to the yoke , and attempting to justify and perpetuate the domination of the conqueror under the cloak of internationalism . |
| 4 | It is my belief that even without this tragic news , Lord Darlington would have set upon the course he took ; his desire to see an end to injustice and suffering was too deeply ingrained in his nature for him to have done otherwise . |
| 5 | It repeated and enlarged upon the treatment he used at the Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices , with the main entrance , under a large dome , into a grand hall 320 feet long by 150 feet wide ( 97.540 × 45.720 m ) on the site of the Foreign Office . |
| 6 | In the great majority of them , the point at issue ( whether a course should be given approval or whether approval was withheld ) invariably centred upon the balance it achieved between ‘ academic rigour ’ and ‘ professional ’ skills . |