Example sentences of "upon [art] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Since much of the value of this chapter must depend upon the concrete illustrations it gives , I have been forced to assume the reader 's knowledge of a certain amount of elementary law . |
| 2 | Unix now provides the user with access based upon the least privileges he or she requires to carry out their tasks . |
| 3 | Upon the first point I can not feel any doubt . |
| 4 | The aged , respectable leather-bound tomes of the Gould family library look down upon the nasty tale I have to tell with musty distaste . |
| 5 | As the selection process hinged upon the spoken word I knew she 'd be chosen . |
| 6 | Viscount Dacre stood by the open window of an opulent upstairs saloon , gazing out upon the vast estates he had inherited . |
| 7 | The time you have to carry this out naturally depends upon the actual load you put on the batteries , that is , how much gear you have hanging off it and the total power consumption of this hardware . |
| 8 | Many a time he commented upon the mental rapport he found with his most intelligent animals . |
| 9 | As you retire to your beds at dusk on the eve of Hallowe'en , perhaps you might ponder upon the exciting evening you could have been enjoying and resolve to end this ridiculous feud at last . ’ |
| 10 | Li Shai Tung stood , leaning heavily upon the silver-headed cane he had come to use so often these days ; the cane with the dragon 's head Han Ch'in had bought him on his fiftieth birthday . |
| 11 | I also came upon a mysterious animal I had not seen before : much larger than the herring , redder and infinitely more expensive . |
| 12 | BELVILLE : If I be set upon a wrong thing you must not dispute with me but do it and expostulate afterwards . |