Example sentences of "[vb infin] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the history of policing their need has always been for the light of research to illuminate the activities of the underprivileged and the powerless , rather than focus upon the élite themselves ! |
| 2 | It was obvious and natural that as the last report had dealt mostly with the more able pupils so its successor should focus upon the needs of the pupils of average and below-average ability — that 50 per cent of all pupils , in other words , who gave the Report its title , Half Our future . |
| 3 | Sex education draws together much of the Whitehouse ‘ philosophy ’ , for not only does it explicitly focus upon the young , but also it carries at least an implicit stance on the role and utility of the contemporary family . |
| 4 | More appropriate terms are warm , friendly , modern or stylish , and if our attention should focus upon the pattern or texture of the wallpaper or upholstery , this should always be in order to comment on the taste of the selector . |
| 5 | In Chapter 4 , we shall focus upon the behaviour of NBFIs . |
| 6 | An important element of the project will focus upon the development of international standards in such fields as software , computing and telecommunications . |
| 7 | It will focus upon the procedures used by growing smaller firms to recruit managers , contrasting these with more traditional small firms . |
| 8 | In particular , the research will focus upon the following issues : — the external and internal pressures that shape the formulation of strategy towards restructuring and privatisation within enterprises . |
| 9 | Even when narrowly conceived , the figures do not solely focus upon the CU effect of membership but also embrace other effects of membership such as the outcome for visible trade of the CAP . |
| 10 | ‘ They should also focus upon the achievement of clear environmental results and not on detailed , prescribed management practices . ’ |
| 11 | And then , reassuring myself , I would gaze upon the white and gold protector , the messenger of the Almighty , and know that everything was in order . |
| 12 | One 's only logically appropriate stand when confronted with incomprehensibility is a demand for clarification ; belief , even with the best of good will , must wait upon the provision of a content to believe . |
| 13 | The issue of prior approval for grant-aid is a vexed one but it does not wait upon the outcome of the EEC Structures Review in order to be resolved . |
| 14 | If any proof were needed to insist that confessors and directors should avoid pressing their penitents into any clearly established scheme but instead should simply wait upon the Lord and watch and assist his working in the individual soul , this diversity among the great masters of the spiritual life should be sufficient . |
| 15 | The Arrowcrab is notable in one respect in that as a predator of annelid worms it will prey upon the bristleworms ( Hermodice carnuculata ) that sometimes plague aquariums . |
| 16 | It could not steal upon the country unaware , like a thief in the night . |
| 17 | The increase was even felt to be too great : in 1964 , when British groups reached 212 , it was decided to slow down the growth in the UK — not to ‘ act upon the ephemeral enthusiasms of an odd individual ’ , but to go for quality . |
| 18 | Where the defence arises our courts will act upon the so-called ‘ M'Naghten ’ rules , propounded by the judges in response to questions addressed to them by the House of Lords . |
| 19 | Slaveholders fostered misery amongst their slaves ; they clearly did not act upon the precept of loving their neighbours . |
| 20 | In other words , " it is not known in advance how the environment will act upon the system and react upon system actions . |
| 21 | For national liberation , greater emphasis must fall upon the independent existence of a nation . |
| 22 | Even a small council such as a parish council has to have an officer responsible for the administration of its financial affairs although this duty may well fall upon the clerk . |
| 23 | What did they all think now , I wondered , all those German people living down there in the wreckage of their homes , remembering how their Fuhrer had promised them that not one bomb would fall upon the Fatherland ? |
| 24 | ( 2 ) That a requirement that the plaintiffs should give an undertaking had no justification in Community law since any obligation to make good any damage suffered by the defendants in the event of section 47 being found to be in breach of article 30 of the Treaty would fall upon the United Kingdom Government ; that accordingly , the question was to be decided on the ordinary principles of English law and it was within the judge 's discretion not to require an undertaking in damages ; and that in the circumstances , the grant of an interlocutory injunction was fully justified and should be restored ( post , pp. 173D–F , 189A–H , 190A–C , D , D–E ) . |
| 25 | To those who did not respond to his sad soliloquies on the terrible social stigma which must naturally fall upon the parents who forbade their own child the opportunity of gainful employment and condemned him instead to a living purgatory of dole-queue misery , there was always the wall of shame , upon which their names must be forever writ in letters big , for destroying the glorious reputation of the school . |
| 26 | Any legal fees must be met by the panel from which the guardian is drawn and the cost will ultimately fall upon the local authorities which fund the panel . |
| 27 | Assuming that a capital gains tax liability is likely to arise , prima facie this will fall upon the husband as the conveying party or transferor ; this potential liability should be taken into account , but regard should be had to other reliefs : ( i ) " Hold-over " relief — Since the restriction of this relief by the Finance Act 1989 , s124 it is only likely to be available in business property transfer situations ( such as a guest house or nursing home ) ( see TCGA 1992 , s165 ) . |
| 28 | Because of this I shall concentrate upon the debate between them and in particular on the abstract theoretical aspects , only touching upon the practical policy implications . |
| 29 | Jackson will , instead , concentrate upon the international art fairs as his preferred market vehicle and is one of the British dealers travelling to Chicago for this month 's Art Chicago International . |
| 30 | I shall concentrate upon the claim that there is a fruitful analogy between the development of species through natural selection and the growth of knowledge . |