Sentence examples for a check upon from inspiring English sources

They decided to give you a check upon arrival.

The whole point of popular voting is to act as a check upon the powerful.

But the framers also wanted an executive who would be both independent of Congress and a check upon it.

"The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent," Adams argued in 1776, "so that it may be a check upon both".

The peers were intended to represent the top rank and quality of the nation and to serve as a check upon the lower house.

He thought that journalists had become accessories to the powerful, rather than acting as a check upon them – in his view, journalism's role in a democratic society should be to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

The same rule applies to the routine redemption requests that a bank makes, on behalf of its clients, upon another bank as when a check drawn upon Bank A is presented to Bank B for collection.

Neither myself nor Wetzel, probably, believes the day will ever come when an 11-year-old gets a $750 check upon arrival in South Williamsport, Pa., site of the Little League World Series, certainly not if that 11-year-old ever wants to stay eligible to play for an NCAA-affiliated school.

Only the president can order the FBI to conduct an investigation, or the agency could be compelled to reopen a background check upon the presentation of certain kinds of new information.

The experience convinced Midhat of the necessity of a permanent check upon the power of the sultan, such as could be provided by a representative assembly that would give ministers a basis of support independent of the sultan.

When a state Legislature acts within the scope of its authority it is responsible to the people, and their right to change the agents to whom they have intrusted the power is ordinarily deemed a sufficient check upon its abuse.