Sentence examples for advisers upon from inspiring English sources

They had almost no experience in statecraft prior to the establishment of the Yuan, and concepts such as the taxation of urban societies were brought to their attention by their foreign advisers, upon whom they relied heavily.

DreamWorks plans to grant fully vested stock to some of its and DreamWorks Studios' employees and advisers upon the completion of the offering.

Faced with virtually no Balanchine on their boards, Charles and Stephanie Reinhart, the center's dance advisers, hit upon the idea of demonstrating the breadth of Balanchine's presence in other companies.

The officers worry that the prime minister has not prepared the Iraqi public for the continued presence of Americans in the cities as trainers, advisers and, upon request, support troops, said a high-ranking officer who did not want to be quoted by name on a political matter.

"I remember a humorous episode from Bill Clinton's presidency in which his advisers prevailed upon him, one summer before his re-election campaign, to spend his vacation in Montana and Wyoming instead of the usual Martha's Vineyard," Bullock wrote in a recent op-ed in The New York Times.

This inexperienced, badly undereducated group (how much do your grades in high school mean if you don't plan on college?) are increasingly reliant upon "advisers" -- agents, lawyers, family members and acquaintances -- rather than upon themselves.

The reader has to seek advice from his or her own tax adviser, based upon the specifics of his or her own tax and financial situation.

Express Scripts has essentially reassembled the team of advisers it relied upon in its failed bid for Caremark Rx four years ago.

The idea that such people may soon find themselves, if not in prison, then at least in a soup kitchen provides satisfaction to many a German who in recent years has had to bear the contempt of clever financial advisers looking down upon him as a timorous fool for passing up the chance to let his money really work for him.

In any case, Clancy is not entirely dependent upon advisers to plot his career strategy.

Last month, I wrote about the horrors that thesis advisers can inflict upon grad students.