Sentence examples for be cast upon a from inspiring English sources

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If, however, the hostile country was far away, the spear soon came to be cast upon a piece of land in front of the Temple of Bellona in Rome; by a legal fiction, that land was treated as belonging to the enemy.

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Ct. 747, 44 L. Ed. 969, it has to be, that the United States has power to tax legacies, but it is said that this tax is cast upon a transfer while it is being effectuated by the State itself and therefore is an intrusion upon its processes, whereas a legacy tax is not imposed until the process is complete.

Where it is bitter, it is a judgment only to be cast upon itself.

Medicaid is widely misunderstood resulting in an unfair stigma to be cast upon those children and families who utilize this joint federal-state program.

Moreover, they argue that patients dying in hospital tend not to be cast upon the waters, but rather cremated or buried in community burial grounds.

That said, it is clearly Pippa's backside in that bridesmaid's dress, and doubts should not be cast upon its authenticity.

Its power to do any act which it assumes to do, and its liability to any obligation which is sought to be cast upon it, depend upon its charter, and when such charter is given by one of the laws of the United States, there is the primary question of the extent and meaning of that law.

"No doubt the blame will be cast upon that old villain, the heat from the studio lighting," suggested the Guardian's "Radio Critic" in its "Television Notes" column the day after, as though anybody could really mask what had actually occurred.

Many executives, whistleblowers, viral "villains" and now infamous figures didn't expect the spotlight to be cast upon them so suddenly, and they certainly didn't anticipate or deserve the harassment and doxing.

I fear the same fate -- the same burden -- will be cast upon my daughter, and worse, that I will be the one to cause it.

Caravaggio's work still speaks to us today because he believed in the real life of his street urchin companions enough to capture their poignant angst and suffering to move any eyes that would ever be cast upon them.

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