Sentence examples for it is upon from inspiring English sources

Vatican II's statement on the subject could not be more clear-cut: "The Vatican Council professes its belief that it is upon the human conscience that these obligations [to seek the truth] fall and exert their binding force. . . .

Still, the blunt fact is that South Korea's geopolitical (and thus economic) future is much more dependent on the actions of other, larger states than it is upon its own impressive endeavors.

Lay a beam on its side, and master the skill while it is upon the floor.

What matters now is that it is upon you.

The clash of civilisations is not coming, they believe, it is upon us.

I predicted this disaster last summer, and now it is upon us.

It is upon the mention of bacteria that the drawbridge is pulled up.

"They had six months to anticipate the power crisis, and now it is upon them".

Now it is upon us, and Selig can go back to worrying — although probably not very much.

Each ischial bone has a prominence, or tuberosity, and it is upon these tuberosities that the body rests when seated.

But, if Keane is the rapier, it is upon McAllister's broad shoulders that a more relaxed Strachan is building his Coventry side.