Sentence examples for upon a firm from inspiring English sources

For Herder, any classification of the arts, and indeed any theory of aesthetic education and the contribution of aesthetic education to general education, must be based upon a firm grasp of the differences as well as the similarities among sight, hearing, touch, speech, and song (for that too is among the arts of the tongue).

Indeed, it is likely that almost all healthcare professionals will claim that their beliefs and clinical practice are grounded upon a firm basis of reasons.

The educational philosopher John Dewey defined knowledge as the 'Conscious and voluntary effort to establish belief upon a firm basis of reasons'.

While extra-renal features may be helpful in suggesting a likely clinical differential diagnosis, they cannot be relied upon to make a firm diagnosis in familial kidney diseases.

If it does make corrections, the board's opinion is to be kept secret forever, and investors will presumably never learn that audits they relied upon were issued by a firm with such problems.

Though leasing a pet is frowned upon in this country, a firm called Rent-a-Ruminant has a hungry herd of goats in Vashon, Washington, that'll polish off your brambles for a fee (rentaruminant.com or 206-251-1051; $725 per day and a minimum $325 mobilization fee).

It proved very difficult finding a women-only agency in the Netherlands, but I eventually stumbled upon "The Naughty Woman", a firm founded by two lesbians.

Then there's the matter of Palin calling upon Obama "to take a firm stand against North Korea and defend the states and territories of the United States of America and American allies on the Korean peninsula.

It demands that we who act do so with a firm gaze upon the face of the other.

The Delaware Gazette reported afterward, "The game was a spirited one, and, from the interest aroused, it is safe to say that foot ball has taken a firm hold upon both students and citizens".

Mr. Rose, who served with the Army National Guard in Iraq, models his book on the "Soldier's Handbook," which is issued to Army recruits and is designed, he says, "to give us a firm foundation upon which to build careers of service to the United States".