Sentence examples for upon a matter from inspiring English sources

"I don't think people are entitled to express an opinion upon a matter which is the decision of the court", he said.

In his original district court decision Massachusetts Judge Joseph Tauro struck down DOMA in part on 10th-Amendment grounds, accepting the argument made by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, represented by Attorney General Martha Coakley, that DOMA was an unconstitutional encroachment by the federal government upon a matter of law that was traditionally the unique province of the states.

Some time after making Cosey's acquaintance, Bergquist was called upon, as a matter of routine, to investigate the mutilation of a Library copy of a nineteenth-century genealogy, from which someone, using a razorlike instrument, had cut out several blank pages provided to the back of the book for additional entries.

Possessing Western art, listening to French or Italian music and acting like Europeans became status symbols that set landowners apart from the serfs who worked under them and were looked upon as a matter of pride.

Certainly there are a lot of exceptions in real life, but I'm just talking about the gut reaction; overthrowing a popularly elected government by force is generally frowned upon as a matter of principle.

To our so-called leaders who refuse to accept the uncomfortable and, yes, inconvenient truth that is begging to be acted upon as a matter of conscience, caring, love and decency you deserve the most severe and grievous punishment.

It is therefore recommended that law reform be embarked upon as a matter of priority.

An equivalent set of high-level ontological terms for the embryonic stages will need to be agreed upon as a matter of priority by the community through further discussions via the IMPC forum.

Now the time-honored ritual of an old president retiring and a new one settling in will be upon us in a matter of days.

Reductio ad absurdum, (Latin: "reduction to absurdity"), in logic, a form of refutation showing contradictory or absurd consequences following upon premises as a matter of logical necessity.

If an expectation is unfair, it may be incumbent upon us, as a matter of justice, to help those who wish to buck it by making it easier to buck.