Sentence examples for upon a poor from inspiring English sources

Here mercenaries are feared but also looked down upon, a poor man's knight characterised by brutality and efficiency, but rarely honour and poise.

In 1868, Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" illustrated how bookkeeping not only brought stress upon a poor couple, Meg and John, but also reflected larger problems in their marriage: "Till now she had done well, been prudent and exact, kept her little account books neatly, and showed them to him monthly, without fear.

The second half improved upon a poor opening period with the hosts quickly taking the lead through Darren Young's shot from Mark McGuigan's assist.

Fig. 6A B Congenital dislocation of the right hip had been previously operated upon with a poor result.

Into the Sea Once upon a time, a poor fisherman named Taro gave his day's earnings to some children to stop them from tormenting a tortoise.

Diversity issues aside, scientists who work in academia often look down upon industry as a poor second choice.

While the concept of a fixed sized circular buffer database is an ideal format for storing time series data elements of the design of rrdtool, (especially the concept of a fixed update schedule and a heavy reliance upon IO) are a poor foundation for a scalable, elastic monitoring tool.

Fagan says, "Our analysis suggests that extensive reliance upon umbrella schemes represents a poor allocation of scarce conservation resources".

The sequel marks a return to Imax-friendly cinema for Emmerich, whose passion project Stonewall received a poor reception upon release last year.

Historically, the designation of a group as either a tribe or a band was often rather haphazard, as the process usually depended upon colonial administrators who had a poor understanding of indigenous political practices and the fluid nature of traditional social structures.

Compared to the nanowires, the anode made from the slightly spherical nanopowders exhibited a lower discharge capacity with a poor retention upon repeated cycles (Fig. 5b).