Sentence examples for upon matters from inspiring English sources

His conversation with the Guardian was based entirely upon matters of the Islamic faith and did not include discussion of the topic which formed the ultimate focus of the article, or of King Abdullah's policies.

Even in the absence of specific constitutional conflicts, courts elsewhere regularly adjudicate upon matters with significant resource implications: recent litigation over allocation of the cancer drug Herceptin is a recent example in the UK.The connection between political repression, material deprivation and violence — both state-sponsored and terrorist — is increasingly well understood.

"For many artists dealing with inner difficulties – which is most – the making of art represents a moment of heightened clarity and mindfulness, not an expression of malaise, and this is the feeling I find in Mel's work; a clear and critical gaze upon matters that are universal, familiar to everyone".

He asked how it could be right that a Scottish MP at Westminster could vote upon matters such as education affecting English seats - but that same MP could not vote on such matters affecting his own constituency because they would have been devolved to a Scottish Parliament.

According to literary critic David Danow, the labyrinth of the novel's title refers to "a series of labyrinths that are contingent upon matters of history, geography, and biography ... that consistently and conclusively result in a dead end" —in this case, the General's own death.

The problem in any case is to arrive at a balance between the interests of the teacher, as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.

Consequently, the so called "effects of the natural powers of matter, and laws of motion; of gravitation, attraction, or the like" properly speaking are but the "effects of God's acting upon matter continually and every moment, either immediately by himself, or mediately by some created intelligent beings".

The commander should also sit with each of them individually and go over the agreed-upon matters that would be brought up during the interrogation.

One universally agreed-upon matter is that fairy tales do not require fairies.

Second, the claim that Knoblauch's distress arises from the imposition of brain upon feeling (or mind upon matter) represents the worst, and most philistine, of mischaracterizations. Yes, one form of unwanted, conscious mentality may be intruding upon a different and required style of unconscious cognition.

Response 2. Constraints upon matter distributions are nothing new.