Sentence examples for upon the possibility from inspiring English sources

Venetians in the 15th century and the French in the 17th and 18th centuries speculated upon the possibility of making a canal through the isthmus.

In the modern era, instead of a single common good, an emphasis has been placed upon the possibility of realizing a number of politically defined common goods, including certain goods arising from the act of citizenship.

We take very seriously the fairness issues raised by the ballot confusion in Palm Beach County and understand the public frustration or even outrage attendant upon the possibility of having the popular will thwarted by procedural errors, especially when a presidential outcome hangs in the balance.

And the hardest moment arrives at about 5.30 in the afternoon, when my mind has a small chamber of itself open upon the possibility of a gin and tonic, yet knows it must hold off for at least another two hours.

This short entry contains four sections which elaborate upon the possibility and problems for global democracy.

460-370 B.C.E).. His principle of emergence was based upon the possibility of multi-shaped atoms "interlocking" to form an infinity of more complex shapes.

One of the first to see and act upon the possibilities of the personal computer, he has led his firm to a commanding position in the PC-software business.

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — stumbled through and upon the possibilities of an orbiting metadata cloud.

Indeed, capacity and service times at roundabout entries rely upon the possibilities of the minor street drivers to meet enough gaps between the circulating vehicles and safely merge (or cross) the conflict spaces.

(The theory—upon which the possibility of a lone gunman depends—supposes that one bullet struck President Kennedy before travelling onward to inflict multiple wounds on Governor John Connally).

(The theory — upon which the possibility of a lone gunman depends — supposes that one bullet struck President Kennedy before travelling onward to inflict multiple wounds on Governor John Connally).