Sentence examples for upon the powerful from inspiring English sources

The whole point of popular voting is to act as a check upon the powerful.

The actual arrest of Oboi was made in the audience room by young wrestlers, who jumped upon the powerful minister from their hiding place behind the throne.

As an African American cultural laureate and a woman holding a national office, she is poised to build upon the powerful legacy of Gwendowlyn Brooks and Rita Dove.

The majority of the game is spent with his Italian ancestor, as Ezio vows revenge upon the powerful Borgia family for the loss of his uncle and the theft of a powerful artefact known as the Apple of Eden.

"The new Fox will draw upon the powerful live news and sports businesses of Fox, as well as the strength of our broadcast network," Murdoch said in a statement.

She said that while fumbling for the cream in the middle of the night, she unwittingly happened upon the powerful adhesive and rubbed it on her lips, awaiting the soothing relief of a coldsore remedy.

The powerless will always be prevailed upon by the powerful; only secrecy can protect them from bribery and bullying.

It is good that college administrators have banded together to oppose the SAT, which is subtly imposed upon them by the powerful Educational Testing Service.

Such a process would build upon rather than undermine the powerful design coherence that now exists along 61st Street--the complex of elementary school, garden, farmers market, bike shop, cafe, and so on.

Drawing upon a set of the powerful techniques for the automated synthesis of DNA molecules and their assembly into genes and microbial genomes, synthetic biology envisions the redesign of natural biological systems for greater efficiency as well as the construction of functional "genetic circuits" and metabolic pathways for practical purposes [ 1, 5].

This point will not be lost upon the globally powerful Premier PR - owned by the Miracle Media Group - which will benefit from an improved reputation and service thanks to the new deal with McDonald Rutter.