Sentence examples for upon the workings of from inspiring English sources

It is true that Locke holds that ideas originate not only from "sense" but also from "reflection," i.e., introspection upon the workings of our mind itself.

Four protocols estimated physiological period of sighted subjects under controlled laboratory conditions designed to minimize the effects of environmental light, exercise, food, and sleep upon the workings of the circadian oscillator.

All evidence indicates that who we really are — our selves — is material and dependent upon the workings of the brain.

"But … [while Livingstone] saw the expedition and British goods as instruments for propagating Western civilisation in Africa, [Sekeletu] perceived in them an opportunity to reverse the socio-economic and political plight thrust upon him by the workings of his society.

This politics found its intellectual underpinning in the neoclassical economic school, which was based upon optimistic assumptions about the workings of markets.

In a 2005 interview, Moore made an allusion to this "post-9/11" aspect of the work that grew into this novel: "I'm... interested in the way that the workings of governments and elected officials intrude upon the lives and minds of people who feel generally safe from the immediate effects of such workings".

Technological and engineering successes and advancements in modern times depend upon the ability of scientific inquiries to reveal the workings of the natural world, of matter and energy, and are therefore evidences of this power.

Each in direct opposition, yet interdependent upon the other to some extent, much like the workings of contrast between light and darkness in photography.

Several historians said the new questions successfully incorporated more ideas about the workings of American democracy and better touched upon the diversity of the groups — including women, American Indians and African-Americans — who have influenced the country's history.

The fact that she conjures spirits likens her to a witch, and the act itself establishes a similarity in the way that both Lady Macbeth and the Weird Sisters from the play "use the metaphoric powers of language to call upon spiritual powers who in turn will influence physical events — in one case the workings of the state, in the other the workings of a woman's body".

Penned as it is by die-hard Zanu (PF) loyalists, it gives an insight into the workings of the mind of a power-crazed monster – intent only upon winning the next election, no matter what.