It would have been madness for them to have attempted to reach our trenches across the open field amidst the withering fire that the enemy could have brought to bear upon them.
At about fifteen minutes before twelve a number of our guns were brought tobear upon the chevaux-de-frise, and sent it into a thousand pieces; so that it should not stop us, as it had done on the 18th June.
It would have been madness on their part to have done so, considering the enormous force we could have brought to bear upon them.
Nor is the fear of dissolution the only means by which pressure can be brought to bear upon a member who strays too far from the party fold.
Later, however, a messenger came in to say they could not fulfil their promise, being unable to resist the pressure brought to bear upon them by their co-religionists.
Peel's guns and Longden's mortars were therefore brought to bear upon it, and kept up a continual fire until 3 p.
An oar runs freely edgeways through the water, and imparts far less of its motion to the water than when its broad flat side is brought to bear upon it.
As it rose around me, I sought to split the torrent by presenting a side to it; but the insecurity of the footing enabled it to grasp my loins, twist me fairly round, and bring its impetus to bear upon my back.
Place distilled water in the field of an electro-magnet, and bring a microscope to bear upon it.
Yes, that's it; and now he's bringin' it to bear upon us.
Certainly, monsieur," he answered, bringing his piercing black eyes to bear upon me.
To illustrate by comparison the form of Grecian philosophy, before Dialectic was brought to bear upon it, I transcribe from two eminent French scholars (M.
Every foreign or external influence which is brought to bear upon a nation is an interference with its natural development, and therefore complicates the circumstances we seek to investigate.
So Christ, knowing that this council has been held, that this decree stands, goes back, investing of set purpose His return with all the publicity that He can bring to bear upon it.
They were obliged to submit to the pressure brought to bear upon them.
Jackson's name was potential with the people, and it was deemed indispensable to bring it to bear upon them.
Walker had been intended for Attorney-general: he brought an influence tobear upon Mr. Polk, which carried him into the Treasury.
Charles is no Regan, hardly even an Albany, no weakling either, but a man of sensitive conscience, who shifts and gyrates responsively to the complex play of motive which Browning brings to bear upon him.
She brings the ripe decision of womanhood to bear upon a series of difficult situations without losing the bright glamour of her youth.
It was the Tsarevich which at length opened the ball, by bringing the 12-inch guns in her fore-turret tobear upon the Mikasa.
Neither side wasted any time upon useless preliminaries; but it was the Russians who opened the ball by both craft firing, almost simultaneously, every gun they could bring to bear upon us.
A further principle of method to be deduced from the foregoing is, that the process of bringing ideas out of former experiences to bear upon a presented problem must take place within the mind of the learner himself.
It is to be noted further, that the child masters the new problem by bringing to bear upon it suitable ideas selected out of his previously acquired experiences.
For this reason teachers will often find it necessary (before bringing old knowledge to bear upon a new problem) to review the old knowledge, or experience, to be used during the apperceptive process.
He may not understand the new matter at all because he does not bring any related facts from his past experience to bear upon it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bear upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
