bore upon
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Chairman Sophie Irene Loeb, President of the Child Welfare Board, began the speechmaking, all of which bore upon uniform national laws concerning child protection and widows' pensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work bore upon it the imprint of success.
From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George
He became a more cheerful and a happier man: his brow relaxed; his face no longer bore upon it the expression of a settled sorrow and an abiding disappointment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Mangèlè bore upon his broad back an old man whose feet had completely crumbled away.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
The same was true of the avocats, who bore upon their escutcheon a gowned figure, with something very like a halo surrounding its head.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
