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
How much the lure of a strange land and stirring things to be done bore upon my decision I cannot say.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
For Froulay's bore upon its platform a whole row of stone apostles; and on one corner stood a statue of Mary, which was to be seen from Sphex's house among nothing but roofs.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
They had been drawing water from the well Byrgir, in the bucket Sœgr, suspended from the pole Simul, which they bore upon their shoulders.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
He rose to reply; and first, without alluding to Corrie at all, clearly and entirely overturned every argument he had advanced, that bore upon the question.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
