The phrase means essentially a pure example for the world to see.
A City upon a Hill is one of the phrases that Jesus used while he was giving his parables. Jesus used the phrase "A City upon a Hill" when he was giving the parable of Salt.
Berm is another word for "hill". In this context it means around the hile or over the hill.
upon court
Literally it means Balconies of Beautiful Hill. It refers to the terraced nature of the hill.
It could be either. This is determined by the word it modifies. Adverb phrase: The house was built on the hill. (modifies was built) Adjective phrase: The house on the hill is haunted. (modifies house)
"up the hill"
The phrase "upon public demand" means in response to the requests or desires of the general population. It indicates that a decision or action is being taken based on the wishes or needs of the public as a whole.
"Upon Sunday" is not a commonly used phrase. It could possibly mean that something will happen on Sunday or be related to that day of the week. More context would be needed to provide a more accurate interpretation.
I'm not sure which phrase you are asking about. This sentence has quite a few of them. Rattling and sputtering - this is a participle phrase used as an adverb the old car - this is a noun phrase that Martina had - this is a relative clause crept up the hill - this is a verb phrase, consisting of the verb "crept" and the complement "up the hill", which is a prepositional phrase
I'm not sure which phrase you are asking about. This sentence has quite a few of them. Rattling and sputtering - this is a participle phrase used as an adverb the old car - this is a noun phrase that Martina had - this is a relative clause crept up the hill - this is a verb phrase, consisting of the verb "crept" and the complement "up the hill", which is a prepositional phrase
The phrase,"City upon the hill," actually comes from the Old Testament, where Jesus held his sermon on the Mount. It was later coined by John Winthrop in his sermon to the Puritans, he used the phrase as a metaphor telling them they should act like Jesus on the mount because their actions would be observed by people throughout the world. They would be models of good behavior. President Reagan used it to show that those in Washington should be a model for people to look up to and that is why they are on top of a hill.