の[上「うえ」]では => As… N4
Situations and Experiences
[上「あ」]げる => Just finished/completed A N3
Time, Situation
[上「うえ」]は => Because of A, B can't be helped/is expected N2
Reason, Result, Response
も[同然「どうぜん」]だ => The same as saying A, as good as A N2
Adjectival, Descriptions
[上「うえ」]で => A done then B N2
Information, Report
あるいは => A or B N2
Lists, Examples
をはじめ/をはじめとする => For example, A N2
Lists, Examples
[上「うえ」]に => Not only A, but B as well N2
(Not)only, (Not) even
その[上「うえ」] => Not only A, but B (as well) N3
Not only, Not even
に[反「はん」]して/に[反「はん」]し/に[反「はん」]する/に[反「はん」]した => In contrast to A N2
Contrast,Surprise
[始「はじ」]める => To begin to A; A begins N4
Secondary Verb
ではあるまいし => It's not like A, it isn't as if A N1
Reason, Result, Response