Example sentences of "[v-ing] under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 4 of the UCTA subjects any such counter-indemnity granted by a consumer to the test of reasonableness , so that in cases other than death or personal injury the situation is identical to that subsisting under s 2(2) but this left the operation of s 2 ( 1 ) unclear in relation to a counter-indemnity granted by a consumer in respect of death or personal injury suffered by himself . |
| 2 | The company , which is trading under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , did not give the nine month figures . |
| 3 | Under co-founder Steve Hui , Fremont-based Everex Systems Inc , now trading under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , spent millions of dollars trying to produce clones of Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh and Sun Microsystems Inc workstations and an expensive computerised drafting table without ever getting them to market , according to United Press International ; former managers have also complained anonymously that Everex management frequently ordered more components than it needed in order to get lower prices , the wire service says . |
| 4 | The company is currently trading under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , and further big cutbacks were signalled as the company announced the change of leadership . |
| 5 | In a way , smaller men do better at driving under FI conditions . |
| 6 | The three islands councils , Highland Region and Highlands and Islands Enterprise , plus a representative of the district councils and possibly the health boards , will meet to thrash out a list of priorities , as has already been happening under Objective 5b . |
| 7 | Keeping under cover , Adam followed a group who were setting off from their barracks . |
| 8 | The Schools Council ( for curriculum and examinations ) , was established in 1964 by the Secretary of State for Education and Science as an independent body with the function of ‘ the promotion of education by carrying out research into , and keeping under review , curricula , teaching methods and examinations in schools ’ . |
| 9 | These committees , most of which meet several times each term , are responsible under the Hebdomadal Council and the General Board for keeping under review all aspects of academic activity in their areas in the University as a whole and for scrutinising proposals for new developments and procedures , which must be submitted to them by faculty boards , departments , and other bodies . |
| 10 | Firemen spent 24 hours keeping under control a fire in a barn which contained 80 tonnes of straw . |
| 11 | There is itching under velvet . |
| 12 | He knew about light-hearted people walking under line trees on pale , summer evenings and falling in love for a while , not very seriously . |
| 13 | You know how superstitious she is , touching wood and not walking under ladders and throwing salt over her shoulder when she 's spilled some . |
| 14 | In normal usage the Dodge stops acceptably , the spongy pedal and ‘ grabbing ’ only occurring under duress , while the Vauxhall 's brakes feel mushy but are stronger and more consistent in their behaviour . |
| 15 | • It 's all sulking under iron skies in Switzerland for the LEMONHEADS — unusual for such a casual , flexible group , thinks JOHN MULVEY , until he hears King Slacker EVAN DANDO talking about drugs , weird nightmares , good bites and loving Tipper Gore . |
| 16 | France was devastated and er they had always had a lace trade but we found in after years , this is a point that should n't be missed , that destruction by the Germans and the replacing under reparations , I understood the money came from , anyway the firm worked day and night for years , er left Nottingham the lace centre with the old pre-war machines and France and areas , including Italy , er with the modern machines . |
| 17 | We have seen that it is communication with another person who is experiencing some kind of emotional trouble , or acting under stress in some way . |
| 18 | The Home Secretary was acting under clause 13(4) of the Licence and Agreement between him and the BBC and section 29(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 both of which gave him power to give the broadcasting authorities notice in writing requiring them to refrain from broadcasting any specified matter or classes of matter . |
| 19 | Much of the fighting , however , involved the Japanese forces who were acting under Gracey 's command but there were significant numbers , too , fighting for whatever reasons on the Vietminh side . |
| 20 | A true representative , in other words , is a delegate , carrying a mandate and acting under instructions . |
| 21 | In 1825 , acting under missionary influence , a group of chiefs issued an edict exhorting people to give up their games and turn instead to Christian teachings . |
| 22 | The S.I.B. , acting under powers conferred by the Financial Services Act 1986 , brought an action against the first and second defendants , two overseas companies , as persons who , not being authorised , carried on investment business in the United Kingdom and caused investors loss . |
| 23 | These Class A applications would be dealt with by officials acting under powers delegated to them by planning committees ( or , if this was unacceptable , by small subcommittees of two or three members ) . |
| 24 | Industrial waste incinerators of significant size have , in the past , been subject to control by Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution , acting under air pollution control legislation , with plant being required to adopt the best practical means for dealing with the materials coming into the sites . |
| 25 | The position was that the Food Controller , purporting to be acting under Defence of the Realm Regulations , had imposed as a condition of the grant of a licence to purchase milk the payment to him by the purchaser of a charge of 2d. per gallon . |
| 26 | " Acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter ; |
| 27 | The plaintiff , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 ‘ to promote or protect the interests of the inhabitants in its area , ’ brought an action for declarations that the dock company and its sublessees operating in the port had created a public nuisance and it sought injunctions restraining them from permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the port between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m . |
| 28 | By a writ issued on 20 July 1988 , amended on 10 April 1989 pursuant to the order of Master Turner of 4 April 1989 , and a statement of claim served on 20 July 1988 , amended and reserved on 10 April 1989 the plaintiff , Gillingham Borough Council , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 to promote the interests of the inhabitants in its area , brought an action in public nuisance against , inter alios , the first defendant , Medway ( Chatham ) Dock Co . |
| 29 | The Secretary of State , acting under section 68 of the Education Act 1944 , purported to give directions to the council for the implementation of the original Labour scheme . |
| 30 | He first appears acting under Richard 's orders in February 1184 when he led a force which sacked Excideuil — a stroke directed against Aimar of Limoges , who was presumably hoping to profit from the quarrel between Henry I ] and his son . |