Example sentences of "[to-vb] under [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all I know , there may be a kernel of truth in what he says , but anyone expecting his followers to wear turquoise shell suits can count me out , even if his prophesy that New Zealand is about to disappear under water has a certain charm . |
| 2 | ‘ People seemed to disappear under debris , and we came to a rest . |
| 3 | Of course , unless the facts were absolutely clear , it would be foolish to prosecute under section 1 an offence of obtaining by deception , since something which at first looked like larceny by a trick might turn out to have involved a transfer of the ownership , in which case only section 15 would meet the prosecution 's needs , if I am right . |
| 4 | Wigan and Widnes will be the first sides to come under scrutiny when they meet in today 's televised second-round Regal Trophy game at Central Park . |
| 5 | This quirk was to come under scrutiny in the Liverpool post-mortems a few months later . |
| 6 | When legislators look where cuts can be made , arts budgets are often the first to come under scrutiny . |
| 7 | TRANSPORT links in Livingston are to come under scrutiny in a bid to cut down the number of cars on the roads . |
| 8 | And that dismal record is likely to come under scrutiny from UEFA shortly , with Liverpool possibly in line for a warning or even a heavy fine . |
| 9 | While it did not mark the end of the conflict — though the early decrees of the Biblical Commission were quietly withdrawn in 1955 , the Biblicum was to come under attack on the eve of the Council — it was the most important milestone in the history of Catholic scriptural scholarship . |
| 10 | During the period of Chinese disunity the Japanese had supported the powerful warlord , Zhang Zuolin , who ruled Manchuria as his private province for much of the 1920s , but Zhang 's position , like that of the other warlords , began to come under threat from the rise of the Nationalist movement under Chiang Kai-shek ( Zhiang Jishe ) . |
| 11 | Those involved with the study of English are acutely aware of the attacks on institutions of higher education in Britain , in the rest of Europe , and in America during the past decade which have caused activities within the humanities to come under threat . |
| 12 | He looks as if he 's about to come under starter 's orders at Epsom ! |
| 13 | In recent months the City 's leading institutions have taken it in turns to come under fire : for regulatory failure , for losing money , for not moving with the times , or for lack of leadership . |
| 14 | The Plain English Campaign is again on the lookout for the incomprehensible , and consumer contracts are the latest to come under fire . |
| 15 | And the government 's so called mum 's army proposals for teaching youngsters are expected to come under fire at a meeting in Nottingham later today . |
| 16 | The title Fergie may or may not be allowed to keep is also certain to come under review , along with the cash settlement Bryan was supposed to be negotiating . |
| 17 | He was the second outgoing minister to come under investigation for corruption [ for investigation of outgoing Tourism Minister Carlo Tognoli see p. 38896 ] . |
| 18 | Iran wished all this to come under quadripartite negotiations between Iran , Pakistan , the Afghan mujahadin and the USSR . |
| 19 | Mr Delors is now likely to come under pressure to quit his Pounds 120,000-a-year job as commission president . |
| 20 | The fact that Dissent appeared to flourish under toleration became a great cause for concern to those devout Anglicans who throughout the 1680s had been encouraged to believe that the only way to protect the Church and State was by a strict enforcement of the penal laws , and their anxieties were further reinforced by the sermons of the high-flying clergy . |
| 21 | This rather craven attitude was not because the book was a piece of polemical special pleading — far from it : Hooper makes every effort to give an impartial account of what he saw , and the men he came to know under combat conditions . |
| 22 | ‘ Enterprise democracy ’ , as the decentralised aspect of the socialist control over production by the associated producers , will never be realised unless workers begin to struggle under capitalism for control over the policy and operations of enterprises , and this means exploiting rather than rejecting outright the kind of ‘ Industrial Democracy ’ proposals raised by the Bullock Commission , and more recently by the EEC . |
| 23 | It usually starts because a much-loved mare is no longer able to work under saddle but could perhaps produce a foal . |
| 24 | ‘ And you will have to work under supervision for the length of that period — ’ |
| 25 | In 1814 he sailed in Conway for the North American Station and later was detached to work under Captain ( later vice-admiral ) W. F. Owen [ q.v. ] on a survey of the Canadian Great Lakes . |
| 26 | The ability to work under pressure and present a good image are important . |
| 27 | Computer spreadsheet and word processing experience is essential , as is the ability to work under pressure . |
| 28 | However , to be on the safe side , it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass . |
| 29 | Is he aware that the Association of County Councils , on which his own county council and Buckinghamshire and many other Conservative county councils are represented — indeed , the association is controlled by the Conservatives — says that the removal of the power to inspect under section 77(3) of the Education Act 1944 will greatly diminish the local authority 's ability to intervene in a school that is falling below standard ? |
| 30 | The answers to these questions will have significance not only for the interpretation of dismissals and refusals to hire under Council Directive 76/207/EEC but also for the interpretation of Article 10 of Council Directive 92/85/EEC and other unfavourable treatment of pregnant women which the employer or the state claims is gender-neutral . |