Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been bring under [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Admittedly , air pollution has been brought under control over many populous areas as a result of smoke control measures and legislation associated with Clean Air Acts .
2 Introducing the budget the Finance Minister and Deputy Premier , Vaclav Klaus , said that the government considered the transformation of the economy to be proceeding " satisfactorily " on the whole , above all in comparison with the neighbouring communist states : inflation had been brought under control after the deregulation of prices early in 1991 , the exchange rate of the koruna had been maintained , foreign trade had developed favourably , and foreign debt had increased only marginally .
3 In the fourth situation , nervous disorders partially interpret the relationship between the two variables , but there is still a direct effect remaining after that variable has been brought under control .
4 UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , who had described the incursion into Bubiyan island as " a very serious development " , said on Aug. 29 that the incident had been brought under control .
5 Troops were sent to the area , but claims by Doe that the situation had been brought under control proved premature and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on the region in early January .
6 The Army announced on Jan. 4 that the security situation throughout the country had been brought under control , with most members of the Securitate police now in detention .
7 Some days later when the forest fire had been brought under control , rescuers arrived to find the charred remains of the brave telegraph despatcher , his finger still on the telegraph key .
8 The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building .
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