Example sentences of "under [noun sg] from the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Under contract from the Business Jets Division of Pan Am , Little Rock Airmotive in Arkansas converted a Standard Falcon into a specialised cargo aircraft , the prototype flying for the first time on 28 Mar 72 .
2 When his organisation came under attack from the Mafia gangsters , he did not fail , did he ?
3 However , a further plank in the government 's economic reform policy — freeing prices — came under attack from the trade unions .
4 This interest in national subjects could have led to cosiness as it tended to during Balcon 's time at Ealing Studios , but at this period he was under pressure from the Ostrer Brothers to maintain a diversity in his output and aim for the international market .
5 As one of the Big Five , Henderson had at first accepted the need for cutting the dole in order to save the credit of his country ; then he changed his mind under pressure from the trade unions and carried half the Cabinet with him .
6 The Minister of State for Defence , Ranjan Wijeratne , said on Nov. 1 that two Army battalions had started operations to " liberate " the north-western island of Mannar amidst reports that more than 45,000 Moslems had been forced to flee the area under threat from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , the main Tamil separatist group .
7 Police blockades forced them to proceed on foot , and as the march approached the border the following day it came under fire from the security forces .
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