Example sentences of "[adv] came under [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I became intimately acquainted with some of those I met , and the lives and habits of many others naturally came under observation . |
| 2 | The project soon came under criticism for the role granted to a wealthy family-owned lumber group , the Durini Foundation , and for underestimating the effect of resettling 40-50 families to establish tree farms . |
| 3 | MR JOHN MacGregor , the Education Secretary , yesterday came under pressure from MPs , peers and vice-chancellors to rethink completely the Government 's scheme for student loans , following the major banks ' decision to pull out . |
| 4 | Thus , when a series of Egyptian canopic jars of blue glass purporting to belong to the New Kingdom of the second millennium BC came under suspicion stylistically , they were analysed and found to contain high levels of lead and some arsenic , thereby confirming the doubts of the Egyptologists . |
| 5 | The provision of specialised consultants for accident units also came under criticism and the committee reported that it took seven years , until 1992 , for the number of A&E consultants in Scotland to increase from 11 to 23 , even though the most recent review concluded that 34 were needed . |
| 6 | Proposals for minimum wage regulations also came under attack . |
| 7 | Some of the Woodvilles ' associates also came under attack . |
| 8 | He also came under attack in his capacity as a revenue farmer and would-be monopolist . |
| 9 | Some of the Woodvilles ' associates also came under attack . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |
| 11 | Doctors who tried to help the wounded were caught in the crossfire , and in some places ambulances also came under attack . |
| 12 | Both flat glass and glass containers also came under threat from imported glass-made substantially cheaper to UK users by exchange rates prevailing at the time . |
| 13 | In 1954 wellhead gas prices also came under government control . |
| 14 | The new RHA formula for funding district spending also came under scrutiny . |
| 15 | The station 's platforms , travel centre and retail areas also came under scrutiny with terazzo tiling introduced and refurbishment of a combined waiting and buffet area . |
| 16 | Poor sound quality , and difficulty in telling what characters were saying , also came under fire . |
| 17 | Iraqi oil-processing plant also came under fire from Iran . |
| 18 | And the TV companies also came under fire for targetting children 's prime time viewing with ads for fatty and sugary foods . |
| 19 | President Delors also came under fire from Tory MPs . |
| 20 | In the consideration given to the new policy , the position of the CNAA inevitably came under scrutiny , particularly what now appeared to be the permanent and powerful role it would develop in relation to the formally established public sector . |
| 21 | President Cristiani 's residence , and that of the Works Minister , Mauricio Stubig , reportedly came under fire . |
| 22 | However , as Chapter 4 pointed out , this niche , and the relatively stable two-party system which surrounded it , increasingly came under pressure as Britain 's ever deepening economic crisis began to bite . |
| 23 | Charlton immediately came under fire , his decision to withdraw Brady from the fray seen to be cavalier and grossly insensitive . |
| 24 | But it immediately came under fire … from an angry councillor . |
| 25 | In 1964 , when the problem again came under scrutiny , there was a total of ninety-two families living in the camp but some of these had moved in subsequently from the rural area . |
| 26 | During the 1980s , the internal organisation of local authorities again came under review . |