Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun] under " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Researchers with an interest in the subject matter of the programme are encouraged to contact SSRU who have been given resources under the programme to support a range of projects conducted by people from outside SSRU . |
| 2 | We were half expecting someone to arrive to investigate the deaths anyway , and we 'd been keeping Fedorov under observation for some time . |
| 3 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |
| 4 | Until now the only sure solution has been to grow peaches under glass , but help may be at hand . |
| 5 | In Spain , RENFE has been set targets under the various modernization plans and international credit agreements to eliminate its operating deficit , and subsequently cover its depreciation costs and interest charges . |
| 6 | Prosecutors may feel that in serious cases of what has hitherto been threatening conduct under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5 might be proceeded against as affrays . |
| 7 | A question might arise as to whether spectators can be given directions under sections 12 or 14 , or be guilty of offences of failing to comply with such conditions . |
| 8 | Companies involved in industry and agriculture would be given priority under the plan , but other sectors included construction , trade , services , transport and communications . |
| 9 | prior to ratification there would always be enabling legislation , incorporating by statute those prospective treaty obligations which could not be given effect under prerogative powers , and required changes to domestic common law or statute . |
| 10 | A modification of the proprietary theory , known as the residual equity theory , defines the company in terms of the ordinary shareholders only ; thus excluding the preference shareholders who would be considered owners under the proprietary theory . |
| 11 | The material deterioration in the company 's prospects had to be made public under Stock Exchange rules , and it was decided to issue the warning . |
| 12 | the maximum value of shares over which a person may be granted options under the Executive Scheme ; |
| 13 | Companies will be filing claims under explosion insurance which covers damage resulting from terrorism , while victims will be eligible for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Board . |
| 14 | This officer may be appointed trustee under any will or settlement , either as a mere ‘ custodian ’ trustee , in whom the ownership of the trust property is vested , leaving the active duties to other trustees ; or as an ordinary trustee , with powers and duties of management . |
| 15 | I warn over the radio they 'll be carrying shooters under their suedes . |
| 16 | Any lingering hopes of bringing more children out of Germany were finally stifled by a Home Office ruling that refugees from enemy territories would no longer be allowed entry under any circumstances . |
| 17 | A spokesman said : ’ We will be detaining people under Immigration Act powers . |
| 18 | For the left , the social contract was to be intimately connected with the industrial policy which had been taking shape under the auspices of the National Executive Committee over the early '70s . |
| 19 | It 's already the only place in Britain where eleven year olds are learning Japanese under the National Curriculum . |
| 20 | The city is the only place in the country where 11 to 16 year olds are studying Japanese under the national curriculum . |
| 21 | At last year 's Annual General Meeting ( ‘ AGM ’ ) , the directors were given authority under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 , until 15th July 1997 to allot shares up to a maximum of the authorised but unissued share capital of the company . |
| 22 | In addition , at last years AGM , the directors were given authority under Section 95 of the Companies Act 1985 , until the conclusion of the 1993 AGM , to allot equity securities for cash , other than to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings , up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,234,276 being equal to 5% of the then issued ordinary share capital . |
| 23 | On 30 March 1992 the local authority sought and were granted leave under section 100 of the Children Act 1989 to invoke the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court to ‘ determine whether artificial ventilation and/or other life-saving measures should be given to the minor if he suffers a life-threatening event . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We were writing songs under pressure , ’ explains Eugene . |
| 25 | Then a policy directive in 1977 reinforced by the new government in 1979 , also insisted that InterCity should run commercially even if other parts of the passenger business were to receive grant-aid under the 1968 Act . |
| 26 | By ten past four there are nearly 30 people standing , sitting , talking and a well-behaved Jack Russell is being fed bon-bons under the table . |
| 27 | If the military were to seize power under Bourbollon , the clampdown would be fierce . |
| 28 | When Mungo got down , he could see that more books were collecting dust under the bed . |
| 29 | The fern moved slightly in the breeze , but along the path there was nothing to be seen except a scatter of last year 's fallen acorns under an oak . |
| 30 | Where an expert is resolving disputes under a construction contract he will need to be given the powers of an arbitrator to review certificates issued under the contract by the architect or engineer . |