Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [noun] under " in BNC.

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1 Hence they were predisposed to secure contracts under the state scheme which preserved their freedom .
2 The pins are designed to give way under pressure , allowing damaged engines to fall free and avoid wrecking the aircraft .
3 This was duly installed in the turbine house with an air line running up the hill and was programmed to blow air under the leaves every so often .
4 The REAG was expected to recommend contracts under the NFFO offering at least 10 to 15 years of premium prices for electricity generated through renewable means .
5 The same firms were given operating licences under very lax conditions by the same agency .
6 He was remembered as ‘ a little , active man , always to be seen carrying plans under his arm ’ .
7 Collaboration is probably related to relay breeding under these K circumstances .
8 This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected .
9 Even in the simplest case , the lump sum target , it can only be shown that the target can be used to improve welfare under the assumptions that E is neutral in its effect on production and that there are non-decreasing returns to scale .
10 While the rest of the City has had to relinquish self-regulation under the Financial Services Act , the Panel has continued as a non-statutory body .
11 It also allows police to seize vehicles used to commit offences under the 1988 Act , such as manslaughter or furious and wanton driving .
12 The revelations came amid unconfirmed reports that Soviet guards at a missile arsenal in Votkinsk had fired on a team of US technicians who had attempted to inspect missiles under the terms of the treaty .
13 Wilson also announced that a new Hong Kong Technology Centre was being planned as part of the overall strategy to boost the economy , that an International Business Committee would be set up as a means of tapping the talents of overseas businesspeople for the benefit of the whole community , and that £1,600,000 would be spent to bring pollution under control .
14 The third argument was that it would be unfair , if a responsible third party was compelled to make payment under an order pursuant to section 6(2) without a right of indemnity or contribution against the contravener .
15 There is a special régime for insurance companies which are authorised to conduct business under sections 3 or 4 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 .
16 In practice , experts are rarely appointed to determine issues under shipbuilding contracts , because of the role played by Classification Societies .
17 Their display also served to demonstrate faults under the searching limelight that championship-chasing brings .
18 An authorised person in this context means the NSPCC and any other body authorised to bring proceedings under s31 of the Act .
19 The sum is a huge award by French standards even though Fergie and Bryan had tried to win £2.5million under strict privacy laws .
20 One feature that is peculiar to criminal justice agencies in England and Wales is the extent to which they are encouraged to exercise discretion under conditions of low visibility and subject to minimal restraint on the part of other bodies .
21 At the other extreme , Prof Patrick Minford believes that most of the UK 's problems are cyclical and will disappear as a spontaneous recovery takes root , filling the Chancellor 's coffers with tax revenues and creating new jobs , so long as the Chancellor has continued to keep inflation under control .
22 The government has refused to acknowledge the risk of a poverty trap for those forced to pay maintenance under the Child Support Act .
23 Most of our group were sent to pick grapes under the supervision of an ex-legionnaire whose age and Germanic inflexion marked him as a former member of the Wehrmacht .
24 ‘ They are really looking forward to it and are determined to put Liverpool under just as much pressure as at Anfield .
25 That has something to do with the stress of constant innovation , and rather more with the fact that they and their work have been systematically devalued by a government determined to bring schools under political control .
26 The work required to implement recommendations under this heading may take longer than the overall planning process .
27 It has long been established that a defendant may be required to discover documents under his control but situated abroad ; in the early cases , the fact that relevant documents were in Calcutta or in Tobago led merely to an extension in the time allowed for their production .
28 An appeal must be taken within 14 days of the decision complained against , or , where a board are required to state reasons under s.18 ( , ) .
29 Small holes were drilled in the plywood making large circular patterns and there were panelled kicking boards under the seats .
30 Darren Morris , 20 , from York , was ordered to keep Bronson under control and out of the city centre .
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