Example sentences of "[noun sg] has be under [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 2 | The university has been under curfew and restraint for months . |
| 3 | Bowlby has been under pressure ever since the Cheltenham Gold Cup , over his riding tactics on Golden Freeze , coincidentally brought down at The Chair in Thursday 's John Hughes Memorial Chase here . |
| 4 | The combined numbers of these three are perhaps 100 or 200 at the most , although an urgent conservation programme has been under way since 1980 . |
| 5 | Since 1980 a proposal has been under discussion for a Directive which could require companies to introduce procedures for informing and consulting employees ; it became known as the ‘ Vredeling Directive ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Saatchi has filled the twin role of chairman and chief executive for several years , but Mr Louis-Dreyfus 's appointment is designed to bring in financial skills at a senior level at a time when the company 's business has been under pressure . |
| 7 | The Institute of Directors has pointed out that ‘ the 5th Company Law Directive has been under discussion since 1972 , with no agreement yet in sight ’ . |
| 8 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 9 | Since its ‘ theft ’ my living room has been under siege from Mark ‘ The Scoop ’ Crowe , the Argus sports hack . |
| 10 | There is no legislative assembly , although the formation of an advisory assembly has been under consideration since 1980 . |
| 11 | Gorazde has been under siege for more than four hundred and fifty days . |
| 12 | The report from the three wise men concludes : ‘ The significance of Super-SARA , from a Community point of view , has already been severely eroded during the years that the project has been under discussion and it is expected that its significance will be yet further undermined before the completion of the project . ’ |
| 13 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 14 | This ancient wetland has been under threat ever since the £50 million Hereford Eastern bypass was announced in 1988 . |
| 15 | A massive scheme for the Hong Shui River in Guanxi province has been under study since the 1950s . |
| 16 | A comparable scheme has been under way since 1978 in West Germany , where products judged environment-XXXX friendly have been awarded " Blue Angel " status . |
| 17 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 18 | It 's one of those things that we think lies dormant , and can flare up if the patient has been under strain or run down . |
| 19 | The network has been under trial since July last year and although the switching equipment for the trial was supplied by Alcatel NV , the final order , worth £3m , went to GEC Plessey Telecommunications Ltd in conjunction with Siemens AG , against bids from AT&T Co , Alcatel and others . |
| 20 | The Department of Energy has been under pressure to expand its efforts on renewable energy after a report by departmental advisers concluded that Britain could generate half its electricity from natural sources within 20 years , a point also made by several environmental groups . |
| 21 | Breedt has been under pressure in his position but the Springbok selectors have learned from the many selection mistakes made by Pierre Berbizier with France this season . |