Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] under [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 2 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 3 | The contentious proposals have been under consideration for a number of years , says English Heritage , and are not principally attributable to its new director , the controversial Jocelyn Stevens , widely seen as a hardline , Thatcherite free marketeer . |
| 4 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 5 | Contract discussions have been under way since early this year , according to West German sources . |
| 6 | President , Congress , since nineteen seventy nine local authorities and public services have been under attack from the Tory government . |
| 7 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |
| 8 | The big dealers are really being hit as some have been under investigation for almost a year and have had their passports confiscated . |
| 9 | In my experience most people who suffer a myocardial infarct have been under pressure with associated exhaustion and fatigue for a prolonged period . |