Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] is under " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second example , suppose a specific project is under consideration and the manager , but no one else , knows there is a 0.7 probability it will yield a return of 20 per cent on the investment , with a 0.3 probability that it will yield nothing . |
| 2 | ‘ A detailed appraisal is under way to ensure that any necessary improvements are made to procedures and that resources continue to be concentrated on areas of greatest need , ’ said Mr Curry . |
| 3 | A similar study is under way at Hunterston B. |
| 4 | WWF is working here to establish a network of protected areas , and a similar process is under way in the Korup rainforest of Cameroon — something of a flagship project for WWF and its partner agencies . |
| 5 | A similar product is under development for HP 9000 Unix systems . |
| 6 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( p 95 ) . |
| 7 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( see First Sport v Barclays Bank , Current Law , September 1992 , para 20 ) . |
| 8 | A MAJOR investment is under way to ensure Buckhaven , the Scottish jewel in Courtaulds Chemicals ' crown , continues its impressive performance . |
| 9 | A major project is under way to reintroduce the waterwheel and turbine in order to harness this great natural resource once again . |
| 10 | Mr Tony Cook , Labour 's regional organiser , said : ‘ A full investigation is under way . |
| 11 | A follow-on project is under way to develop a new version , CLE-2 , having capabilities for reasoning and for co-operative response . |
| 12 | A congressional study is under way to see whether any of America 's antitrust laws are being breached . |
| 13 | A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose . |
| 14 | Where a statutory authority is under a mandatory obligation to supply a service , whether with a saving or nuisance clause ( that nothing shall exonerate it from proceedings for nuisance ) or whether without such a clause , the authority is under no liability for anything expressly required by statute to be done , or reasonably incidental to that requirement , if it was done without negligence . |
| 15 | A nationwide search is under way after a fourteen-year-old who 's been arrested thirty-five times ran away afer a court appearance . |
| 16 | A new constitution is under discussion , proposals for which were made in June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] . |
| 17 | In Libya , a huge pipeline is under construction to carry water from desert wells to coastal towns and farms . |
| 18 | Since the strategy which a subject adopts towards an experimental task is under his own control , unless otherwise constrained , any visual field asymmetry found in a particular experiment is as likely to reflect aspects of information processing as any intrinsic difference between the hemispheres for the task in question ( e.g. Ross and Turkewitz , 1981 ) . |
| 19 | The first is at Workington , where the Institution 's first ‘ davit launching ’ system for an All-weather lifeboat is under construction . |
| 20 | It is generally true to say that if the area is predominantly rural then the geographical extent of the restriction can sometimes be greater than if an urban area is under consideration . |