Example sentences of "you [be] under a " in BNC.

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1 The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there .
2 So even if you are under an umbrella , for example , you could still get sunburnt .
3 You are under an obligation not to use any little piece of knowledge which it is too much to expect your readers to know .
4 Expectations of gratitude and indebtedness are the equivalent of taking hostages as if the family member is saying " I have done this for you and therefore you are under an obligation to do that for me " .
5 You 're under a vest .
6 You 're under a vest .
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