Example sentences of "they [be] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are going to a planet celled Malecandra ( which turns out to be Mars ) and , having made a previous recce there , they are under the impression that the inhabitants are fierce and eat men . |
| 2 | It is as well that they are under the protection of feminine writers as well as director Antonia Bird and co-producer Moira Williams . |
| 3 | On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen . |
| 4 | Magnaflux inspection can reveal anomalies in a component even if they are under the surface . |
| 5 | As one who admires much of what WTA has done and enjoys watching the best women players compete against each other , because the entertainment value they produce can often be tremendous , I was sad to see that apparently they still do not appreciate how relatively well off they are under the present set-up and how much they could stand to lose from open warfare in the game . |
| 6 | In the case of the provinces these forces fall under the command of the Count , and in the case of the City States they are under the control of the Burgomeisters of the City . |
| 7 | They are under the impression that her mind is on higher things . |
| 8 | They are under the control of individual teachers . |
| 9 | So why are social workers directed people into the private sector , they are under the same constant pressure of letters from the private sector , the wingeing , the groaning , the moaning , the threats of legal action , the threats of judicial review as the rest of us . |
| 10 | Families feel very rejected by professionals erm , in my research I 've found that er , the families of younger sufferers tend to be involved in treatment but they feel very much that they 're under the microscope , that they disapprove , that they 're seen as being pathological families . |
| 11 | ‘ T is near the castle since they 're under the King 's protection . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They 're under the hedge and — ’ His eyes fell on the snoring bulk of the human . |
| 13 | Me and Bernard , if me and Bernard want to go , she di now was she , foot like that they 're under the table , when you see his feet , his ! |
| 14 | ‘ I lay on my nail scissors by mistake — they were under the rug — and just at the moment , well , to be graphic , an awful pain from outside was all I could feel . ’ |
| 15 | Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion . |
| 16 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 17 | They were very conservative in their political outlook and wanted things to remain exactly as they were under the Romans . |
| 18 | The ROK army had been occupied throughout the winter in containing guerrillas ; they were under the direction of North Korea and occasionally obtained arms supplies from the north , as with a recent arms shipment landed on the east coast , the bulk of which was confiscated before it could be used inland . |
| 19 | Perhaps they were under the influence of drink ( 10:9 ) . |
| 20 | Cottam suggested that he too should have been paid for his fortnight 's service , but the Governors replied that they were under the impression that " his services had been tendered on behalf of and as the personal friend of Mr. Hamilton " . |
| 21 | A few moments later they were under the silver birches and as the sun rose , striking flashes of red and green from the drops on ferns and twigs , they scrambled through the hedge , across a shallow ditch and into the thick grass of the meadow . |
| 22 | They were under the patronage of Marshal Chang Fa-kwei , the commander of the units of the KMT army throughout the area . |
| 23 | Here they were under the direction of Obergruppen-fuehrer Globocnik , the SS commander responsible for security in the area known as the Adriatic Littoral . |
| 24 | However , the experience in New South Wales so far suggests that sentences under the new dispensation are certainly no lower than they were under the old regime . |
| 25 | But more often than not , whenever they were under the same roof together , he shared her bed and , now that her initial awkwardness had abated — for she had never seen a naked human being of either sex before and had always been discouraged from looking too closely at herself — he made love to her with a straightforward vigour she found attractive . |
| 26 | Until 1988 , they were under the control of LEAs ; now they are ‘ free-standing statutory corporations ’ under the direction of boards of governors , half of whose membership consists of people experienced in industry , business , commerce and the professions ; the other half consists of representatives of staff , students and LEAs , together with co-opted members . |
| 27 | In this House it has been easier for Conservative Members in particular to take a dispassionate view of the matter than was possible for them in the previous Parliament , working as they were under the shadow of a General Election and in the aftermath of a traumatic change in leadership . |
| 28 | We will make sure , too , that imports are reduced to the same levels as they were under the Labour Government . |
| 29 | The present arrangements for representations are as they were under the Labour Government , which means that publicly funded representation , as opposed to advice , is available only from the UKIAS . |
| 30 | It would seem many misunderstood the form and responded to the following points as if they were under the heading of organisation . |