Example sentences of "[verb] under considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | This so-called ‘ full extent normal rule ’ has come under considerable criticism from the Court of Appeal downwards . |
| 2 | This so-called ‘ full extent normal rule ’ has come under considerable criticism from the Court of Appeal downwards . |
| 3 | This so-called ‘ full extent normal rule ’ has come under considerable criticism from the Court of Appeal downwards . |
| 4 | Membership has fallen by more than 3 million or nearly 25 percent , and traditional systems of labour organization and industrial relations have come under considerable pressure . |
| 5 | A former Justice Minister who had been elected Speaker only the previous January [ see p. 36943 ] , Ninn-Hansen had come under considerable criticism for a directive which he had issued in 1988 as Justice Minister to immigration authorities to give low priority to reuniting the families of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Denmark . |
| 6 | With so much riding on their personal success , they can feel under considerable pressure to aim for the top . |
| 7 | Thus , in the immediate post-war years the WEA came under considerable pressure from two more powerful providers and doubts were raised about its future as a recognised Responsible Body — an issue which was closely addressed by the Ashby Committee in 1953 , and again raised by the Russell Committee some twenty years later . |
| 8 | The regimes of both units came under considerable attack from the interviewees . |
| 9 | The French and Italian currencies , on the other hand , came under considerable pressure , while the Spanish peseta , the Austrian schilling and the Portuguese escudo were among the strongest of European currencies . |
| 10 | Syria came under considerable US pressure to redeploy its troops from Beirut and into the Bekaa immediately upon completion of the third round of the elections . |
| 11 | From this it is clear that the growth layers of these crystals are formed under considerable mechanical stress if this is needed to straighten the crystal . |
| 12 | Although the government was placed under considerable pressure by many of its own back-benchers to widen the concept to other areas , only seven Partnerships were created in England : the Docklands of London , Hackney — Islington , Lambeth , Newcastle — Gateshead , Manchester — Salford , Liverpool and Birmingham . |
| 13 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 14 | Saturated world markets , together with the international embargo against Iraq ( which had been the fifth largest importer of Canadian wheat in 1989 ) , meant , however , that the country 's transport and storage facilities were placed under considerable strain . |
| 15 | The government was placed under considerable pressure to persuade the electorate to vote in favour of lifting restrictions on travel and information by a judgment in the European Court of Human Rights ; on Oct. 29 the court ruled that the Irish government had breached the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms when in 1988 its Supreme Court ordered two counselling services to stop giving information about the availability of abortions in the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | ‘ He worked under considerable pressure and was concerned with other people 's problems as well as his own . ’ |
| 17 | We worked under considerable difficulties as the five main sections of the Department were in different buildings , and integration and direction were not easy . |
| 18 | All who are prepared for the ordained ministry are trained under considerable pressure of time and with an overcrowded curriculum . |
| 19 | I would hope that each would adopt an understanding attitude towards the other 's problems in circumstances in which the checks and balances of consent and willingness and ability to treat of which I spoke in In re J. [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 could come under considerable strain . |
| 20 | Digby was kept under considerable pressure and at times was found wanting as Bolton , fed by full-backs determined to work their way forward , put everything into attack . |
| 21 | First you must fill the tank — a relatively idiot-proof exercise , though you must remember to unscrew it carefully and slowly when replenishing it , since the steam is kept under considerable pressure . |
| 22 | Such a pattern is hard to devise and sustain , and operates under considerable disadvantages in an environment where both capitalist organizations ( firms , trade associations and right-wing parties ) and the state are run hierarchically . |
| 23 | Caersws station , Llanidloes road level crossing and one crossing up near Criccieth remain semaphore operated ; Machynlleth new station plus staff facilities very nice — old station disintegrating ; Aberystwyth station yard tidied up after several interesting fires but station is on the whole hardly inspiring and platform staff have been working under considerable uncertainty about their futures . |
| 24 | In use the sled comes under considerable stress . |