Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] under " in BNC.
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| 31 | 1967 No. 1462 ) , which governed the work of that body , imposed no obligation to give such reasons ; that in reaching their decision on whether to recommend release , the Parole Board and the local review committee were under a duty to act fairly ; but that the scope of that duty did not include a requirement to give reasons for their recommendation . |
| 32 | When preparations for the desert were under way , we were given another child , four-month-old Sam . |
| 33 | Against this background the institutions which had become the responsibility of Bedfordshire County Council were under pressure which was reflected in the occupancy figures at St. Peter 's for July 1931 : |
| 34 | By then , his marriage was under strain , but in any event the family 's way of life would have been greatly changed in this new environment . |
| 35 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 36 | Lay influence was under threat and the laity 's rights as patrons were being questioned . |
| 37 | In Skelmersdale New Town in Lancashire , for instance , a large Transcendental Meditation village was under construction at the time of writing to house the workers on an already existing TM industrial estate . |
| 38 | Hutchinson 's first official work was under the navy and customs committee of the Long Parliament ; by 1645 he was acting as Vane 's deputy in the very important post of navy treasurer . |
| 39 | It was also reported that work was under way to clear Iraqi mines from the coastal waters around Kuwait , in preparation for the amphibious assault which was widely expected to accompany any allied ground offensive . |
| 40 | While the building of this high-rise conservatory was under way , the Roberts tackled the garden below . |
| 41 | In Ferrari terms , it was n't , and Niki should have smelled earlier that yet another Ferrari plot was under way , and without Montezemolo , his flanks were unprotected . |
| 42 | Among the oils , British Petroleum was under pressure again after Thursday 's huge below-the-market transaction between Salomon Brothers and County NatWest . |
| 43 | Some official sources on June 30 said that one gunman had been killed in the exchange of fire but that a second was under interrogation . |
| 44 | A report had been received by his inspector that a discreet cull of the wild ducks on Hury Reservoir was under way . |
| 45 | Management was under pressure to set an example on pay restraint and increases were now being linked more closely to performance , Hay said . |
| 46 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 47 | The professor said the idea of a two-year degree was under consideration . |
| 48 | The principal was immediately cautious and warned her that the boy was under age . |
| 49 | Ugly rumblings from Germany suggested that the 25-year-old golden boy of tennis was under pressure from family and friends to drop Barbara , the daughter of a black GI . |
| 50 | Hertfordshire planning authority suggested that the company direct its attentions elsewhere , possibly Bedfordshire or Milton Keynes , arguing that there was almost full employment in the county and the council was under extreme pressure from environmental groups not to permit any further industrial or commercial development . |
| 51 | Chief Insp John McLean , deputy sub division officer at Saracen police office , said : ‘ Nobody will have the excuse after 1 March that they did not know the campaign was under way . ’ |
| 52 | Readers may have assumed that your reporter was quoting what Mr Bacon said at the planning appeal inquiry , w here Hambleton 's refusal to allow The Sundial Hotel to be converted into a nursing home was under consideration . |
| 53 | The defence counsel said the defendant had admitted losing his temper on finding out that the girl was under age . |
| 54 | The portfolio was under her arm . |
| 55 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 56 | In 1820 he was sent to Fort Augustus , where the locks of the Caledonian canal were under construction , and , as his father was well known to everyone there , he was given the opportunity of learning not only masonry but all the branches of civil and mechanical engineering that were being practised at that time . |
| 57 | But war was under way again in southern Angola , the team faced obvious difficulties and had to rely on information from the Angolan government . |
| 58 | Most writers agree that once the Civil War was under way , its outcome depended upon the manner in which , on the two sides , foreign aid and influence related to internal political and military considerations . |
| 59 | However , while the eight-year war was under way Iraq was receiving substantial financial assistance from Kuwait and hence never fully pressed the claim . |
| 60 | ‘ So you might not have known if the Rector was under any special strain ? ’ |