Example sentences of "[is] under " in BNC.
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| 31 | Again the evolution of the mind of Europe is under scrutiny . |
| 32 | As Antony and Cleopatra has it , ‘ Music of the hautboys is under the stage ’ . |
| 33 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 34 | Anybody who pretends they can buck these trends is under an illusion . |
| 35 | A long burst of fire from a machine-gun shatters the dawn and , before the echoes die away down the valleys , the attack is under way . |
| 36 | In Academy Headquarters another type of presentation is under way : ‘ All male and female officers are now trained at Sandhurst , the majority following either a forty-four-week course for male non-graduates , or a twenty-eight-week course for graduates and women officer cadets . ’ |
| 37 | Meanwhile at Thorey Island , one of the groups is under the charge of Corporal Alison Miller , Whose civilian job is as a secretary , but at weekends she becomes a Women 's Royal Army Corps Provost NCO . |
| 38 | Recent outbreaks of salmonella have declined to sharply , according to latest Government statistics , but experts have warned that it is too soon to conclude that salmonella is under control . |
| 39 | The future of our wild birds and environment is under threat . |
| 40 | Like so many of the films that were to be made during the Second World War , The Four Just Men does n't only draw attention to the nature of the enemy ; it also presents an evocative picture of just what it is that is under threat — ‘ all the roads and rivers , fields add woods and hills that make up this funny old island . ’ |
| 41 | Five of the 13 Labour authorities still refuse to participate in local consultative groups , although Brent is about to reverse its policy and in Ealing the matter is under discussion . |
| 42 | But what Scottish Mutual means by risk is volatility , and that idea is under fire . |
| 43 | THE Labour leadership is monitoring the imminent reselection procedure in Birkenhead , Merseyside , where Mr Frank Field , the independent-minded chairman of the Commons social services committee is under threat from a local leftwing trade union official . |
| 44 | A scheme to spend £1 billion to replace existing short sewage outlets with long ones is under way . |
| 45 | The whole rationale of a global advertising business is under question . |
| 46 | THE 120,000-strong GDR army , alone among the Warsaw Pact armies , is under the direct operational control of the Soviet forces stationed alongside them , who outnumber them by about three to one . |
| 47 | ZWELAKHE Sisulu , the editor of South Africa 's biggest black weekly newspaper , says the New Nation is under threat of closure . |
| 48 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |
| 49 | Ms Diane Abbott , Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington , said the inner cities needed a war on drugs ‘ that enlists and involves the community , not a war that leaves the community feeling that it is under threat ’ . |
| 50 | The new guarantee , good for the first year after purchase , would entitle consumers to free repairs , a replacement on loan or compensation if the product is not repaired within five days ( three for motor vehicles ) , the choice of a refund or replacement if the fault can not be put right in three attempts , or if the product is under repair for 30 days in any 12-month period . |
| 51 | A full survey of the 150 pavements in the park is under way , and a conference on the subject , involving the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission , will be held next May . |
| 52 | Its former head , Mr Erich Mielke , for years the man who knew all the secrets and pulled all the strings , is under arrest and facing corruption charges . |
| 53 | Bond 's rescue deal with rival is under threat . |
| 54 | In East Germany , Mr Honecker , gravely ill , is under house arrest for which the prosecutor admitted there was no basis in law . |
| 55 | ‘ The mere fact that more than a thousand police officers know that their conduct is under investigation can , it seems to us , in no sense diminish the prejudice suffered by a particular officer against whom there was a prima facie case of the commission of a criminal offence at a very early stage of that investigation . ’ |
| 56 | The White House is under pressure from Congress to show results from recent secret contacts with Beijing . |
| 57 | ‘ The situation is under control by the population and the army .. |
| 58 | When the river is in flood and the ‘ Mill Meadow ’ in front of the house is under water , the only way to reach the village from here is to use the flood path , which crosses right next to the farm on flood boards , spanning the gap between the churchyard and farmyard wall . |
| 59 | Angie and puppeteer Brian Moore , an Arts Lab regular , with some of his creations ( Bowie is under the table |
| 60 | Make sure the vehicle is under cover so if there is anything on it , prints , whatever , that haven ‘ t already gone , we get them . |