Example sentences of "[verb] under [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the club lies under pulverised concrete slabs . |
| 2 | Peter Pan 's Never Never Land , a plastic amusement park , lies under heavy rain on the front . |
| 3 | Moreover , the analysis of this chapter suggests that efficiency is likely to differ under different regulatory regimes . |
| 4 | Of the Upton Mills , there are still remains at several sites , although a number of others have recently been demolished , apparently with little resistance , to disappear under intensive housing development . |
| 5 | Trading under various names . |
| 6 | It is believed that they migrated to central Italy from Asia Minor or possibly further east in the eighth century B.C. ; remaining dominant and independent until the third century B.C. after which they were gradually Latinised under Roman rule . |
| 7 | If large fluctuations in exchange rates are to be expected under free-floating , such a system may be undesirable for international trade and payments since the uncertainty caused by price fluctuations could inhibit world trade , output , and employment . |
| 8 | Comparable rocks are to be expected under Mesozoic cover further east . |
| 9 | However , older plants once established will flourish under moderate light . |
| 10 | Under the new hygiene regulations fryers are likely to come under close scrutiny because traditionally the job of cleaning them is one of the worst in the kitchen . |
| 11 | There is unlikely to be any advance in the accuracy of dating of early Anglo-Saxon archaeology in the near future whereas the assumptions upon which such dates are allowed are very likely to come under close scrutiny . |
| 12 | He concluded that Thorp was likely to be the first of British Nuclear Fuel 's ( BNFL ) projects to be closed if the company was to come under financial pressure . |
| 13 | Analysts expect the pound to come under renewed pressure in the run-up to Thursday 's Bundesbank meeting , which will decide whether and by how much to raise West Germany 's key Lombard interest rate . |
| 14 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 15 | The Frenchmen were keen to join up , but the snag was persuading the French authorities in the Middle East to permit them to come under British command . |
| 16 | Research on methods for controlling pests without chemicals is going on all over the world and the latest greenfly predator to come under scientific scrutiny is the lacewing . |
| 17 | The Autonomous Region of South Ossetia continued to come under heavy attack from Georgian forces sited outside its capital , Tskhinvali , which was cut off from aid ; there were reports of hostage-taking . |
| 18 | For this reason , and at a time of less genial moods , the Report was to come under severe criticism . |
| 19 | Nuclear power will help to save oil — the most vital of the USSR 's energy resources , yet a great deal more will need to be done to change Soviet energy structures if domestic oil supplies and supplies to other Communist countries are not to come under extreme pressure in the late 1980s and 1990s. there will still have to be a reduction in supplies to the Communist bloc and a considerable reduction in the proportion of Soviet energy demand which is met by oil . |
| 20 | Pareto and Mosca ransacked history for multiple examples of this ‘ natural ’ cycle in operation , claiming that the accumulated weight of evidence refuted Marxist claims that there could ever be a classless society and liberals ' optimism that power could ever be meaningfully dispersed under popular control by establishing representative government . |
| 21 | Return back towards the airport , driving under Terminal Building and across the first roundabout . |
| 22 | They wo n't accept with Charles Wychwood that ‘ everything is copied ’ , and wo n't accept his opinion of Chatterton : ‘ Thomas Chatterton believed that he could explain the entire material and spiritual world in terms of imitation and forgery , and so sure was he of his own genius that he allowed it to flourish under other names . ’ |
| 23 | The FRED proposes that , where certain conditions are met , the maturity of liabilities should be assessed by reference to borrowings which a lender is committed to provide under related facilities which will permit the refinancing of the debt . |
| 24 | Moist or wet soil conditions prevail , the effects of gleying under anaerobic conditions increase with depth and the subsoils are blue or blue-grey in colour under dark greyish brown topsoils . |
| 25 | The implementation of these and other objectives is to be achieved by a number of courses of action , including keeping under constant review forms from subject areas informing the library of current topics and themes for research , ensuring " that staff queries received prompt response from the management committee " and training staff in the use of the microfiche reader . |
| 26 | Further , an examination of the impact of Japan 's industrialization on the industrialization of twentieth century South East Asia will identify the importance of the Asian capitalist network in shaping the modern economic growth of the region , as well as some of the ‘ missed opportunities ’ which occurred under European rule from the middle of the nineteenth century : it must also be said that the penetration of Japanese manufactures into South East Asia had destructive as well as constructive implications for the South East Asian economies . |
| 27 | That must be contrasted with what occurred under Labour , and no doubt will occur again should we ever be unfortunate enough to have another Labour Government . |
| 28 | Because 6.7 µM A23187 activated K + channels in cell attached patches when cells were bathed in NaCl solution , we measured the changes in [ Ca 2 + ] i that occurred under identical conditions in response to increasing concentrations of A23187 . |
| 29 | Once it is determined that a particular exclusion clause is not invalidated under fiduciary law , it is then necessary to consider whether it is affected by the common law and statutory restrictions on exclusion clauses generally . |
| 30 | At London 's Middlesex Hospital , for instance , surgeon John Scurr runs a pioneering day-care unit where hernias are repaired under local anaesthetic with woven nylon threads or Teflon patches as alternatives to polypropylene mesh . |