Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aspects of the military aid programme were under discussion in the State Department : |
| 2 | Water Gypsy was under way again . |
| 3 | Robbie ventured to ask when the long , uncomfortably silent walk was over and Water Gypsy was under way once more . |
| 4 | In 1857 , Reading police force was under the auspices of Chief Constable Henry Peck , a man who played it strictly by the rule book . |
| 5 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 6 | The plaintiffs then argued that they were entitled to equal treatment by the law ; it was unjust that they should be compelled to use the Convention , the translation requirements of which they found insurmountably expensive , whilst the foreign defendant was under no such burden . |
| 7 | In proceedings against him by the Attorney-General it was held in the Court of Appeal that the charge was unlawful and that the defendant was under no obligation to pay it . |
| 8 | I felt my way along , a few steps at a time , and every time I heard a voice or a footstep I stopped dead , clinging to whatever bit of masonry was under my hand and almost cowering with fright . |
| 9 | If , therefore , in the present case the revenue was under no contractual obligation to repay the money , and had refused to exercise such residuary discretion as it had to repay , it is difficult to see on what ground its refusal to repay could have been challenged , except on very narrow grounds such as bad faith : cf. the Chetnik case [ 1988 ] A.C. 858 , 873g , per Lord Bridge of Harwich . |
| 10 | The search was under way for his successor , although Catford 's trawl was conducted in a distinctly courtly style : |
| 11 | A SEARCH was under way for the two companions of a hillwalker found dead in the Cairngorms last night . |
| 12 | Gooch and Robinson began carefully after Gower won the toss , but then Patterson got Robinson and the collapse was under way . |
| 13 | It was not officially recognised after 1955 , but by 1983 there were 3,000 of the breed , including 400 milk-recorded cows , and a successful conservation programme was under way . |
| 14 | The total annual operating budget of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme was under US$136,000 . |
| 15 | The building , a powerful monument to the Cold War between East and West , is now owned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and used as a BBC World Service relay station , staffed by just four employees.It is not within the 1,560 acre property purchased by the National Trust.Merlin Waterson , the Trust 's regional director , who accompanied yesterday 's visit by ferry from Orford Quay , said a study was under way into which of the buildings should be preserved . |
| 16 | The study was under the general direction of one author ( ALB ) with the assistance of three regional chairmen ( RA , MC , HG ) and 40 local medical supervisors . |
| 17 | In later years the dry dock was under the control of Marr & Co. but following the building of the new bridge at Bernard Street , only small vessels and yachts could pass under the bridge and reach the dock . |
| 18 | The giant Barlaston complex was under construction during the war years , and great measures were taken to protect the factory , parts of which were used to make aircraft rivets for Hawker Siddeley . |
| 19 | The freeboard , when the boat was under this load , was not to be less than 16in amidships and 22. ½ at bow ends . |
| 20 | When the boat was under way she looked back and there were the children running in the dunes , waving to her like children anywhere . |
| 21 | The sergeant sometimes forgot how sensitive to criticism the superintendent was under her carapace of self-confidence . |
| 22 | IF THE INDUSTRY was under pressure , the poor old motorist was n't getting off lightly . |
| 23 | Throughout its period of occupation , the region 's wine industry was under the control of a Rhineland wine-maker , Herr Klaebisch , who assumed the title of Führer of Champagne . |
| 24 | Keeble ( 1980 ) had included this variable as a proxy for ‘ the restructuring hypothesis ’ , by which he meant the argument that the real reason for decentralization was that manufacturing industry was under pressure to cut costs and had changed location in a search for cheaper , ‘ green ’ labour . |
| 25 | A further refinement was that the entrance to the town 's harbour was under the furthest-out of the bridges , so that entry and exit thereto could be denied at any time by the castle 's occupants , with a great boom to be lowered . |
| 26 | Her mouth was under his , her lips parting beneath the flickering ecstasy of his tongue . |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman was critical of the way they had done that as a result of the orders while the review was under way . |
| 28 | The defence has also succeeded where the employee was under no pressure to take a particular risk but deliberately chose a dangerous method of working . |
| 29 | Although there was an express clause in the employment contract by which the employee was under a duty " to promote , extend and develop the interests of the company " the court would clearly have reached the same conclusion on the basis of the implied duty of fidelity . |
| 30 | A state entrance was under a porte-cochère on the Downing Street side which led to the suite of reception rooms occupying the entire first floor of the northern wing . |