Example sentences of "[noun sg] be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many other chemicals that act in a similar way to acyclovir are under investigation . |
| 2 | Meanwhile many studies of potential local effects of rising sea level are under way . |
| 3 | * Other British SSSIs are under threat from development plans . |
| 4 | Though the traditional pillar boxes — oval , round or octagonal — appear at the moment safe , the wall-mounted variety are under threat . |
| 5 | As Herman points out , ‘ it is possible that the ‘ incentive ’ effects of different kinds of income may be overrated if the determinants of income are under management control and management can re-arrange them to achieve a predetermined result ’ . |
| 6 | Contract negotiations with Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. for the fourth Trident submarine are under way . |
| 7 | Now experiments at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station near Aberystwyth on the Cardigan Bay coast are under way to find which strain of millet can best withstand the intense heat . |
| 8 | Perhaps , for reasons we do not understand , the patterns of interconnections in the smell-brain are under a more versatile system of genetic control , and this allowed the rapid evolution of the neocortex , facilitating the neopallial explosion . |
| 9 | Databases for the Conifer Conservation Programme are under investigation . |
| 10 | Four miles of border fence are under construction at San Luis , Arizona , and fences are planned for Nogales ( sister city of Nogales , Sonora ) and in the small town of Naco . |
| 11 | I suspect that people who work in the industry are under no illusions . |
| 12 | The Carrier contracts for itself and as agent of and trustee for its servants and agents and all other carriers referred to in ( 2 ) above and such other carrier 's servants and agents and every reference in Conditions 3–17 inclusive hereof to ‘ The Carrier ’ shall be deemed to include every such other carrier , servant and agent with the intention that they shall have the benefit of the Contract and collectively and together with the Carrier be under no greater liability to the Trader or any other party than is the Carrier hereunder . |
| 13 | Aspects of the military aid programme were under discussion in the State Department : |
| 14 | If the free gift is supplied as a genuine gift without the transferee being under any obligation to do anything , there will be no contractual relationship between the transferor and transferee . |
| 15 | The entrance to Pennistons Court was through an opening between the Burdens and the next cottage which was occupied by the Stanford family — the court entrance being under some of Burden 's bedrooms . |
| 16 | The Maastricht deal is under threat as Premier John Major struggles to get agreement on a series of deals . |
| 17 | In London it has already sold out and a second print-run is under way . |
| 18 | It is at this moment that the question arises — is the victim who sustains the harm someone the defendant is under a duty not to harm ? |
| 19 | Where the defendant is under disability , a plaintiff may not enter judgment on an admission unless there is a guardian ad litem or steps are taken to appoint a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6(1) , but see Ord 10 , r 8 ) . |
| 20 | However , where payment in was made in the case of a liquidated claim within fourteen days of service together with appropriate summons costs ( Ord 38 , r 4 ) the defendant is under no further liability for costs unless the court so orders ( Ord 11 , r 3(4) ) . |
| 21 | The Evans and Wellcome vaccines , together with sterile injectables and branded pharmaceuticals , are now traded under the Evans Medical name from Speke , where a three-year £11m investment programme is under way . |
| 22 | In 1979 there were about 3,500 registered SKB cows but today there are about 2,600 controlled cows , only a few hundred of which are really pure ( i.e. with less than 6.25 per cent foreign blood ) ; a rescue programme is under way and there is plenty of banked frozen semen . |
| 23 | ‘ A £4 million manufacturing investment programme is under way for 1993 and the project engineering team is actively involved with production management and methods engineering in ensuring that the Group has the best available machines and equipment , all operating at maximum efficiency and quality of output , ’ said Phil Richens , department manager . |
| 24 | In addition , a massive development programme is under way to produce the first large , LCD HDTV screens . |
| 25 | In Africa the medical faculties at Harare , Makerere , and Western Cape are recent converts to problem-based medical education , and it is ironic that the advice of Moi University faculty staff is being widely sought outside Kenya at the very moment that their own programme is under attack from within the country . |
| 26 | On the coast , a public education programme is under way to alert villagers to the manatee 's plight . |
| 27 | Such a programme is under way and consists basically of the establishment of a memorial air museum at Air Force er a procurement of a B-Seventeen G , which has already been done , a flyable B-Seventeen G and the establishment of a foundation . |
| 28 | A police search is under way for a businessman accused of attempting to export a military camera to the Soviet Union after he failed to appear for committal proceedings at Rugby Magistrates Court . |
| 29 | A SEARCH is under way for the two-man crew of a light aircraft after wreckage of the single-engined Grob , which had been missing for 24 hours , was found beside Loch Muick , near Ballater , Grampian . |
| 30 | A nationwide search is under way after a fourteen-year-old who 's been arrested thirty-five times ran away afer a court appearance . |