Example sentences of "[adv] [been] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently such services have only been under the administration of health authorities for a short while . |
| 2 | This is a much older problem and one which precedes the rise of environmentalism , because in addition to the environmental lobby the exclusive rights of the farmer have long been under threat from another source — the massed ranks of the urban population , intent on using the countryside as a source of recreation and determined to gain access to what they consider to be semi-public territory . |
| 3 | But the essence of re-engineering — taking a strategic view of the component functions of a business , stripping some out and streamlining others with inter-disciplinary teams and more effective use of technology — has long been under way in a number of companies . |
| 4 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 5 | She 's obviously been under a tremendous strain over the last few months and she needs my help . ’ |
| 6 | The same line of attack was used against Massachusetts ; the charter had already been under examination , and in 1684 the courts ruled that Massachusetts had exceeded its authority and the charter was forfeited . |
| 7 | I had always been under the impression that home breeding was unsuccessful , until I read an account of a breeding success by a Mr. Werner Nowak of Montreal . |
| 8 | ‘ And for all the way she bullied other people , she 's always been under that fellow 's thumb and so has Dympna . ’ |
| 9 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 10 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 11 | Hunt , a part-time preacher , had also been under investigation for using state-owned aircraft for profit-making preaching trips , but was understood not to have ben charged in relation to this . |
| 12 | The first hole in one ever to be recorded at the fourth gave Jeff Sluman the early momentum and his 65 caught Lanny Wadkins , who has now been under par in seven consecutive rounds at Augusta . |
| 13 | As a result of these disputes , Charles gained possession of a number of Istrian coastal cities which had originally been under the rule of Constantinople . |
| 14 | If Pine v. Collacott itself had originally been under challenge in your Lordships ' House on the ground that in an obligatory section 7(4) case the simple requirement that the driver provide a specimen of blood without reference to the possible alternative of urine was insufficient , I should have been inclined to reject that challenge . |
| 15 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 16 | The State of Qatar became independent in 1971 , having previously been under United Kingdom protection . |
| 17 | Work started on rebuilding utilities and refineries , and the government began administering the operation of the country 's ports , which had previously been under militia control . |
| 18 | Religious Affairs had previously been under the control of Lt.-Gen. |
| 19 | Rodrigo raised his standard at Juballa , a strong castle on the borders of Valencia , and from there began to raise an army to reconquer the city which had so recently been under his command . |
| 20 | Pakistan had recently been under some pressure from the USA to formulate a fresh political initiative on Afghanistan . |