Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been under scrutiny since they met — a considerable strain for any relationship , and doubly so for one as close as theirs . |
| 2 | So if you 've been under pressure lately , try Seven Seas Vitamin B complex , which cost £2.99 for 60 capsules or Vitalert For Stress with B-vitamins , £2.89/30 . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 4 | And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice . |
| 5 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 6 | And I said to myself , I 've been under a boss |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been under a lot of pressure recently . |
| 8 | I do n't have to go for examinations at all now , I come under , what 's it , you know my bloody pension it marvels me , I 've been under every ruddy regimental paymaster and , in the , and Scotland I think , I , I at present I 'm with one in Scotland , but eh , mucking about with |
| 9 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 10 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 11 | Contract discussions have been under way since early this year , according to West German sources . |
| 12 | ‘ We have been under enemy attack since we arrived here six days ago , with practically no sleep . |
| 13 | The finances of the betting industry have been under pressure as well . |
| 14 | Of these , coatings and electronic materials have been under pressure due to the recession in user industries such as cars , computers and construction . |
| 15 | The sale of council housing to sitting tenants is a national initiative and local authorities have been under pressure to carry it through . |
| 16 | ‘ There are times this season when we have been under pressure and coped well , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The contentious proposals have been under consideration for a number of years , says English Heritage , and are not principally attributable to its new director , the controversial Jocelyn Stevens , widely seen as a hardline , Thatcherite free marketeer . |
| 18 | The big dealers are really being hit as some have been under investigation for almost a year and have had their passports confiscated . |
| 19 | In my experience most people who suffer a myocardial infarct have been under pressure with associated exhaustion and fatigue for a prolonged period . |
| 20 | On the chalk downlands , which have been under sheep pasture ever since the Iron Age , something like the original appearance of a similar trackway has been preserved , but in the arable Midlands it must have disappeared fairly early . |
| 21 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |
| 22 | Improved sanitation , infection and vector control , betterment of nutrition , vaccinations , and maternal and child health programmes have been under the purview of local health authorities in the ministries of health . |
| 23 | The polytechnics have been under a similar financial strain . |
| 24 | … in recent weeks , Bush and Major have been under some pressure from the families of people who died at Lockerbie . |
| 25 | It may be my wish upon them , but this is the second time this year that the two regiments in which I served , the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Welsh Regiment , have been under pressure . |
| 26 | Most essential of all for the future assessment of public finance , we must establish a truly independent source of economic statistics to ensure that judgments are not distorted — as they have been under this Government , by political interference in their collection or presentation . |
| 27 | Active citizenship requires an opportunity to participate in normal patterns of life , to overcome unemployment , poverty , homelessness , create equal education and equal opportunities , and strengthen social and political rights which have been under attack . |
| 28 | ‘ Then there 's a small matter of your presence at two locations within a week which have been under police surveillance . |
| 29 | A US federal court has ordered a secondary ban on tuna imports from countries that buy the fish from Mexico and Venezuela , which have been under a US embargo since 1990 because they kill more dolphins than allowed by US law [ see ED no. 51 ] . |
| 30 | to which one might add this additional gloss , erm recently there have been under a statutory instrument which regulates er , the ca computation of court of protection costs in the event of the structure in a way differently from the traditional one and the defendants would wish to argue |