Example sentences of "[num] [am/are] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further eleven are under construction with a combined capacity of 11,908 MW and another eight are planned with a capacity of 10,547 MW . |
| 2 | NPAs can only negotiate voluntary management agreements with compensation to prevent environmentally damaging schemes from proceeding ; in 1984 , Snowdonia has objected to 3 schemes ; 2 are under negotiation for agreement and 1 is likely to go to the Minister . |
| 3 | More than 7,000 rail jobs have been lost this year and 20,000 are under threat , according to the union , which last organised a series of one-day strikes , over pay , in 1989 . |
| 4 | A total of 123 estuaries were surveyed , of which 80 are under threat , with 30 facing imminent irreparable damage from port and industrial expansion , new marinas , tidal barrages , land reclamation , pollution , recreational activities and anglers . |
| 5 | A 1989 report from Washington , DC has just revealed that up to 23 per cent of young African-American men between the ages of 20 and 29 are under some kind of penal supervision . |
| 6 | One of Britain 's largest shoe companies is axing a ( 125 ) hundred and twenty five jobs and says another ( 275 ) two hundred and seventy five are under threat . |
| 7 | Two are under pressure , however , Chelsford Highland Park , where ecological objections have led to a public enquiry , and Leigh Grounds in Hampshire where the NCC refused to sell woodland lying in the centre of a proposed course . |
| 8 | In the USA , investments totalling $260 million are under way at our Ferndale , Alliance and Toledo refineries to reduce the sulphur content of diesel fuel , now required by US legislation . |
| 9 | Arrangements for the financing of the bridge beyond the end of the extended tolling period in 1996 are under consideration . |