Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Government should be under no illusion about our preparedness to see this dispute through , ’ he said , adding there would be no threat to emergency services . |
| 2 | Your hands should be under your thighs . |
| 3 | Our kings and emperors , who take the place of the almighty ruler in this world , are set above all other pastors ; and it is entirely incongruous that those whom Christ , mindful of his flock , has constituted princes of this earth [ i.e. bishops ] , should be under the dominion of any but those who excel all mortals by the blessing of God and the glory of their crown . |
| 4 | No-one , though , should be under any illusions as to how difficult it is going to be . |
| 5 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 6 | The Royal Commission thought that the police should be under a duty to inform detainees . |
| 7 | This suggests that to the criteria for trust wording a further one should be added : that the words be not only ‘ mediate ’ ( in the sense that they do not attribute property directly to the beneficiary ) but that they should also unequivocally attest the testator 's intention that a trustee should be under a legal obligation to a beneficiary . |
| 8 | If pulses ( the bean family ) are combined with nuts and grains , or seeds ( sunflower , pumpkin , sesame , etc. ) then the body should be under no risk of protein deficiency . |
| 9 | This is as it should be under the constitution of the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | I do not feel that any harm will come to those people who experience spontaneous regression in such a way , as any group involved in the higher levels of meditation should be under the control of a qualified and experienced teacher or leader who will be on hand to control the situation and to help should the pupil find himself in emotional difficulty . |
| 11 | But nobody should be under the illusion that it is likely to solve any problems . |
| 12 | It does seem odd that this fairly sophisticated sander should be under the d-i-y Black & Decker brand , and not the company 's professional Proline flag . |
| 13 | Perhaps a satisfactory solution would be that a signatory State should be under an obligation to publicise a positive decision not to ratify a treaty . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the situation between the government , the union and the Shipowners ' Federation had proceeded almost to the point of agreement in principle on a National Maritime Board and a proposal from Havelock Wilson that a single source of supply of seamen should be under the joint control of the Federation and the union , though formal acceptance and drafting problems remained ; so did the Liverpool revolt . |
| 15 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 16 | I say the churches belong with the land , and all should be under Durham and York . ’ |
| 17 | There is no necessity for the agreement for lease to be under seal as the promise to grant and accept the lease will be adequate consideration , and although it is suggested that the agreement should be under seal if one or more of the parties is a company ( to secure the presumption of due execution ) in practice this is not usually done . |
| 18 | In the five years since this judgment , Parliament has shown little interest , although the Labour Party has endorsed a proposal that those in the distribution business should be under a legal obligation to supply any publication requested by their customers — a reform which would require abolition of the rule that distributors can be held responsible for particular defamations of which they have no knowledge but which are nonetheless contained in libel-prone publications . |
| 19 | Erm but it it 's not just the views of the settlement which I think should be under consideration here . |
| 20 | That sort of decision should be under some sort of democratic decision making ability . |
| 21 | We have established that for pitch differences to be linguistically significant , it is a necessary condition that they should be under the speaker 's control . |
| 22 | President we should be under no illusion that this reactionary government will continue to attack local government to attack local to attack local government our public services are at the mercy of the fast-buck merchants within the private contractors who are bidding for council services . |
| 23 | Manu , the famous ancient Hindu law-giver , said that in her childhood the woman must be under the control of her father ; in her adult life she must be under her husband 's control and in her old age her son must control her . |
| 24 | Manu , the famous ancient Hindu law-giver , said that in her childhood the woman must be under the control of her father ; in her adult life she must be under her husband 's control and in her old age her son must control her . |
| 25 | Whatever you do next , by way of confronting the parent involved , must be under the influence of the fifth commandment , ‘ Honour your father and your mother ’ , and Ephesians 4:15 , ‘ speaking the truth in love ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I know Graham Taylor must be under pressure — but then I 'm under pressure . ’ |
| 27 | Because the hot gas is pervasive , cooler gas embedded in it must be under the same high pressure . |
| 28 | Even if such feelings and judgements are not disreputable in themselves , they must be under the firm guidance of respect for sheer duty . |
| 29 | We must be under a flight path . |
| 30 | It is almost another term for memory , but recall must be under control and should also be " instant " . |