Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackson must 've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad . |
| 2 | The stuff could have been under there for days , if not weeks . |
| 3 | How many people could have been under such a constant strain , for so long ? |
| 4 | 6d. and many would have been under the average . |
| 5 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 6 | Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ? |
| 7 | When the democratic French governments of the inter-war period ignored Le Corbusier 's scheme for demolishing most of Paris in favour of his own grandiose plan of urban renewal , the architect turned his thoughts to how much better his fate would have been under an absolute monarch like Louis XIV : ‘ Homage to a great town planner . |
| 8 | On a further appeal to the Privy Council the Board held that , if jurisdiction existed at all , it must have been under a section of the relevant Bahamas legislation ( section 23 of the Court of Appeal Act ( Statute Law of the Bahama Islands , 1965 rev. , c. 34 ) ) which provided : |
| 9 | Output is accordingly lower than it would have been under conditions of perfect competition , and resources are diverted to alternative , less valuable uses . |
| 10 | 1-2-3 release 3.4 for DOS makes nothing easier than it would have been under Windows , but even the Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows version needs a major overhaul before many folk will take it seriously . |
| 11 | Nizan could have been under no illusions as to the fate of those who were perceived as traitors to the party . |
| 12 | Damage whilst on other premises is now covered , but would not have been under the previous Engineering policy . |
| 13 | ‘ I believe you may have been under the influence . ’ |
| 14 | ( e ) The charge should have been under s.15 of the Act , obtaining property by deception . |
| 15 | One in three householders believed bills were less than they would have been under the existing system ( of flat-rate charges ) , nearly one in five said bills were about the same , while more than one in three said they were higher . |
| 16 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 17 | You know , it is a pressure job and Terry must have been under pressure today because if we 'd have beaten them , then you know their season would have crumbled . |