Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] was under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 2 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 3 | Jotan moved so that the tip of the sword was under the dwarf 's chin , forcing it up . |
| 4 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 5 | However , Stevenage — within Hertfordshire — still had ‘ new town ’ status at this time and development in the town was under the control of the Stevenage Development Corporation ( now transferred to the Commission for the New Towns ) . |
| 6 | The dog was under the kitchen table , gobbling scraps of meat given to him by Mrs Elswick , busy at the stove . |
| 7 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 8 | The school-hole was under the floor of the old shed with ‘ Canteen ’ on the door . |
| 9 | On June 1 President Ranasinghe Premadasa had held talks with LTTE leaders in Colombo , and on June 6 the government conceded a key LTTE demand , announcing that it would dissolve the North-Eastern Provincial Council ( elected in late 1988 , when the province was under the control of Indian troops , and in the face of an LTTE election boycott — see p. 37007 ) and hold fresh elections . |
| 10 | Thereafter Offa assumed direct rule of Hwiccian territory in the 780s , and by the 790s the province was under the command of an individual known simply as dux ( CS 272 , 273 : S 146 ) , but it is worth emphasizing how long this process took . |
| 11 | The book was under the bench on one side of the shed . |
| 12 | They believed that the land was under the care and guardianship of the people who used it and lived on it . |
| 13 | The rest of the market was under the BZW whip . |
| 14 | Where the victim was under the age of consent , the prosecution would frequently charge the defendant with buggery or indecent assault to avoid the burden of proving lack of consent . |