Example sentences of "we [am/are] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , ’ said Bramble wearily , ‘ that we are under siege from the great detectives . |
| 2 | We are under no pressure to do anything immediately . |
| 3 | If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater . |
| 4 | I think it is very important that people should see that we are under Cabinet government . |
| 5 | We are under the illusion that motivation ends without desire , but this is not so . |
| 6 | We all know that we are under the microscope after various events in the past , but I think we can control ourselves ’ . |
| 7 | We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh , but we are under house arrest . |
| 8 | A patrol car spots us and its occupants make it clear we are under observation . |
| 9 | ‘ We are under instruction not to confirm or deny anything , ’ she said . |
| 10 | The contradictions remain but they only become tension and conflict when we are under pressure to perform more than one role at a time . |
| 11 | We must learn to see our anxiety symptoms as signals that we are under stress and learn to cope with and control these signals through our efforts and not simply mask or try to ignore them with tranquillizers . |
| 12 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’ |
| 14 | Although we are convinced we are under no ob ] igation to make additional payments which you ask , we are prepared as you demand in your telex of the 26th June , 1973 , and in order to maintain an amicable relationship and without prejudice to our rights , to make an increase of 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Concede goals on the break and seem incapable of surviving the few moments in a match that we are under pressure . |
| 16 | Mr Wallace , based at the Granada headquarters in Bedford , said : ‘ Like a lot of businesses , we are under pressure at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | Referring to the current recession , Mr Wallace said : ‘ Like at lot of other businesses we are under pressure at the moment . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're under the Clyde now , ’ he cast an intellectual eye at the roof of the carriage . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're under attack , ’ Defries said . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're under attack and we 're a hundred metres up . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not really worried about it to be honest I 'm not worried about any of them , I thought I would actually be erm I 'm actually , we 're under a lot of pressure at the moment but I 'm not actually , usually when I 'm like that it 's all gone I tend to say well forget about it and you know run away from it kind of thing , |
| 22 | We 're under no obligation to put on a show for other people 's benefit . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We made love , but life will carry on , and while we 're under the same roof I think a verbal truce is in order . ’ |
| 24 | First I make the mistake of falling in love with this man who probably wo n't remember what I look like the minute I leave this place , even though he 's not averse to the idea of making love to me while we 're under the same roof . |
| 25 | We 're under attack again . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're under attack . |
| 27 | Very quick , erm for the new route to already got all his plates for Munich , erm we 're under negotiations with |
| 28 | We 're under starters orders for the National Hunt season . |
| 29 | So if they 're out of the water they die just like if we 're under the water too long we die . |
| 30 | We 're under the constant threat of job losses . |