Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 2 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 3 | The Wackersdorf reprocessing complex had been under construction for seven years behind barricades . |
| 4 | The Reconciled Dominions had been under the control of Yzordderrex 's Autarch for over a century , and every time Godolphin returned from a trip he had new signs of unrest to report . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , he enters 1991 without an economic plan or budget ( so everyone is having to improvise with last year 's targets ) , and without a prime minister to blame for mismanagement ( Nikolai Ryzhkov , who for months had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway , had a heart attack on December 25th ) . |
| 6 | However , the allegation that Hazelwood had been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the disaster was contradicted by a number of witnesses at his trial , which opened in Anchorage , Alaska , on Jan. 29 , 1990 , after a six-month delay . |
| 7 | Bécherel had been under the command of one of his retainers , and another had been Constable of Saint-Sauveur , though in all probability he had not been involved in its surrender . |
| 8 | The formation of a Franco-German military force had been under discussion for several years , and a 4,000-strong brigade had been agreed in principle in November 1987 [ see p. 35665 ; 35913 ] and started operations in October 1990 [ see p. 38473 ] . |
| 9 | Areas around Ramallah and el-Bireh had been under curfew since the killing of a settler at the beginning of the intifada [ see pp. 35856-61 ] . |
| 10 | By contrast , the regulation of the international economy in earlier periods had been under the domination of London , pivoting around London 's capital markets and the pound sterling which acted as the main form of international money . |
| 11 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 12 | A customs officer involved in the case said Mr Bradburn had been under surveillance for weeks when he was arrested . |
| 13 | With equal determination , Annie was making it clear by chatting away happily to Ibn Fayoud and his schoolgirl friend that it would be rude to leave before the dancing had been under way for half an hour or so . |
| 14 | Kayley had been under observation by Nurse Motley and Beverley Allitt , 24 , who denies murdering four child patients and attempting to murder nine others , including Kayley , at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire in 1991 . |
| 15 | Commentators suggested that the Khmers Rouges had been under pressure from their Chinese backers to accept the Sihanouk plan . |
| 16 | Maldom Bada had been under arrest since the alleged coup attempt of October 1991 [ see p. 38519 ] and his inclusion therefore signified his political rehabilitation . |
| 17 | Even though the site is only a second option , Councillor William Bleakes urged the council 's planning committee not to allow the matter to rest , and Alderman Samuel Semple pointed out the site had been under consideration since 1976 . |
| 18 | The defence counsel , William Totten , told the High Court in Edinburgh that Storrie had been under the influence of drink and drugs at the time of the offences . |
| 19 | Gqozo later claimed that his troops had been under attack and had acted in self-defence . |
| 20 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 21 | The group had been under surveillance since arriving in Valencia from Cyprus by sea in September . |
| 22 | But his wife , who 's the Mayor of Cirencester , said her husband had been under a lot of pressure recently . |
| 23 | The powers involved were under Section 52 of the 1971 Town and Country Planning Act : however , subsequent intervention in late 1981 by the Secretary of State for the Environment appears to have prevented planners from being able to specify the nature of occupiers of new housing . |
| 24 | The Fort had been under siege by guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE — the main Tamil separatist group ) since the eruption of the recent bout of hostilities in June [ see pp. 37529-30 ; 37611 ; 37654 ] . |
| 25 | For a hundred years or so before the birth of Jesus , Palestine had been under the rule of the Romans . |
| 26 | The payments in question could be brought within the wording of Reg 20 and it followed that MGN had been under an obligation to deduct tax at source . |
| 27 | The Brigade positions had been under attack for the past four days and Nos. 3 , 4 , 6 , and 45 Royal Marine Commando had been having their share of casualties . |
| 28 | The Judge held that the prosecution had been under a duty to disclose the video whether it had been demanded or not , that the view the camera had was of an area of the club that was relevant to the res gestae , that the tape would have contained matters of relevance to the defendants and that it was wrong for the police officer to have formed the view that it was of no relevance . |
| 29 | Hitherto such bodies had been under the sway of the main committee chairman , but now they began to acquire a life of their own . |
| 30 | Ostensibly , efforts at drafting the constitution had been under way since the mid-1970s , but real progress had only become evident in mid-1990 when a first draft was published for discussion . |