Example sentences of "[noun] may be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain institutions may be under threat ( as subsequent chapters will show ) but not in a manner inconsistent with the existing political culture . |
| 2 | The historic route may be under the accountant 's scrutiny shortly : the recession in the building industry has led to a falling demand for cement and traffic is down to two or three trains per week . |
| 3 | ELECTRICITY giants Powergen say the future of a controversial coal terminal at Bootle may be under threat if proposals for new operating conditions are upheld . |
| 4 | Family property owning patterns are affected by widespread home ownership , so it is not impossible that in addition to ordinary feelings of affection , concern and duty , some carers may be under pressure to care , to save family wealth seeping out in expensive residential care fees . |
| 5 | Oxfords financial fortunes may be under scrutiny . |
| 6 | But reference to liability is valuable in that it emphasises that shareholders qua members may be under obligations to the company as well as having rights against it . |
| 7 | This is that , no matter how good any one predator 's vision may be under some conditions , it can be exceedingly poor under other conditions . |
| 8 | The box may be under the table . |
| 9 | The hearing may be under an arrangement under s.5(1) . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , there are circumstances in which an employer may be under a contractual duty to provide work . |
| 11 | For instance , an individual may be under the jurisdiction of his own laws even when in a different territory . |
| 12 | An individual may be under stress from a variety of factors , possibly both internal and external , but is able to cope and is strong enough to keep the system in balance , but only just . |
| 13 | In a monetarized regime , the individual may be under obligation to a far larger range of people than was hitherto possible , through mortgages , tax systems and so on ; but these obligations are almost entirely anonymous . |
| 14 | A release may be under seal or by accord and satisfaction . |
| 15 | This high level of divergence , together with the absence of Oct-11b from rats ( data not shown ) suggests that this gene may be under the reduced selective pressure typical of pseudogenes . |