Example sentences of "[prep] [be] under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Jeffrey , 50 , Charles Smith , 50 , and Kevin Thorn , 33 , were arrested in November 1990 after being under surveillance for several months . |
| 2 | Before attempting to set out an approach to disruptive pupils , I believe it is important to preface the debate with a general comment on education — first , because the nature of the topic can generate emotions that lead to a distortion of the author 's overall perspective , and second , while I am critical of many educational responses to disruptive pupils I do not wish to add to teachers ' feelings of being under siege . |
| 3 | The Old Testament bears frequent witness to Israel 's sense of being under attack from her God , and being brought by him to the verge of extinction . |
| 4 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |
| 5 | I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire . |
| 6 | They also beat West Ham in the Zenith Data Systems Cup and never gave up the belief that despite being under pressure they could record a third victory last night . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's like being under fire in war . |
| 8 | The US Navy , despite the episode involving the Stark and another in which the USS Vincennes , believing herself to be under air attack , released the missile that shot down an Iran Air Airbus , had the satisfaction of catching an Iranian makeshift mine-layer , the Iran Ajr , with its mines on board , and confiscated both ship and cargo . |
| 9 | Some achieved increased personal awareness through self-examination ; others felt their values to be under attack . |
| 10 | The aria ‘ He was despised ’ can be quite a drag in the wrong hands , but she succeeds in making it one of the highpoints of the Oratorio , even though she appears to be under attack from a boa constrictor half way through . |
| 11 | If it feels pain , it considers itself to be under attack . |
| 12 | The general tenor of Humani Generis was a reaffirmation of a whole string of Catholic doctrines that Pius or his advisers believed to be under attack , including the existence of angels , transubstantiation , the value of Thomism as the Church 's philosophy , and the centrality of tradition . |
| 13 | A problem arises when a person makes a mistake about the circumstances by which he is confronted and supposes himself to be under attack when in truth he is not . |
| 14 | This reasoning applies where a person goes to the aid of another whom he believes to be under attack . |
| 15 | Suddenly the tocsin sounds , proclaiming the greatest fortress in the realm to be under attack . ’ |
| 16 | There was a lot of activity around the orchard as we arrived back at H.Q The sniping had increased and a mortar attack seemed to be under way . |
| 17 | Even highly conservative scientists became concerned that some large-scale change to ecosystems in industrialised countries seemed to be under way . |
| 18 | A major reshuffle in the armed forces appeared to be under way in November in the aftermath of the 14th congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) held in October [ see pp. 39126-27 ] . |
| 19 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 20 | In 1989 Gray had been reported to be under FBI investigation concerning alleged payroll padding . |
| 21 | One option believed to be under consideration by GEC would be to form its own partnership with British Aerospace , but MoD sources say this would be unlikely to overcome its fundamental objections to GEC 's involvement . |
| 22 | According to Dr Moore , speech recognition could be an important feature of future aircraft and it is believed to be under consideration for the European Fighter Aircraft . |
| 23 | And Dicks is delighted just to be under consideration , because English League suspensions do n't count in the competition , which pits First Division clubs with those from Serie B. |
| 24 | Plans to change the definition of homelessness to rooflessness were reported to be under consideration , but when the review body reported in November 1989 no changes in either the definition or the law were recommended . |
| 25 | ‘ Nowadays sophisticated tractors need to be under cover as much as the high-tech lifeboats they serve . |
| 26 | East Germany continued to be under Stalin 's control , via Walther Ulbricht but to counter the events in West Germany , East Germany was formally declared to become the German Democratic Republic , in October 1949 . |
| 27 | This , in turn , causes the organs , the bones and , ultimately , the entire system to be under stress . |
| 28 | the system of Advisers of Studies appears to be under stress and may not be sufficiently robust to meet the demands of increasing student numbers and course complexity . |
| 29 | However , as of late March both bases were still believed to be under rebel control . |
| 30 | Between them , they have solved the problem of finding a role for an institution which a few decades ago looked to be under siege . |