Example sentences of "[pron] have be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the chalk downlands , which have been under sheep pasture ever since the Iron Age , something like the original appearance of a similar trackway has been preserved , but in the arable Midlands it must have disappeared fairly early . |
| 2 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |
| 3 | Active citizenship requires an opportunity to participate in normal patterns of life , to overcome unemployment , poverty , homelessness , create equal education and equal opportunities , and strengthen social and political rights which have been under attack . |
| 4 | ‘ Then there 's a small matter of your presence at two locations within a week which have been under police surveillance . |
| 5 | A US federal court has ordered a secondary ban on tuna imports from countries that buy the fish from Mexico and Venezuela , which have been under a US embargo since 1990 because they kill more dolphins than allowed by US law [ see ED no. 51 ] . |
| 6 | They were greeted by a rousing reception from the town 's starving inhabitants , who have been under siege since the war erupted 11 months ago . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been under enemy attack since we arrived here six days ago , with practically no sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ There are times this season when we have been under pressure and coped well , ’ he said . |
| 9 | to which one might add this additional gloss , erm recently there have been under a statutory instrument which regulates er , the ca computation of court of protection costs in the event of the structure in a way differently from the traditional one and the defendants would wish to argue |
| 10 | Most essential of all for the future assessment of public finance , we must establish a truly independent source of economic statistics to ensure that judgments are not distorted — as they have been under this Government , by political interference in their collection or presentation . |