Example sentences of "[noun pl] have be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The polytechnics have been under a similar financial strain . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Commentators suggested that the Khmers Rouges had been under pressure from their Chinese backers to accept the Sihanouk plan . |
| 6 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 7 | Gqozo later claimed that his troops had been under attack and had acted in self-defence . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Taylor has completed ignored the fact that Catholics have been under the jackboot of the IRA and loyalists for over 20 years and it is ridiculous to say that they have not been living in fear . ’ |
| 9 | Consequently , an active programme of asset disposals has been under way over the last year in order to reduce the group 's high level of debt , which was the result of decisions to develop new oil and gas fields over the last few years , as well as the additional debt burden inherited following the acquisition of Ultramar . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | One of the country 's tallest trees has been under the doctor . |
| 12 | Hitherto such bodies had been under the sway of the main committee chairman , but now they began to acquire a life of their own . |
| 13 | The alleged conspirators had been under surveillance by customs officers for some time before arrest . |
| 14 | Of these , coatings and electronic materials have been under pressure due to the recession in user industries such as cars , computers and construction . |
| 15 | The gunman is thought by detectives to have been under the influence of ‘ crack ’ cocaine . |
| 16 | The Poles of the Prussian marches had been under pressure to Germanise themselves for centuries . |
| 17 | Both of these measures had been under discussion for a number of years , and but for the war there is every reason to believe they would have been enacted earlier . |
| 18 | Gates had been under pressure to retire since early 1990 when a group of his officers were filmed beating a black motorist Rodney King . |
| 19 | 5–9- " There was laid on the table a minute of the Deacons ' Court of date from which it appeared that the subject of the conversion of the Schoolhouse into dwelling houses had been under consideration , and that the Court had agreed to submit the proposal to the congregation for its opinion . " |
| 20 | Lord James told the committee an extension of hours had been under consideration since the 1970s . |
| 21 | Since the massacre in Hjaleh Square , the soldiers had been under orders — from the Shah himself — to avoid bloodshed . |
| 22 | Talks had been under way since February 1991 [ see p. 38115 ] , the principal difficulties being over improved access to EC markets for eastern European agricultural products and textiles . |
| 23 | President , Congress , since nineteen seventy nine local authorities and public services have been under attack from the Tory government . |
| 24 | The sale of council housing to sitting tenants is a national initiative and local authorities have been under pressure to carry it through . |
| 25 | Contract discussions have been under way since early this year , according to West German sources . |
| 26 | The contentious proposals have been under consideration for a number of years , says English Heritage , and are not principally attributable to its new director , the controversial Jocelyn Stevens , widely seen as a hardline , Thatcherite free marketeer . |
| 27 | Improved sanitation , infection and vector control , betterment of nutrition , vaccinations , and maternal and child health programmes have been under the purview of local health authorities in the ministries of health . |
| 28 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |