Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [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 | Meanwhile the situation between the government , the union and the Shipowners ' Federation had proceeded almost to the point of agreement in principle on a National Maritime Board and a proposal from Havelock Wilson that a single source of supply of seamen should be under the joint control of the Federation and the union , though formal acceptance and drafting problems remained ; so did the Liverpool revolt . |
| 3 | Both parties would be under pressure to drop some of their most cherished celebrities . |
| 4 | Announcing " the end of the waste society " , Environment Minister Klaus Topfler said that the move would be implemented in three stages , as follows : , From 1 December 1991 , all external packaging used for transporting products must be recycled ; , from 1 April 1992 , shops will be under an obligation to re-use or recycle all packaging returned to them by consumers ; , from 1 January 1993 , there will be compulsory recycling of all bottles and containers for detergents and other household cleaning products . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the articles of association of the company concerned must contain a clause equivalent to a requirement that the directors shall be under a duty to ensure that the company conducts any surveying business in accordance with the Rules of Conduct . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're my best mate , you are — I mean man I love you — Come and stay whenever — Come and live with me — if I 'm not there the keys will be under the dustbin . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Oxfords financial fortunes may be under scrutiny . |
| 9 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 10 | Whether these figures could be under siege may depend on the weather . |
| 11 | While Madge does not claim this guide is infallible nor that the list is complete , she does argue that these items in ‘ an alphabet of risk ’ both singly and cumulatively help to establish the probability that individual families will be under stress . |
| 12 | There is also something disingenuous about it , since by setting language up as a thing , a monolith , it stops us asking whose words , images and traditions will be under attack if the conventions are changed . |
| 13 | On the day of the removal , board any pets with friends for the day , it is too upsetting for them and , anyway , dogs and cats might be under your feet . |
| 14 | The sharpest contrast is with migrants who have brought with them the expectation that sons will bring their wives into the homes of their parents , where in some sense the wives will be under the authority of their mothers-in-law . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Now with the absence of the Iraqi air force , are they being held back until we have lost sufficient aircraft , and with no back up aircraft , and erm then we will our erm airforce and our land forces will be under attack from the Iraqis and the war will be a prolonged war . |
| 17 | ‘ District health authorities will be under a duty to ensure that demands for both acute and community health care are adequately met , and their performance in discharging this vital function will be monitored . ’ |
| 18 | The Royal Commission thought that the police should be under a duty to inform detainees . |
| 19 | Your hands should be under your thighs . |
| 20 | International issues could be under the aegis of a separately elected British Parliament which would replace the House of Lords . |
| 21 | She might , however , be unable to halt the investigative process even if she wanted to because the police would be under a duty thoroughly to investigate the complaint . |
| 22 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 23 | ULSTER cattle herds could be under threat from ‘ imported ’ bovine diseases which may not show themselves for several years . |
| 24 | But the Irish ministers will be under pressure to obtain greater concessions . |
| 25 | While the report does not specifically link the disaster with cuts in government funds , ministers will be under pressure to demonstrate that safety is not being impaired by tight cash limits . |
| 26 | Yet on very busy days the students will be under stress and unable to concentrate on learning new skills . |
| 27 | In future students will be under the control of the Education rather than the Service side , and will only make a service contribution of 20 per cent of the student 's time ( approximately 6 months of the 3 year period ) . |
| 28 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 29 | JOBS could be under threat at a NorthEast cigarette factory if Labour comes to power and bans tobacco advertising , a company chairman has warned . |
| 30 | A private limited company has the following clause in its Articles of Association concerning the issue of share capital : ‘ The shares shall be under the control of the directors , who may allot and dispose of or grant options over the same to such persons on such terms , and in such a manner as they think fit . ’ |