Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ex gratia compensation schemes of this sort are attractive to governments because the identity of the beneficiaries and the amounts paid out are under their direct control . |
| 2 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 3 | The same line of attack was used against Massachusetts ; the charter had already been under examination , and in 1684 the courts ruled that Massachusetts had exceeded its authority and the charter was forfeited . |
| 4 | I had always been under the impression that home breeding was unsuccessful , until I read an account of a breeding success by a Mr. Werner Nowak of Montreal . |
| 5 | Hunt , a part-time preacher , had also been under investigation for using state-owned aircraft for profit-making preaching trips , but was understood not to have ben charged in relation to this . |
| 6 | As a result of these disputes , Charles gained possession of a number of Istrian coastal cities which had originally been under the rule of Constantinople . |
| 7 | If Pine v. Collacott itself had originally been under challenge in your Lordships ' House on the ground that in an obligatory section 7(4) case the simple requirement that the driver provide a specimen of blood without reference to the possible alternative of urine was insufficient , I should have been inclined to reject that challenge . |
| 8 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 9 | Work started on rebuilding utilities and refineries , and the government began administering the operation of the country 's ports , which had previously been under militia control . |
| 10 | Religious Affairs had previously been under the control of Lt.-Gen. |
| 11 | Pakistan had recently been under some pressure from the USA to formulate a fresh political initiative on Afghanistan . |