Example sentences of "under every " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Santa , I 'd like a piana or some leggo Old Red Cheeks gets snowed under every year with letters from children . |
| 2 | There is abundant evidence from every country , and under every conceivable form of government in the world , that every effort to legislate for the control of all the many aspects of human behaviour fails dismally . |
| 3 | Under every business suit there should be a pair of lobster socks — while water babies can carry their tackle in a trout bag . |
| 4 | The Perpetual movement intensely tested and proved under every possible condition throughout the world is indeed worthy of the title Swiss Chronometer , a title much coveted and jealously guarded , awarded by The Controle Official Suisse de Chronometres , only after exhaustive and rigorous tests have been completed . |
| 5 | The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function . |
| 6 | We shall look under every stone in our search for the culprit . |
| 7 | . Erm but then we slept under every hedge , I think , along the south coast , till we lost our machine guns , collected anti-tank guns , and eventually were transferred to the Royal Artillery , but still with this county pride of Devon , which I 'd never met before . |
| 8 | Translated into the context of positive political decision-making , this can be shown to mean that the only voting methods that can guarantee the existence of an equilibrium under every possible pattern of individual preferences are dictatorial ( for a precise statement , see for example Wilson , 1970 , and Kramer , 1977b ) . |
| 9 | Print-outs are provided to guests who wish to keep abreast of particular events , but should a major story break during the night , the information is slipped under every guest room door . |
| 10 | I do not believe , first , that there was any less crime under a Labour Government — in fact crime increased under every Labour Government I can remember — or , secondly , that encouraging people to better themselves , to make decisions for their lives and to improve their economic position has anything whatever to do with dishonest methods of doing just that . |
| 11 | Waiting lists have risen , as Councillor has already said , under every Labour Government , and fallen under every Conservative Government since the N H S was founded . |
| 12 | Waiting lists have risen , as Councillor has already said , under every Labour Government , and fallen under every Conservative Government since the N H S was founded . |
| 13 | Waiting lists have risen , as Councillor has already said , under every Labour Government , and fallen under every Conservative Government since the N H S was founded . |
| 14 | Waiting lists have risen , as Councillor has already said , under every Labour Government , and fallen under every Conservative Government since the N H S was founded . |
| 15 | O'Connor , jnr said ‘ I hit the ball under every tree and bush and the only thing I did not suffer was a heart attack . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't have to go for examinations at all now , I come under , what 's it , you know my bloody pension it marvels me , I 've been under every ruddy regimental paymaster and , in the , and Scotland I think , I , I at present I 'm with one in Scotland , but eh , mucking about with |
| 17 | They 've had oil exploration here for many years on a small scale , and this is the result : under every boulder , a thick coating of waste oil . |