Example sentences of "[noun sg] was under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1857 , Reading police force was under the auspices of Chief Constable Henry Peck , a man who played it strictly by the rule book . |
| 2 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 3 | In later years the dry dock was under the control of Marr & Co. but following the building of the new bridge at Bernard Street , only small vessels and yachts could pass under the bridge and reach the dock . |
| 4 | Throughout its period of occupation , the region 's wine industry was under the control of a Rhineland wine-maker , Herr Klaebisch , who assumed the title of Führer of Champagne . |
| 5 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 6 | Hutchinson 's first official work was under the navy and customs committee of the Long Parliament ; by 1645 he was acting as Vane 's deputy in the very important post of navy treasurer . |
| 7 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 8 | However , Stevenage — within Hertfordshire — still had ‘ new town ’ status at this time and development in the town was under the control of the Stevenage Development Corporation ( now transferred to the Commission for the New Towns ) . |
| 9 | Jotan moved so that the tip of the sword was under the dwarf 's chin , forcing it up . |
| 10 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 11 | Her voice was muffled because her head was under the bed , still shoe-hunting . |
| 12 | My own service was under the impression that it had the huntin' and shootin' rights in this country . |
| 13 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 14 | The central reception and dining area was under the shelter of a huge ‘ banyan ’ tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground like fronds . |
| 15 | This area was under the sea . |
| 16 | The dog was under the kitchen table , gobbling scraps of meat given to him by Mrs Elswick , busy at the stove . |
| 17 | The entire labour movement was under the control of " social fascism " . |
| 18 | The school-hole was under the floor of the old shed with ‘ Canteen ’ on the door . |
| 19 | Despite the desire to maintain secrecy , the entire operation was under the scrutiny of local citizens in the area , many of whom stayed for hours to witness the spectacle . |
| 20 | Much of the post-war rise in social research into ageing and employment was under the auspices of the Nuffield Foundation . |
| 21 | The north east was under the control of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( ‘ S.S.D.F. ’ ) group . |
| 22 | The book was under the bench on one side of the shed . |
| 23 | But my doctor was under the procession , oh yo you 've you 've plenty of time yet , you 've years to come because of all this idea of how much it was going to cost to go on to do other |
| 24 | Thereafter Offa assumed direct rule of Hwiccian territory in the 780s , and by the 790s the province was under the command of an individual known simply as dux ( CS 272 , 273 : S 146 ) , but it is worth emphasizing how long this process took . |
| 25 | On June 1 President Ranasinghe Premadasa had held talks with LTTE leaders in Colombo , and on June 6 the government conceded a key LTTE demand , announcing that it would dissolve the North-Eastern Provincial Council ( elected in late 1988 , when the province was under the control of Indian troops , and in the face of an LTTE election boycott — see p. 37007 ) and hold fresh elections . |
| 26 | They believed that the land was under the care and guardianship of the people who used it and lived on it . |
| 27 | And when the Irish Free State did emerge in 1921 , practically the entire school system was under the control of the churches . |
| 28 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
| 29 | Where the victim was under the age of consent , the prosecution would frequently charge the defendant with buggery or indecent assault to avoid the burden of proving lack of consent . |
| 30 | The rest of the market was under the BZW whip . |