Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] under [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cereals were stacked under the stairs , toilet paper above the door and ‘ thro' the back ’ was the repository for every shape and size of bottle . |
| 2 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 3 | A whole series of technical agreements were also signed ; these were placed under the auspices of the PICAO , and form the technical basis for all civil aviation . |
| 4 | All the shops and cafés were sheltered under the arcades , and I found I could walk almost the entire length and breadth of the village under cover . |
| 5 | Once upon a time teams from Britain and all over the world were seen under the lights . |
| 6 | The cottage estates which were built under the provisions of the Tudor-Walters Report were conceived as purely residential districts and in fact were municipal suburbs . |
| 7 | More important still were the improved techniques of mining : mines were built under the walls , shored up with timber , which was then burned so that the wall collapsed . |
| 8 | Most of the reported decisions were made under the provisions of the Act of 1972 but for convenience I shall throughout refer to the relevant provisions under the numbers of the sections and subsections as they appear in the Act of 1988 . |
| 9 | However as intra-EC trade in manufactures expanded relative to extra-trade , and as tariff rates were reduced under the auspices of GATT , and also as the EC moved towards self-sufficiency in agricultural products , this revenue from customs duties and agricultural levies was hardly buoyant . |
| 10 | Those powers were conferred under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and replaced those under the Vagrancy Act 1824 . |
| 11 | Christiansson ( 1988 ) reports that between 1973 and 1983 , 11 400 ha of land were reclaimed under the auspices of this project which includes educational projects and a policy of livestock destocking . |
| 12 | ‘ Philipson ’ side lifeguards were fitted under the platforms . |
| 13 | It should not be forgotten that only the endowed chantries were confiscated under the Chantries Act ; the guilds still continued but more as funeral clubs than intercessionary fraternities . |
| 14 | The talks were held under the auspices of the National Unification Commission , a body which had been established by presidential proclamation in early August in order to promote the new government 's policy of encouraging all insurgents to renounce armed struggle in return for an amnesty . |
| 15 | The talks were held under the auspices of the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) , which says that most of the well-known marine fish stocks are being exploited at or far beyond the limits of sustainability , largely because of the development of deep-sea fleets working far from home . |
| 16 | In addition , the case was decided under the provisions of the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 , under which reasonableness was to be assessed at the time of breach . |
| 17 | On that date , he appeared with the duty solicitor and an application was made under the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s. 142 to re-open the case so that it could be heard by different justices . |
| 18 | The amnesty covered all crimes committed to date under the country 's security and military legislation , and was agreed under the terms of the accord which committed both sides to release all but common criminals . |
| 19 | The independence ceremony was performed under the auspices of the UN , described in some reports as the " midwife " of Namibia 's independence . |
| 20 | Gossiping , it was called under the regulations . |
| 21 | Her body was found under the floorboards of her house in Oxford . |
| 22 | This problem was known under the rates as the widow factor . |
| 23 | A return to work was negotiated under the conditions prevailing before the strike had begun so the union had prevented a further round of wage reductions ; but this was achieved at such a cost as to convince the leadership of the impossibility of organizing effective strike action in agriculture . |
| 24 | A changeover switch for conduit/overhead was fixed under the stairs at each end of the car . |
| 25 | The project was run under the auspices of the International Energy Agency and sponsored by American , West German and British energy corporations and governmental bodies . |
| 26 | One of Minton 's lithographs , Jamaica , was printed under the auspices of the Artists ' International Association and sold at four guineas , with discount for schools and institutions . |
| 27 | The new government was created under the terms of a new " national charter " adopted on Feb. 28 ; the Cabinet and an advisory Council of the Republic replaced the provisional Council of State created in December . |
| 28 | She was not helped by two long delays in the first game when the ball flew out of the court and was lost under the bleachers . |
| 29 | This three-track tape was recorded under the auspices of the GDR Studios in Darlington who seem to have rounded up the Divers and pointed them in the right direction . |
| 30 | The post of Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members was established under the provisions of section 19 of the Employment Act 1988 , in order to help protect certain statutory rights of trade union members . |