Example sentences of "[is] under " in BNC.

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1 code filter this defines the security classification filter , as specified in CODE-IS under the module header keyword CLASSIFICATIONS-ARE .
2 description filter this defines the security classification filter , as specified in DESCRIPTION-IS under the module header keyword CLASSIFICATIONS-ARE .
3 By the end of the novel Jaromil has forsworn his artist friend , who is under the ban of the regime and compelled to paint by candlelight : ‘ The whole world of his pictures has been dead for years .
4 It is the specific effect this religious form has in Ireland which is under scrutiny .
5 Meanwhile , work is under way on a European Commission draft directive which could tighten up demands already implicit in UK fire safety regulations .
6 It is therefore not surprising that incidents and accidents happen when this kind of situation occurs , especially if it is during an early off-field landing when the pilot is under pressure .
7 THE New Inn at Coln St Aldwyns , Gloucestershire , is under threat again .
8 WOLVERHAMPTON 'S famous Great Western pub is under threat from a compulsory purchase order .
9 As long as your pet is under control you 're welcome to take a spin round the store .
10 It is under these conditions that the magnetometer is useful in detecting the fluctuations in the magnetic fields .
11 Europe must be a social and environmental Europe , a full-employment Europe , not a Europe divided between rich and poor as Britain is under Mrs Thatcher . ’
12 Casting doubt on the competitiveness of coal compared with other fuels , Mr Cowles warned : ‘ Coal combustion is under attack as a major contributor to pollution , acid rain and the greenhouse effect and increasing controls are likely to be imposed in this area . ’
13 ‘ Everything is under control , ’ said Major Edgardo Lopez Grimaldo , a spokesman for the PDF and a senior Noriega aide , as the rebels , in civilian dress , were led from the barracks by members of the 2000 Battalion , the general 's elite combat force .
14 The international community , which has expressed overwhelming support for President Barco 's offensive , is under pressure to be seen to be doing something to help , and quickly .
15 Preliminary research suggests that this can improve their chances of recovery , and a four-year study with 2,500 patients is under way .
16 A police search is under way for a businessman accused of attempting to export a military camera to the Soviet Union after he failed to appear for committal proceedings at Rugby Magistrates Court .
17 With the golden share intact , the company is under no immediate pressure to negotiate with the likes of GM and Ford and is likely to press for the most advantageous terms available .
18 Mr Lawson will be hard pressed to convince delegates with his perpetual refrain : that all is under control and better times are not far ahead .
19 An investigation is under way into an gas explosion at a block of flats in Dagenham , east London , in which a man died .
20 DAVID JAMES , the recently-appointed chairman of Eagle Trust which is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Squad and the West Midlands Police , has made attempts to freeze payments totalling £227,000 authorised by the previous chairman Malcolm Stockdale to John Carway , a Dublin-based financier with a record of drugs and fraud offences .
21 Exploration is under way to determine whether the life of the mine can be extended beyond the spring of 1990 .
22 But the UN is under pressure from church groups and from Swapo and other parties to keep a strong military presence beyond the six-month deadline the Security Council has decreed .
23 Meanwhile , four weeks after the St Leger was abandoned because of subsidence of the track , the future of Doncaster racecourse is under debate .
24 LWT , whose market share is under attack , may find it hard to maintain the 40 per cent return on capital that would make its share incentive scheme worthwhile to the managers .
25 Shareholders will end up with a highly leveraged vehicle — which is fine if the group is going to thrive and win its franchise , but dangerous if either the group 's stream of advertising revenue or its franchise is under threat .
26 Mr Parkinson , after devising the privatisation of the electricity industry , is under pressure to avoid creating a private monopoly with BR services .
27 A fourth bad approach is to claim that the law can not stop research or whatever is under discussion , so why try ?
28 Comparison with other advanced countries , where medical care is financed in different ways , and with the trends in this country before the National Health Service , suggests that if the forms of organisation which the National Health Service replaced had continued and developed , the quantity , quality and distribution of medical care here today would not be very substantially different from what it is under the National Health Service .
29 It creates the presumption of grievance , of remediable grievance , and instantly shifts the onus of guilt from the wrongdoer to the institution which is under attack .
30 The sovereign is under a constitutional duty to accept the advice of her ministers tendered through her chief minister so long as they command her confidence — so long , that is , as they command a majority in Parliament .
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