Example sentences of "[been] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 2 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 3 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 4 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 5 | Contract discussions have been under way since early this year , according to West German sources . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mr Saatchi has filled the twin role of chairman and chief executive for several years , but Mr Louis-Dreyfus 's appointment is designed to bring in financial skills at a senior level at a time when the company 's business has been under pressure . |
| 8 | The Brigade positions had been under attack for the past four days and Nos. 3 , 4 , 6 , and 45 Royal Marine Commando had been having their share of casualties . |
| 9 | ‘ We have been under enemy attack since we arrived here six days ago , with practically no sleep . |
| 10 | No such co-operation was possible in the sphere of taxation , but then it never had been under the Tsars , so Bolshevik extortion seemed hardly more arbitrary than previous methods . |
| 11 | The stuff could have been under there for days , if not weeks . |
| 12 | Hounslow councillors say they had been under the impression that relations between them and the police were slowly improving , although Mr Wetzel and John Connolly , the influential chair of housing , continue to boycott the statutory police consultative group . |
| 13 | Lately Mr Kaifu has been under pressure to hand out minor cabinet posts to some young stars within the party who had been tainted by the Recruit affair . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , he enters 1991 without an economic plan or budget ( so everyone is having to improvise with last year 's targets ) , and without a prime minister to blame for mismanagement ( Nikolai Ryzhkov , who for months had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway , had a heart attack on December 25th ) . |
| 15 | Spain in particular , with its relatively large , shambling army ( a relic from the Franco era ) cut off behind the Pyrenees , has been under pressure from NATO to put more money into its air force and navy . |
| 16 | He had been under the erroneous impression that Europe was just one big common market , similar in size to the United States , operating under free trade concepts , and with common laws , rules and regulations . |
| 17 | But now he was n't making excuses , stating facts that had been under the surface all the time . |
| 18 | Jackson must 've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad . |
| 19 | How many people could have been under such a constant strain , for so long ? |
| 20 | 6d. and many would have been under the average . |
| 21 | At issue was a boundary question between Venezuela and British Guiana which had been under discussion for some time . |
| 22 | Bowlby has been under pressure ever since the Cheltenham Gold Cup , over his riding tactics on Golden Freeze , coincidentally brought down at The Chair in Thursday 's John Hughes Memorial Chase here . |
| 23 | The finances of the betting industry have been under pressure as well . |
| 24 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 25 | The first hole in one ever to be recorded at the fourth gave Jeff Sluman the early momentum and his 65 caught Lanny Wadkins , who has now been under par in seven consecutive rounds at Augusta . |
| 26 | Mr Kenneth Clarke , the new Home Secretary , was faced with demands yesterday to release from prison a campaigner for Sikh independence who has been under threat of deportation to India . |
| 27 | Breedt has been under pressure in his position but the Springbok selectors have learned from the many selection mistakes made by Pierre Berbizier with France this season . |
| 28 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 29 | The gunman is thought by detectives to have been under the influence of ‘ crack ’ cocaine . |
| 30 | The many part-time farmers in Germany had been under the same economic pressures as their counterparts in the UK in recent years . |