Example sentences of "[been] put under " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accepted they had thought the flat was empty and had been put under pressure by Allen to start the fire by squirting petrol through the letterbox . |
| 2 | Its research institutes in Ulm , Berlin and Frankfurt have been put under the centralised control of the Daimler holding company in Stuttgart . |
| 3 | The covered market which was situated on the corner of Chiswick High Road and Linden Gardens since the open market on that south side of the High Road had been put under its cover , was not popular and , in 1937 , it was closed and the site used for a new Station for Ambulances and Fire-Engines . |
| 4 | He had been put under the tutelage of Sergeant Bragg , a great bear of a man , a man whose principles would not allow him to stoop to the self-serving tactics of his superiors . |
| 5 | It is believed that chimpanzee colonies in Western Africa have been put under severe strain by live export trade for medical research . |
| 6 | The washing machine and tumble dryer have been put under the sink temporarily , but will be moved downstairs into the basement utility room as soon as it 's finished . |
| 7 | In the past , chartered accountants have also been able to charge higher rates because of their qualification , but this premium has been put under increasing pressure at the smaller end of the market because of the recession . |
| 8 | Near Moscow many unnecessary objects of olden times have been put under restoration orders . |
| 9 | The funds of the NHS have been put under further strain , in addition to the pressures of rising demand , by a number of other factors . |
| 10 | The voters had been put under ‘ enormous pressure ’ by politicians , the media and the business community , and they would regret yielding to their advice . |
| 11 | ‘ Black people in America and internationally within the last 500 years have been put under what I call a policed state , ’ comments Singleton . |
| 12 | In the twentieth century , much of this open country has been put under another alien regime — huge shrouds of conifers that during the 1980s gave tax relief to absentee entrepreneurs and speculators . |
| 13 | She reported that her supper had been a few broad beans swimming in oil , that the bread was stale and that she had been put under a woman who did n't know starch from steam . |
| 14 | Mussolini 's visit passed off without incident , mainly because many people suspected of anti-Fascist sentiments had been put under arrest and because there were large numbers of security men mingling with the crowds . |
| 15 | John has been put under psychologist because he was slow at school right ? |
| 16 | On Nov. 10 a police statement said that " all sensitive install-ations " in the country had been put under 24-hour guard . |
| 17 | To often we have heard of buildings that have been put under capital expenditure and then the revenue has not been available for their use . |
| 18 | An entire town centre has been put under surveillance by nearly a hundred video cameras , in the battle against crime . |
| 19 | He was acquitted on all counts after the court heard the boy in question , by then a young man , had been put under pressure to testify by the FBI and the district attorney . |
| 20 | He insisted that there was no fundamental change in the view the British public took of the monarchy and that the Queen had not been put under pressure by the Government to pay taxes but had volunteered . |
| 21 | Cllr Murphy told The Scotsman : ‘ Councillors have told me that they have been put under pressure when short-leeting . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could ‘ name names ’ and that elected members had told him that they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |
| 23 | Mr Murphy , who works for the housing department as a caretaker for a group of flats in Coatbridge and is a shop steward for the National Union of Public Employees , said at the time that he could name names and that elected members had told him they had been put under pressure when short-leeting jobs . |