Example sentences of "be under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet on very busy days the students will be under stress and unable to concentrate on learning new skills . |
| 2 | This , in turn , causes the organs , the bones and , ultimately , the entire system to be under stress . |
| 3 | An individual may be under stress from a variety of factors , possibly both internal and external , but is able to cope and is strong enough to keep the system in balance , but only just . |
| 4 | While Madge does not claim this guide is infallible nor that the list is complete , she does argue that these items in ‘ an alphabet of risk ’ both singly and cumulatively help to establish the probability that individual families will be under stress . |
| 5 | She may be under stress and reacting with a tantrum . |
| 6 | the system of Advisers of Studies appears to be under stress and may not be sufficiently robust to meet the demands of increasing student numbers and course complexity . |
| 7 | Brian 'd be under stress anyway having to move that er dust extractor quickly and he 's |
| 8 | Waldron refers to a justification of property along these lines as a right-based argument for private property , which he defines as ‘ an argument which takes an individual interest to be sufficiently important in itself to justify holding others ( especially the government ) to be under duties to create , secure , maintain , or respect an institution of private property ’ . |
| 9 | There was a lot of activity around the orchard as we arrived back at H.Q The sniping had increased and a mortar attack seemed to be under way . |
| 10 | Even highly conservative scientists became concerned that some large-scale change to ecosystems in industrialised countries seemed to be under way . |
| 11 | Back in London in Shepherds Bush the celebrations would , I knew , be under way , led by my Dad , my greatest supporter . |
| 12 | On the second Tuesday there will be a drama workshop when preparations will be under way for a drama production later in the year . |
| 13 | By the time this is read the club season will be under way and we can assess how players adapt to the new laws . |
| 14 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 15 | Soon the rest of the girls would straggle in , the mail would arrive and another week would be under way . |
| 16 | A major reshuffle in the armed forces appeared to be under way in November in the aftermath of the 14th congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) held in October [ see pp. 39126-27 ] . |
| 17 | The festival would soon be under way . |
| 18 | Three points became one , but at least the faithful have something to cheer about and the revival might just be under way . |
| 19 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 20 | But , with the help of the Scottish Prison Service , an improvement in conditions for Latvia 's 8,000 prisoners could soon be under way . |
| 21 | He has been grooming his son Kim Jong-il for the succession , but the latter does not enjoy his father 's authority and a power struggle could already be under way . |
| 22 | Clearly , outright control does indeed take place , but on a day-to-day level social stability is secured largely through people feeling that they might be under scrutiny . |
| 23 | Oxfords financial fortunes may be under scrutiny . |
| 24 | One of the major features is a timber-framed house which will be under construction throughout the show , allowing visitors to see the various elements and skills involved . |
| 25 | For example , an animal may be injured and it may be under anaesthetic ; now the welfare of an individual which is under anaesthetic because of the injury — because of the damage to it or perhaps of the reduced life-expectancy — is less good than that of an individual which is not injured . |
| 26 | Some achieved increased personal awareness through self-examination ; others felt their values to be under attack . |
| 27 | The aria ‘ He was despised ’ can be quite a drag in the wrong hands , but she succeeds in making it one of the highpoints of the Oratorio , even though she appears to be under attack from a boa constrictor half way through . |
| 28 | If it feels pain , it considers itself to be under attack . |
| 29 | There is also something disingenuous about it , since by setting language up as a thing , a monolith , it stops us asking whose words , images and traditions will be under attack if the conventions are changed . |
| 30 | The general tenor of Humani Generis was a reaffirmation of a whole string of Catholic doctrines that Pius or his advisers believed to be under attack , including the existence of angels , transubstantiation , the value of Thomism as the Church 's philosophy , and the centrality of tradition . |