Example sentences of "[noun] have come under [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lofty idea that India could endure as a secular democracy of diverse peoples had come under open attack from the Hindu chauvinists of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) . |
| 2 | Friends of Morton said : ‘ We are convinced the princess has come under unbelievable pressure to issue this statement . |
| 3 | The south east of England has come under exceptional pressure from new housing proposals . |
| 4 | A former Justice Minister who had been elected Speaker only the previous January [ see p. 36943 ] , Ninn-Hansen had come under considerable criticism for a directive which he had issued in 1988 as Justice Minister to immigration authorities to give low priority to reuniting the families of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Denmark . |
| 5 | Modern methods of livestock farming have come under severe attack since the 1989 outbreak of salmonella . |
| 6 | President Bush has come under congressional pressure to step up the sanctions . |
| 7 | But , although Marxists have been able to refute empiricist critiques of their theories by these methods , it has been the case that the original theory has come under severe strain , and this is one reason for the development of the modern structuralist approaches . |
| 8 | The Department of the Environment had come under increasing criticism for the slow progress in setting up the trust . |
| 9 | In Iran Rafsanjani had come under strong attack from Khomeini supporters who accused him of siding with America by accepting arms from the Great Satan and helping to get some of their hostages released . |
| 10 | Mobutu had come under sustained pressure to reach a power-sharing agreement with Tshisekedi , a leading figure of the opposition Democratic Union for Social Progress ( UDPS ) and in the opposition Sacred Union alliance , and his dismissal provoked renewed protests . |
| 11 | Television and media have come under increasing pressure from the government not to publicise controversies about military and security matters . |
| 12 | Membership has fallen by more than 3 million or nearly 25 percent , and traditional systems of labour organization and industrial relations have come under considerable pressure . |
| 13 | In particular employment in central and local government has come under fierce assault because of its non-market nature . |
| 14 | Open space has come under immense pressures from developments such as housing and road building , or neglected due to lack of resources . |
| 15 | This interpretation has come under severe attack from Marxists and non-Marxists in the 1970s . |
| 16 | Explain why the Keynesian model has come under increasing attack in recent years . |
| 17 | The authorities had come under growing pressure to act more vigorously against extreme right-wing organizations and activities after a hotel used as a temporary refugee centre was firebombed on Jan. 17 , the first incident of its kind in Austria . |
| 18 | Rocard had come under increasing pressure in the National Assembly ( lower house of parliament ) where he was dependent on alliances with either the right or the PCF in order to get legislation approved . |
| 19 | By the mid-century Freemasonry was strong in Austria and Bohemia , but in the 1780s its activities had come under close scrutiny from the new emperor , Joseph 11 , and the Austrian secret police . |
| 20 | The cost and efficiency of the health care system has come under increasing scrutiny and a variety of solutions have been proposed which have implications for inter-professional relations . |
| 21 | TRANSPORT Secretary John MacGregor has come under fresh pressure to reject any plans for a new motorway linking mid-Essex with the M25 . |
| 22 | This emphasis on an ‘ English ’ tradition has come under continuous attack during the last twenty years or so ; during their undergraduate training many young teachers of English will have discussed the assumptions that underlie such concern for our cultural heritage . |
| 23 | Since the mid-1960s Walcott 's views have come under fierce attack . |
| 24 | The world of analytical measurement has come under severe pressure recently , noted Worswick . |
| 25 | Mr Hawke 's handling of the dispute has come under increasing fire from business , unions and the press . |
| 26 | All forms of regulation have come under intense scrutiny in recent years . |