Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv prt] under the " in BNC.
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1 | This is a rare breed in the Massif Central , numbering only 400 by 1978 when a conservation programme was set up under the auspices of the Parc Naturel RĂ©gional des Volcans d'Auvergne . |
2 | The ministry , it declared , had been for over a generation " merely the faithful executor of the intentions " of Alexander I and Nicholas I , so that " its every action was carried out under the orders and instructions of the tsars themselves " . |
3 | The committee was set up under the terms of a voluntary agreement . |
4 | The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 . |
5 | The investigation was carried out under the Obscene Publications Act . |
6 | This authority was set up under the Medway Ports Authority Scheme of 1968 and the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973 . |
7 | This tribunal was set up under the Tribunals of Enquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 the procedure of which is designed to elicit facts . |
8 | The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated . |
9 | Her left hand was curled down under the hem of her skirt , which she 'd pulled up on that side . |
10 | THIS NEWSPAPER PHOTO WAS CUT OFF UNDER THE CHIN FOR SECURITY REASONS , SO THAT THE BRASS PATHFINDER BROOCH WAS NOT SHOWN . |
11 | The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct was set up under the Act to examine the practical way in which reform could be carried out . |
12 | The Convention was drawn up under the aegis of the Pompidou Group [ see pp. 37394 ; 35127 ] and would enter into force once ratified by three signatories . |
13 | Obviously , she thought sourly , checking to make sure that no hanky-panky was going on under the table between Piers and her , or else he was still so infatuated that he could n't bear not to look at her for too long . |
14 | A working party was set up under the auspices of the Institute of British Geographers , and their work is being expanded by support from ESRC . |
15 | During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased . |
16 | The engineering and design was carried out under the leadership of technical manager Paul de Plante and head of prototype engineering Paul Chassagne . |