Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [verb] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The institutions were categorised under the Act as ‘ recognised banks ’ ( which offer a wide range of banking services and have net assets of not less than £5 million ) , and ‘ licensed deposit takers ’ ( those institutions that do not meet the requirements for recognised bank status ) . |
| 2 | Following the National Health Service Act of 1946 , all the clinics were brought under the control of the Regional Hospital Boards and the Boards of Governors of the Teaching Hospitals . |
| 3 | At the end of this adaptation phase , the subjects withdrew their hand , the metre rule was replaced , and the subjects were retested under the experimental conditions in the order B , C , A. Under each condition , both before and after the adaptation phase , the subject was required to point at each of the four targets five times with the order in which they were required to point to the targets randomised so that the subjects did not become practised by repeated measurements in the same position . |
| 4 | Yet even as North spoke , the contras were collapsing under the very impact of his half-secret operations ; and by the time of his trial , less than two years later , the new administration had turned its back on them . |
| 5 | The plates were warming under the grill . |
| 6 | The puppies were registered under the Wellwood prefix by their breeder , August Knecht , who named them Ada , Alda , Alma and Asta . |
| 7 | The talks were held under the auspices of the National Unification Commission , a body which had been established by presidential proclamation in early August in order to promote the new government 's policy of encouraging all insurgents to renounce armed struggle in return for an amnesty . |
| 8 | The talks were held under the auspices of the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) , which says that most of the well-known marine fish stocks are being exploited at or far beyond the limits of sustainability , largely because of the development of deep-sea fleets working far from home . |
| 9 | This was in a line with Halling Man on the old river bank , but sadly owing to the urgency of the work the remains were buried under the pylon . |
| 10 | The convictions were spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 . |