Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] under [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood .
2 The late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed and throwing on a voluminous dressing-robe in order to prepare suitable accommodation — on a night such as this , moreover , when all a body wanted was to curl up under the quilt and hide from the horrors outside .
3 Trading was carried out under a barter system — two blankets for a cow , and so on .
4 The engineering and design was carried out under the leadership of technical manager Paul de Plante and head of prototype engineering Paul Chassagne .
5 Of course the low percentage achievement does in part reflect the very high targets that were set as the plan was revised upwards during the course of the period , and it was carried out under the slogan of ‘ the five year plan in four years ’ .
6 The renovation , which was carried out under the direction of an architect.who lived on Strand-on-the-Green , received a Times-R.I.C.S .
7 This view was subsequently confirmed by a thorough review of the operation requirement which was carried out under the direction of the four chiefs of defence staff .
8 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 " .
9 Nina was curled up under a bed upstairs .
10 Her left hand was curled down under the hem of her skirt , which she 'd pulled up on that side .
11 The youngest , perhaps only eight , was bowed down under the weight of an M-16 rifle .
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 More importantly , it reflects his laconic style , and what was going on under the surface :
14 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 .
15 He was calming down under the influence of Tweed 's self-controlled personality , his off-hand way of talking .
16 A man who nearly died when he was dragged along under a car for a quarter of a mile says he hopes to be leaving hospital soon .
17 Something was moving around under the floorboards .
18 Now she jabbed the toe of her smart Italian shoe in the dog , who was snuffling about under the table .
19 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 .
20 In 1970 the Committee on Safety of Medicines was set up under the Act and began work in the following year … with the purpose of ‘ a. giving advice with respect to safety , quality and efficacy in relation to human use of any substance or article ( not being an instrument apparatus or appliance ) to which any provision of the Act is applicable and b. promoting the collection and investigation of information relating to adverse reaction for the purpose of enabling such advice to be given . ’
21 This tribunal was set up under the Tribunals of Enquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 the procedure of which is designed to elicit facts .
22 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 Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne .
23 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 .
24 A system of self-regulatory organisations ( SROs ) was set up under the auspices of the DTI and the Securities and Investments Board , the latter set up to authorise the SROs and oversee their operations .
25 Its London frontbenchers work as a team , backed by a campaign committee which was set up under the chairmanship of the shadow Commons leader , Jack Cunningham , after bad local-election results in London a year ago — and which produced the London manifesto .
26 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 .
27 The Legal Academics Committee was set up under the chairmanship of QC , by the Professional Standards Committee and the JRC in November 1991 .
28 The organization was set up under the influence of the Salvadorean Communist Party , but accepted members who were not affiliated .
29 This authority was set up under the Medway Ports Authority Scheme of 1968 and the Medway Ports Authority Act 1973 .
30 The committee was set up under the terms of a voluntary agreement .
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