Example sentences of "[modal v] be under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but it it 's not just the views of the settlement which I think should be under consideration here . |
| 2 | I say the churches belong with the land , and all should be under Durham and York . ’ |
| 3 | There is no necessity for the agreement for lease to be under seal as the promise to grant and accept the lease will be adequate consideration , and although it is suggested that the agreement should be under seal if one or more of the parties is a company ( to secure the presumption of due execution ) in practice this is not usually done . |
| 4 | ‘ I know Graham Taylor must be under pressure — but then I 'm under pressure . ’ |
| 5 | It is almost another term for memory , but recall must be under control and should also be " instant " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 8 | I said you 'll be under cover and dry and then I said |
| 9 | ‘ She 'll be under sedation . |
| 10 | She 'll be under pressure to get married , and there 's no way I 'm going to get married again , ever . |
| 11 | But next year Glyndebourne will be closed so we 'll be under pressure to extend the season . |
| 12 | Whether these figures could be under siege may depend on the weather . |
| 13 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 14 | Jason Nicolle also won in four games , against Raymond Schaffer , but had to fight back from a game and 6-7 down in the second , and his place in the sudden-death phase at the weekend could be under threat from Parke . |
| 15 | PETER Scudamore 's seven-season monopoly on the champion jump jockeys ' title could be under threat , according to the bookies . |
| 16 | According to a report by Dr Chris Van Sway of the government funded Dutch Butterfly Foundation , the Netherlands has lost 15 of its 63 species and 10 more could be under threat . |
| 17 | ULSTER cattle herds could be under threat from ‘ imported ’ bovine diseases which may not show themselves for several years . |
| 18 | JOBS could be under threat at a NorthEast cigarette factory if Labour comes to power and bans tobacco advertising , a company chairman has warned . |
| 19 | All contemporary accounts suggest that eighteenth century seamen , brutal and violent as they could be under provocation , were hardly lacking in the capacity to organise in support of their claims , and by the standards of the day , to do so peaceably whenever the authorities kept their heads sufficiently to allow mediation to proceed . |
| 20 | Thus the father could be under pressure at 40 years of age , again at 50 years and finally at 60 years . |
| 21 | The French have just joined Russia in declaring that they will temporarily halt testing ; Boris Yeltsin could be under pressure to rescind Russia 's test ban in September if there has been no sign of flexibility from Britain and the US . |
| 22 | Brian 'd be under stress anyway having to move that er dust extractor quickly and he 's |
| 23 | Understandably , they 'd be under pressure to produce an accurate conversion ; you can almost hear them … |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She may be under stress and reacting with a tantrum . |
| 27 | But reference to liability is valuable in that it emphasises that shareholders qua members may be under obligations to the company as well as having rights against it . |
| 28 | Certain institutions may be under threat ( as subsequent chapters will show ) but not in a manner inconsistent with the existing political culture . |
| 29 | ELECTRICITY giants Powergen say the future of a controversial coal terminal at Bootle may be under threat if proposals for new operating conditions are upheld . |
| 30 | Oxfords financial fortunes may be under scrutiny . |