Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] under [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission made a provisional determination that the plaintiffs had failed to establish a claim according to the rules laid down under the statute . |
| 2 | An index of selected projects carried out under the Alvey programme is being prepared . |
| 3 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 4 | All three firms are crushed by debts built up under the communists . |
| 5 | She watched it keenly through opera glasses from the third row of the empty stalls , and I do n't know how the poor actress carried on under the circumstances . |
| 6 | This passage reveals concern for the points of the compass when clipping was in progress as the shepherd moved around under the tree to avoid the rays of the sun . |
| 7 | Ruth got into bed and sat there , knees drawn up under the covers . |
| 8 | Ken reached down under the bar and produced a homemade sign . |
| 9 | She gingerly fingers her purple marbled temple , blood swilling around under the skin . |
| 10 | Origin and purpose The European Investment Bank ( EIB ) is a European Community institution set up under the Treaty of Rome in 1958 as a source of long-term finance for investment projects . |
| 11 | These new features were included in the specification of the two double-deck cars that were completely rebuilt by the Department , with work carried out under the direction of Mr. Stuart Pillar , the then-Chief Engineer , who was justly rewarded with the MBE upon his retirement in 1982 . |
| 12 | This meant that steering the boat was made particularly difficult , with the Atlantic swell surging up under the quarter and sending the ketch careering down ever larger mountains of water . |
| 13 | As for companies from other member states , which by virtue of the first paragraph of article 58 are equated to natural persons for the purposes of the application of the provisions on the right of establishment , the Act of 1988 deprives them of the right to establish themselves in the United Kingdom through the intermediary of agencies , branches or subsidiaries , since it provides that only companies set up under the laws of the United Kingdom may be owners and operators of fishing vessels , and restricts their right of participation in the capital of companies or firms , as the corresponding right of natural persons is restricted by the Act . |
| 14 | There is a display also of various types of mountain refuge or cabin , from which you can judge how extremely uncomfortable it must have been for those invited by Count Russell to share his quarters on his favourite mountain of Vignemale , for the so-called ‘ Russell ’ is quite the most Spartan of shelters , little more than a hollow scooped out under an overhanging rock . |
| 15 | Then she burst into a paroxysm of croaking laughter , spluttering wildly , her emaciated limbs rolling about under the covers . |
| 16 | Due to my forward speed the mat and my feet ended up under the AOC 's desk at the same time saluted , and my Wolseley sun helmet sped to the opposite corner of the room . |
| 17 | He also served on the advisory council set up under an order in council of 28 July 1915 , for the ‘ organization and development of scientific and industrial research ’ . |
| 18 | It came about as the result of a committee set up under the chairmanship of that impeccable Liberal , Lord Haldane , to consider ‘ The Question of Foreign Espionage in the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 19 | As the conflict between Milosevic and the FRY intensified [ see below ] , the Serbian delegation boycotted the first meeting in Zagreb on Oct. 12 of the committee set up under the Sept. 30 agreement to normalize relations between Croatia and the FRY . |
| 20 | Of all murders serial killings were the most frustrating , the most difficult and the chanciest to solve , the investigation carried on under the strain of vociferous public demand that the terrifying unknown devil be caught and exorcized for ever . |
| 21 | This chapter looks at the perceptions of parents of their role in the assessment of their child 's special educational needs as part of the Statementing process carried out under the 1981 Education Act . |
| 22 | It was all forest here once , and then , ages ago , there was a flood ; the forest sank down under the sea . |
| 23 | Susie Smallwood peered out under the festoon blind . |
| 24 | The move came about under the stimulus of ‘ national debate on educational standards , finance and accountability ’ . |
| 25 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 26 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 27 | D-DAY , June 6 , 1944 when the Allied invasion of Europe began , Sugar took off under the command of F/O I Fotheringham of 467 Squadron at 02.53 hours on this momentous day and delivered its 13,000lb bomb load onto a coastal battery at St Pierre du Mont . |
| 28 | Efficiency will also improve as prices and costs move down under the pressure exerted by more competitive markets . |
| 29 | In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers ' union branches . |
| 30 | Hodder & Stanchion carries on under the Attender brothers , Michel and Phalli . |