Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] under [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cluster randomised controlled trial of two projects taught under normal classroom conditions . |
| 2 | Three natural crystal forms of diamond , which are lattices of carbon formed under great pressure . |
| 3 | The trachea were cleaned and cut longitudinally along the dorsal surface and a piece placed under microscopic control in a specially constructed Ussing chamber designed to preserve the curvature of the tissue . |
| 4 | It is not easy to engage in discussion with someone who regards other opinions as no more than symptomatic of the way a bourgeois intellectual thinks under late capitalism . |
| 5 | Analysts expect the pound to come under renewed pressure in the run-up to Thursday 's Bundesbank meeting , which will decide whether and by how much to raise West Germany 's key Lombard interest rate . |
| 6 | The regimes of both units came under considerable attack from the interviewees . |
| 7 | William Whitelaw , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , and the Northern Ireland Office administration came under intense pressure from the public . |
| 8 | In the days of glasnost and perestroika the KGB came under public scrutiny for the first time , much of it hostile . |
| 9 | The pound came under intense pressure at the end of 1989 , and fell to its lowest level in December reaching DM2.72 . |
| 10 | THE BANK of England yesterday spent a reported $1bn after the pound came under sustained attack once it became clear that an increase in West German interest rates today is almost certain . |
| 11 | Mr Lang came under sustained pressure from opposition MPs at the Scottish Grand Committee to intervene to stop what one MP said was sheer gangsterism in Ayrshire . |
| 12 | At the same time Bosnia-Hercegovina came under Austro-Hungarian occupation , and Turkey 's waning power in the lands of the South Slavs was confined to Macedonia . |
| 13 | Thus , in the immediate post-war years the WEA came under considerable pressure from two more powerful providers and doubts were raised about its future as a recognised Responsible Body — an issue which was closely addressed by the Ashby Committee in 1953 , and again raised by the Russell Committee some twenty years later . |
| 14 | In 1973 the industry came under national control and since then it has expanded from nearly 44 000 ha to more than 70 000 ha and employs more than 22 per cent of the island 's labour force . |
| 15 | Paradoxically , it dates from the very period in which Tristan was conceived ; in fact the Tristan drama itself was planned and its words written under Schopenhauerian influence — but influence of an ethical , rather than an aesthetic , kind . |
| 16 | By night the solitary road from Verdun came under constant fire from the German gunners , certain that French munition columns must be coming up it nose to tail . |
| 17 | In 1913 , when all British airships came under naval control , he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service . |
| 18 | When , for example , the suspension of British motor cars collapsed under continental road conditions or when spare parts were not available for machine tools , initially only the reputation of British goods was damaged ; but the frequency of such occurrences amounted to a large accumulation of market ill-will by the early 1950s [ Pagnamenta and Overy , 1984 ] . |
| 19 | It 's been a tough and bruising campaign , with the backgrounds of both candidates coming under intense scrutiny . |
| 20 | Oldham are also waiting for official confirmation from the Football Association that they can bring in another goalkeeper , a course of action restricted under Premier League rules to emergencies only . |
| 21 | Husayn stated that if the PLO fell under Syrian domination there was a legitimate question as to whether it would continue to speak for the Palestinian people . |
| 22 | ‘ Does article 5(1) of the [ Brussels ] Convention apply to claims which are made by an association constituted under private law possessing legal personality against one of its members in a matter relating to obligations in regard to the payment of a sum of money and which have their basis in the relationship between the parties by virtue of membership , such relationship arising from the defendant party 's joining the association as a member by virtue of a legal transaction entered into for that purpose ? |
| 23 | During the next 150 years most of Hungary lay under Turkish rule , but the Habsburgs held on to Slovenia and parts of Croatia and Slavonia , including the Zagreb region . |
| 24 | Tuesday 9am : Tape delivered under tight security personally to BBC TV Centre , then handed to duty presentation editor . |
| 25 | Before he can set out the book reaches a savage climax as a night bivouac comes under heavy bombardment with rockets and mortars : the violence , noise and confusion are captured , as is the terrifying helplessness which contrasts with the circumstances of his first wound in action during an armoured charge under gunfire . |
| 26 | He has ordered a crippling interest rate rise this week if the Pound comes under renewed pressure . |
| 27 | The government was blamed and its tariff and trade policies came under fierce attack . |
| 28 | While Mexico 's political weakness was excused and its economy helped out by the US , Brazil 's relationship with Washington steadily deteriorated and its policies came under American attack . |
| 29 | But a payment made under pressing necessity to avoid a seizure of goods , or to obtain the release of goods unlawfully detained , or to prevent some interference with or withholding of a legal right , is compelled and not voluntary and is recoverable in an action for money had and received . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , two French soldiers were slightly wounded yesterday when their building came under machine-gun fire in fighting around Sarajevo airport , a UN spokesman said . |