Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was never true that the majority of local parties were under the control of the Left but the more active and vocal Constituencies were becoming so by 1939 . |
| 2 | Secondly , that I think Ryedale was under the impression that Policy E two would n't affect local authorities ' choice of allocated sites but that it was a policy to apply outside of developing units and those sites we wish to allocate in local plan and not that was going to restrict our choice , in our case in those sites . |
| 3 | In 1857 , Reading police force was under the auspices of Chief Constable Henry Peck , a man who played it strictly by the rule book . |
| 4 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 5 | In later years the dry dock was under the control of Marr & Co. but following the building of the new bridge at Bernard Street , only small vessels and yachts could pass under the bridge and reach the dock . |
| 6 | Law and order in Uganda IT IS more than a decade since Kampala was one of the world 's danger capitals , when Uganda was under the sway of Idi Amin , the murderous clown now in exile in the Middle East . |
| 7 | Throughout its period of occupation , the region 's wine industry was under the control of a Rhineland wine-maker , Herr Klaebisch , who assumed the title of Führer of Champagne . |
| 8 | For much of Charles ' reign Constantinople was under the control of relatively ineffectual rulers , and had many internal disputes and factions which made imperial interest in Italy difficult to enforce . |
| 9 | Further , although Marseilles was under the rule of Childebert by this time , the latter 's governor Rathar , arrested Theodore and sent him to Guntram . |
| 10 | Further south , different areas were under the control of the Somali Democratic Movement ( ‘ S.D.M. ’ ) and Somalia Patriotic Movement ( ‘ S.P.M. ’ ) and the followers of Siad Barre . |
| 11 | The left arm bones were under the thorax . |
| 12 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 13 | Hutchinson 's first official work was under the navy and customs committee of the Long Parliament ; by 1645 he was acting as Vane 's deputy in the very important post of navy treasurer . |
| 14 | When Scotland was under the management of a powerful politician , such as the Earl of Ilay or Henry Dundas , almost all worthwhile patronage was channelled through the manager 's hands . |
| 15 | Recently , the gallery was under the threat of total closure as the centre had lost its local funding . |
| 16 | German universities were under the control of the state bureaucracy , which appointed the professors , but they had responded quickly to the specialization of the period with the creation of new chairs . |
| 17 | The Vicar of Kidderminster was under the influence of Sir Ralph Clare and refused to allow Richard Baxter to return under any circumstances , even though he offered to preach for nothing . |
| 18 | However , Stevenage — within Hertfordshire — still had ‘ new town ’ status at this time and development in the town was under the control of the Stevenage Development Corporation ( now transferred to the Commission for the New Towns ) . |
| 19 | Jotan moved so that the tip of the sword was under the dwarf 's chin , forcing it up . |
| 20 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 21 | In 1938 Young Communist League membership stood at 4,500 compared with a total Party membership of 16,000 , while at the Birmingham Congress of that year 226 of the 539 delegates were under the YCL age limit of 30 . |
| 22 | By 1954 , about 1.5 million hectares were under the system , divided between nearly 170,000 farming families . |
| 23 | The majority of stations in French Africa were under the authority of SORAFOM ( La Société de Radiodiffusion de la France d'Outre-mer ) , which from its establishment in 1956 was controlled directly by the French Minister for Overseas Territories in Paris . |
| 24 | Her voice was muffled because her head was under the bed , still shoe-hunting . |
| 25 | My own service was under the impression that it had the huntin' and shootin' rights in this country . |
| 26 | The chief development period at Ostia was under the Empire , particularly under the Emperors Augustus , Tiberius , Claudius and Nero . |
| 27 | Although Rangers were under the cosh for most of the first half , they went into the interval with the lead they refused to relinquish . |
| 28 | Rug-making in the Balkans can be traced back to the time when the peninsula was under the control of the Turkish empire . |
| 29 | May feels prices of soft drinks are too high , also Nicky was under the impression we sell ⅕ gill in spirits . |
| 30 | The central reception and dining area was under the shelter of a huge ‘ banyan ’ tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground like fronds . |