Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] come under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previously taken-for-granted principle of social responsibility for the survival — and indeed well-being of that part of society not directly engaged by capital as producers has suddenly come under attack . |
| 2 | The panel did n't review supermodel Cindy Crawford 's new video which has already come under fire in some fitness circles but Mr Dickinson adds : ‘ It clearly contains some of the exercises the panel had elsewhere criticised as outdated ’ . |
| 3 | The use of antibiotics in factory farming , both to combat infection and to promote growth , has also come under criticism in the salmonella scandal . |
| 4 | The traditional role of the local government officer as the neutral bureaucrat has also come under stress from the growing militancy of local authority trade unions . |
| 5 | However the modern corporation has also come under attack on grounds of Christian justice . |
| 6 | SCIENTIFIC investigation of other societies and other ages has increasingly come under attack from relativists claiming that other cultures , and even other scientific paradigms , can be understood only from within , and only in their own terms . |
| 7 | Bloom 's Taxonomy , for example , with its distinction between objectives in the cognitive and affective domains , has increasingly come under fire ( see , for instance , the discussion in J. H. Gribble 1970 ) . |
| 8 | In particular , the role of the thalamus has increasingly come under attention ( see Brown , 1975 ; Ojemann and Mateer , 1979a , and papers in Brain and Language , Vol. 2 . |
| 9 | The new RHA formula for funding district spending also came under scrutiny . |
| 10 | The franc had already come under pressure immediately prior to the referendum , falling on Sept. 18 to just above its F3.43 ERM floor against the deutschmark . |
| 11 | Either they had been obliged to renew such contracts , perhaps several times , and had thus come under pressure to give the workers concerned permanent status , or they had found themselves carrying workers whose fixed-term contracts had not yet expired , despite the fact that they were no longer needed . |
| 12 | To the east the Mediterranean Fleet had also come under air attack during 8th. from Rhodes-based Axis aircraft , and heavy air fighting had ensued with six of the attackers being claimed shot down by the defending Fulmars from the carrier ‘ Formidable ’ . |
| 13 | Lately Mr Serrano had also come under fire on human rights . |
| 14 | Bashir dismissed the Industry Minister , Mohamed Omar Abdullah , and the Minister of Transport and Communications , Ali Ahmad Ibrahim , whose departments had reportedly come under criticism for poor performance . |
| 15 | The arrangement whereby Island pressed and distributed Virgin records had sometimes come under strain , with Virgin accusing Island of putting their own product first . |
| 16 | Vologsky 's personal fortress had never come under attack . |
| 17 | At the smaller end of the scale , the surreal Monkton House in West Sussex and the delightful sixteen-sided folly at A la Ronde outside Exmouth in Devon have also come under threat . |
| 18 | Sustainability 's recommendations for action have also come under scrutiny , since they do not cover some of the deficiencies identified in the report , including the low-level of recycled materials use , and the company 's preference for road , rather than rail , as means of product transport . |
| 19 | The position and problems of the Free Representation Unit have recently come under consideration by the committees of the Bar Council . |
| 20 | Suppliers margins have therefore come under pressure but has positioned itself to face up to this ongoing challenge . |