Example sentences of "[verb] on under the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The administration of an oath in England without lawful authority is an offence , but a person appointed by order of a foreign court or other judicial authority has the necessary authority by virtue of section 1 of the Oaths and Evidence ( Overseas Authorities and Countries ) Act 1963 , for use in civil proceedings carried on under the law of that country , and a consul may administer an oath under certain other statutory provisions .
2 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 .
3 acknowledg 'd that the characters of the men were very unexceptionable in every respect … but the Statutes of the Univy , he thought , obliged him to proceed in this Manner — thus is Persecution carried on under the masque of Mildness and Moderation . ’
4 The lease was not renewed but the partners carried on under the terms of the existing one .
5 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 .
6 ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces .
7 South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director .
8 He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass .
9 ‘ What have you got on under the leather stuff ? ’
10 He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him .
11 More importantly , it reflects his laconic style , and what was going on under the surface :
12 Obviously , she thought sourly , checking to make sure that no hanky-panky was going on under the table between Piers and her , or else he was still so infatuated that he could n't bear not to look at her for too long .
13 Moving on under the Almond Bridge ( which is the largest bridge in the town being 300 metres in length and 20 metres high ) you enter Almond Park which covers 30 hectares ( 75 acres ) and is south facing .
14 But he strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism .
15 Whatever it was , she could do nothing about it herself , since she had n't the remotest idea what went on under the bonnet of the Renault .
16 I stayed on under the welding cold
17 Hodder & Stanchion carries on under the Attender brothers , Michel and Phalli .
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