Example sentences of "[verb] under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sound of a human voice enquiring for his safety ; he shouted that he was safe , but gave up when he got no re-assuring reply ; he wondered if his friends had reached safety or had been caught under the falling rock . |
| 2 | The factory owner may possibly be caught under the same provision , and he can certainly be caught in respect of occupier 's liability for business premises under s 1(3) ( b ) . |
| 3 | And since they could not bear the truth , these singers , who might in some other place have been wise , were squeezed under the terrible weight of the warren 's secret until they gulped out fine folly about dignity and acquiescence , and anything else that could make believe that the rabbit loved the shining wire . |
| 4 | Note that only one model can lie within the hole and if there is any doubt it is the model which lies under the exact centre which is hit . |
| 5 | The sentence was stifled under the thick cushion of Emilia 's sigh . |
| 6 | Neither system was wholly satisfactory , but during the public inquiry into the Trident accident at Staines in 1972 evidence was heard that other aircraft had suffered similar happenings ( though in less critical circumstances and there had been no accident ) and the question was put : ‘ Why were these incidents not reported under the voluntary system ? ’ |
| 7 | All you need do is have a lift-up lid instead of a solid base or shelves added under the actual seat part and you have immediately doubled the usefulness of the piece as well as gained some footage . |
| 8 | The structures covered approximately 60% of the warehouse floor area and further lighting was added under the mezzanine floor . |
| 9 | In the UK , too , it is conduct to exploit a monopoly position which is attacked under the Fair Trade Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , rather than the process of acquiring that position . |
| 10 | There is always something new to discover under the Italian sun , and the Citalia range of Two and Three Centre Holidays is no exception . |
| 11 | The US government continues to receive royalties from the sale of chips designed under the original agreement with Gazelle , although TriQuint is no longer receiving any support from ARPA ( the ‘ D ’ was dropped last month as part of the Clinton administration 's promise to shift spending from the military to the civilian sectors ) . |
| 12 | Finally he suggested that the committee would have to look both at the alternative provision for the 16–19 age-group that was provided by BTEC , CGLI , CVPE , and RSA ( all that which is to come under the general control of the new National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) and at the extent to which pupils who have followed GCSE courses may have become accustomed to a different kind of assessment procedure from that incorporated in A levels . |
| 13 | On July 23 the Foreign Ministry confirmed the terms it considered acceptable for an " allied multinational force " to be based in south-eastern Turkey : the force was to come under the joint command of Turkish and US commanders ; its ground element would be based at the US/NATO airfield at Incirlik and its air element at Silopi , with some facilities available at Batman in south-east Turkey ; any intervention against Iraq would need Turkish government approval ; and initial Turkish permission for the presence of the force would expire on Sept. 30 . |
| 14 | Bengal was the first region in the Indian sub-continent to come under the British rule , and the Bengali middle class the first among the Asian intelligentsias to respond to the western presence . |
| 15 | The minister 's answer in Parliament that the cost to the airlines of providing concessionary travel for airline employees would be nothing was exactly what in practice had been happening under the old law . |
| 16 | Murie says that this was also happening under the previous system : ‘ As the new subsidy scheme under the Housing Act 1980 had been operated to increase council rents ( which in 1982–3 accounted for a higher proportion of average earnings than at any time since 1945 ) , so exchequer subsidies have fallen ’ . |
| 17 | That she was inclined to be impulsive , that the hurt of yesterday was easily forgotten under the blinding optimism that tomorrow would bring the fulfilment of her dreams . |
| 18 | He has opted for the island county this time qualifying under the residential rule which also applies to captain Mark Harris , who has switched clubs from Menai Bridge to Bangor but stays on for his fourth campaign in charge . |
| 19 | The Government proposes that where a pupil has a statement of special [ educational ] needs under the 1981 Education Act , the statement should specify any National Curriculum requirements which should not apply or should be modified for that individual pupil . |
| 20 | That state of affairs never occurred under the previous system . |
| 21 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 22 | When jurisdiction is claimed under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 , the particulars of claim must contain the statement required by Ord 3 , r 3(7) . |
| 23 | The buyers nevertheless claimed under the first contract damages based on the difference between the contract price and market price on the date of the breach . |
| 24 | ( b ) If the death takes place after 12/11/74 and before the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , any estate duty is to be claimed under the said Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) or ( ii ) , but the duty is payable at CTT rates , any agricultural relief is given on full estate duty terms , there is no timber relief but taper relief can be claimed , and in the case of a surviving spouse the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , can apply ; and the persons accountable for the duty in terms of Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , can pay such as relates to qualifying property by instalments . |
| 25 | Failure to achieve these standards alone would not lead to disciplinary action but in the event of any complaint being considered under the disciplinary procedure , such failure would be admissible in evidence and taken into account in proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee . |
| 26 | You 've practically got to be committed under the mental health act before you 're not sound enough to make a will . |
| 27 | For the same reason , no offence is committed under the new law either . |
| 28 | They no longer get co committed under the old way . |
| 29 | Both now faced trial before a civilian court , the first trial for offences committed under the military regime since Chile 's return to democracy in 1990 [ for full background to the Letelier case see pp. 28273-74 ; 34989 ; 36097 ; 37709 ; 37914 ; 38719 ] . |
| 30 | When a challenge has not , at a certain point in time , been countered by a riposte , then the person who has suffered injury has come under the symbolic power of the challenger . |