Example sentences of "[verb] under the [adj] system " in BNC.

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1 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 ? ’
2 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 ’ .
3 That state of affairs never occurred under the previous system .
4 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 .
5 If we acted unilaterally , we should end up putting out of business our own egg producers just to be flooded with eggs produced under the very system that we had banned .
6 Mr Hattersley said during the debate that he and Neil Kinnock were more determined than ever to resist pressure for Labour to back PR , because voters would suspect that the party lacked confidence in its ability to win under the present system .
7 The form of slave production and exploitation and subsequent colonial development of the West Indies has also ensured for most of the islands a fate similar to that of many modern African states : a form of ‘ peripheral ’ development in which individual economies are dominated by a very small number of cash crops , often the same as those cultivated under the original system of slavery , the income from which is dependent on world commodity prices subject to considerable fluctuation and open to manipulation by metropolitan powers ( Beckford , 1972 ) .
8 Examinations will continue to be provided until the last candidates enrolled under the old system have completed the normal duration of their course .
9 Examinations will continue to be provided until the last candidates enrolled under the old system have completed the normal duration of their course .
10 And he urged a new emphasis on the victims , saying they were badly treated under the present system .
11 If agreement was reached that inter-generational equity existed under the present system , then option l would mean that current taxpayers were benefiting in relation to future taxpayers , on the other hand , option 3 would mean that future taxpayers were benefiting in relation to current taxpayers .
12 If agreement was reached that inter-generational equity existed under the present system , then this would mean that the change in accounting policy would lead to future taxpayers benefiting relative to current taxpayers .
13 ( 2 ) Private or non-private customer : Chapter 2 considers in detail the types of customer recognised under the regulatory system and identifies in particular , market counterparties , non-private customers ( including expert investors and trade customers ) and private customers .
14 Benefit societies , governed by these minimum conditions , would provide competition clearly lacking under the present system .
15 Candidates who began under the traditional system will complete their course under that system and so it will be 1995 before the old system — and the examinations which were a part of it — finally disappear .
16 These students were allocated to the ‘ Oliver Wendell Holmes Society ’ and formed the first group of Harvard students to study under the new system .
17 As it was , the couple from Dunbartonshire had to sell their Mazda car to meet the contribution of more than £600 demanded under the old system .
18 What had changed , he said , was that the association had finally accepted his assurance that patients would get all the drugs they needed under the new system .
19 That proportion will not change under the new system , and council budgets will still be capped .
20 These charges will cover your last overdraft fee charged under the quarterly system and the first monthly usage fee on the new system .
21 The 1983 government considered that the penalties incurred under the block-grant system had not done enough to curb local spending .
22 Erm , but you see the point I am making , the idea is that er religion appeals to people , because they , they see the in injustices of the world , erm , you know if er , er , injustice is an , is an inevitable , erm , experience , erm , some of us erm , might be inclined to think especially if you live under the British system of er criminal justice , and so if you ca n't get justice here , perhaps you can after death , because god is ultimately just , and no mistakes will be made in heaven , as it were .
23 In addition , it should be observed that although the Act of 1988 entered into force on 1 December 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the former system was extended by section 13 until 31 March 1989 , and hence owners and operators who might not have fulfilled that requirement in the past were given a reasonable transitional period in which to comply therewith .
24 The services should not operate under the present system , which is a blight on the industry .
25 Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system .
26 On teaching practice the students operated quite differently from what would have happened under the old system .
27 We believe the people of Scotland want to see themselves fairly represented in Europe , which can not be achieved under the present system . ’
28 Given NAB 's acceptance of the new base of the 1986–87 numbers as achieved under the former system from 1987–88 , a ‘ subject weight ’ system is now in place .
29 He would be chosen thus , and he will be chosen under the present system , as the man most likely to win .
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