Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NatWest Home Improvement Loan Protector is administered by National Westminster Insurance Services Limited , who will deal with any claims that you may make under the policy . |
| 2 | In this case , provided that the merger affects inter-state trade , the Commission may act under the Merger Regulation . |
| 3 | It must stay under the rope , which is near the air-vent . ’ |
| 4 | The purpose of the expedition had to be clarified as all ventures of this sort must qualify under the Scheme 's rules . |
| 5 | There are plenty of plants which should grow under the shade of the tree including Chrysanthemum maximum , Campanula glomerata , Anemone japonica , Coreopsis verticallata , bergenia , hererocallis , lupins , Geranium ‘ Johnson 's Blue ’ and oriental poppies . |
| 6 | Second , the services that GPs must provide under the contract have been made more specific to reflect the government 's view of " good general practice " . |
| 7 | Friends of the Earth commissioned Dr Derek Ratcliffe , former chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy Council , to draw up a skeleton list of 112 sites which the government should designate under the directive , including internationally rare habitats such as the lowland heaths of Dorset and the Flow Country of Caithness . |
| 8 | It is now proposed that the Joint Industrial Council should meet under the chairmanship of Mr. Peter Smith Q.C . |
| 9 | Walkers too must pass under the viaduct to return to their starting point on the road . |
| 10 | Property should come under the Trades Description Act and contracts should allow buyers to back out if they discover undeclared defects . |
| 11 | Through our International Monetary Fund membership , we have pushed forward the idea that the CIS countries should come under the IMF . |
| 12 | Commissioners were appointed in every shire to assess men for the loan under pretence of discovering what arms they should bear under the Statute of Winchester . |
| 13 | Terminals must never be removed by pulling on the wires , and loaded pods should never be left hanging outside the detector as the soldered terminal joints may break under the weight . |
| 14 | ’ The concluding words show that a claim to contribution might arise under the Act of 1935 out of tortious conduct committed by two or more persons even though one or both of them may have committed a crime in the course of such conduct . |
| 15 | Or perhaps I 'll fall under the wheels of one of those damned automobiles . ’ |
| 16 | As you soak in the bath , you might fall under the spell of the sheep in the Insomnia blind from Faber |
| 17 | By day the alleys that ran into a scruffy hinterland were rat-hole rubbish traps but now they seemed romantic lanes where lovers might meet under the bracket lamps and as the sun departed , watch the moon ride over a Grimms ' fairy tale huddle of pinnacled rooftops . |
| 18 | His knees were wobbling as if they might collapse under the strain of holding his body upright . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , then — if you 'll go under the machines for me — I 'll do something for you . ’ |
| 20 | First , the conception of what might pass under the heading of ‘ learning ’ falls short of the possible process of intellectual development . |
| 21 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | While the Australian and Pakistan examples quoted above serve to illustrate the variety of provisions and problems which may emerge under the rubric of ‘ rural education ‘ , Sher 's thinking leads us to an awareness of the uniqueness of the situation in a country school whatever its location . |
| 23 | He suggested that NATO peacekeeping troops could act under the aegis of the CSCE after it had exhausted its political mechanisms . |
| 24 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 25 | At this point and with a sigh of profound relief , there being nothing else a true scientist could do under the circumstances , psychiatrists the world over dismissed Eysenck , and his findings , on the grounds that Eysenck is a racist sonuvabitch . |
| 26 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 27 | She could see under the beds , a pair of shoes standing harmlessly under each one in no dust . |
| 28 | Too much space now for the coin to be useful , his finger could slide under the lip . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You could hide under the counter . ’ |