Example sentences of "[noun sg] come under [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysts expect the pound to come under renewed pressure in the run-up to Thursday 's Bundesbank meeting , which will decide whether and by how much to raise West Germany 's key Lombard interest rate . |
| 2 | William Whitelaw , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , and the Northern Ireland Office administration came under intense pressure from the public . |
| 3 | The pound came under intense pressure at the end of 1989 , and fell to its lowest level in December reaching DM2.72 . |
| 4 | THE BANK of England yesterday spent a reported $1bn after the pound came under sustained attack once it became clear that an increase in West German interest rates today is almost certain . |
| 5 | Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious . |
| 6 | In 1973 the industry came under national control and since then it has expanded from nearly 44 000 ha to more than 70 000 ha and employs more than 22 per cent of the island 's labour force . |
| 7 | Before he can set out the book reaches a savage climax as a night bivouac comes under heavy bombardment with rockets and mortars : the violence , noise and confusion are captured , as is the terrifying helplessness which contrasts with the circumstances of his first wound in action during an armoured charge under gunfire . |
| 8 | He has ordered a crippling interest rate rise this week if the Pound comes under renewed pressure . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , two French soldiers were slightly wounded yesterday when their building came under machine-gun fire in fighting around Sarajevo airport , a UN spokesman said . |
| 10 | The sentence came under immediate attack , with the girl 's mother saying she wanted the case reviewed , and child care experts saying the judge 's remarks were ‘ totally unacceptable . ’ |
| 11 | Mike Gatting 's marriage came under public scrutiny while he was captaining England against the West Indies in 1988 . |
| 12 | Last week homes and camps in the south came under military attack from pro-government forces from the North . |
| 13 | Co-ordinator come under British Section and International Secretaire ? |
| 14 | Pointed comments are made about racial discrimination within the army , the insensitivity of television journalists , and uninformed liberal political views : indeed , the anti-war movement at home comes under more criticism than the NVA regulars entrenched at the top of the hill . |
| 15 | As a consequence , following Henry VIII 's break with Rome and more particularly after the accession of the Protestant Edward VI , the traditional beliefs and devotional practices of the English laity came under fierce attack from the reformers . |
| 16 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |
| 17 | In the early Fifties he passed through a difficult period when his directorship came under fierce attack from some art critics , none fiercer than the collector and famous critic of the Modern movement , Douglas Cooper . |
| 18 | He established it as an alternative power base in Hebron as his mayoral leadership came under increasing challenge from secular nationalists . |
| 19 | too , found themselves split after their unexpected defeat in 1929 , and Baldwin 's leadership came under severe attack from no fewer than four different directions . |
| 20 | Other countries — France , Italy and the United Kingdom for example — appear to use a stricter definition based on ownership plus some other criteria , such as the degree of control exercised by government , the enterprise 's monopolistic position , or the way in which the enterprise came under public ownership ( OECD 1985 : 76 ) . |
| 21 | West Bank Palestinians crossing the bridge came under close scrutiny . |
| 22 | The original Bill came under strong attack and fell when John Major called an April election . |
| 23 | THE GOVERNMENT 's handling of the Maastricht bill came under fierce attack yesterday when it emerged that the Prime Minister has taken legal advice on whether he could by-pass Parliament . |
| 24 | The move was announced as the Soviet Union came under increasing pressure to hold a summit meeting , at which it had been planned to initiate major changes in the organization , as agreed in principle at the June 1990 summit of the Pact [ see p. 37550 ] . |
| 25 | The resignation of do Nascimento led to speculation that he would be given the key role of director-general of the national electoral commission , as the government came under increasing pressure from the USA , Russia and Portugal to hasten election preparations . |
| 26 | The government came under growing pressure to negotiate a peace settlement after the Soviet decision to stop supplies of military aid at the end of 1990 . |
| 27 | His premiership had been turbulent , particularly during its final months when the government came under massive pressure over its job reservations policy [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710 ; 37774-75 ] and its response to the " temple-mosque " dispute at Ayodhya . |
| 28 | The Government came under heavy pressure from the Law Society of Scotland to retain the contributory band to ensure that applicants were not encouraged to waste police and court time by using legal aid procedures to delay an eventual plea of guilty on the first day in court . |
| 29 | The disaster highlighted the poor state of much housing , particularly in slum areas , and the government came under public pressure to provide new accommodation quickly . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , a clause of the kind described above offers management little protection should the investor come under unexpected pressure to realise some of its investments early , or if new management at the institution believes that the company does not fit well into its portfolio . |