Example sentences of "[prep] be under the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We can confirm that we are satisfied ( as we are required to be under the regulations ) that Growing Business plc may properly be regarded as , using the technical term introduced by the regulations , a ‘ corporate finance client ’ .
2 Their case is that if they had been properly and correctly advised as they were entitled to be under the contract , they would not have proceeded to exchange or to completion .
3 You seem to be under the misapprehension that I intend making love to you . ’
4 Clark , who took over at the City Ground from Brian Clough last month and has already sold Clough 's son Nigel to Liverpool , said : ‘ Roy seems to be under the misapprehension that he can sign for anybody he likes .
5 The government also appears to be under the misapprehension that it is not at present possible to arrive at any one BR station and demand a ticket ( full fare , saver or railcard-discounted ) to any other on the network .
6 It must be accepted that although the above findings relate mainly to electrical forces they form part of an interactive system involving also chemical , pressure-volume , gravitational and other environmental factors , and as such they appear to be under the influence of one basic energy field — whatever it might be termed .
7 If Looking on the Bright Side ( 1932 ) is sometimes spoilt by the fact that the director , Basil Dean , seems to be under the impression he is making a sophisticated Hollywood musical , the scenes in the tenement block where Fields and her songwriter lover first meet are genuinely stirring .
8 I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that .
9 A Midland spokesman said : ‘ The assets of the trust have been and continue to be under the control of the trustee whose objective remains that of insuring that the interests of the investors are protected . ’
10 The money supply ( MS ) is also exogenous — it is assumed to be under the control of the monetary authorities and does not respond to changes in r or Y.
11 The supply of money is assumed to be under the control of the monetary authorities and is not influenced by changes in national income or in interest rates .
12 Media of all kinds seemed more and more to be under the control of a few large international corporations , headed by brusque individualists and outsize personalities such as Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch , who were natural heirs , perhaps , to the Beaverbrooks and Kemsleys .
13 Shaposhnikov confirmed on Sept. 13 that " the USSR 's missile weaponry will continue to be under the control of the centre " .
14 MORE and more areas of BNFL 's THORP plant are coming to shape as contractors and commissioning teams strive towards the February 1993 deadline for all areas to be under the control of the Commissioning Group .
15 The actions of the gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor on adenylate cyclase seems to be under the control of an activated form of Gi in HGT-1 cells .
16 The celibate woman was seen as having been freed from the ‘ curse of Eve ’ , to bear children in sorrow and to be under the domination of the male .
17 They are thought to be under the aegis of the Soviet military .
18 Drawn up by a UN team and representatives of the Kenyan government , the report found that tens of people were dying each week in camps set up for the refugees in the remote border region of Kenya and described it as " appalling and embarrassing " that they were supposed to be under the care of the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees .
19 Almost 60 per cent of those displaced were reported to be under the age of eighteen .
20 This second assault was committed by two girls , said to be under the age of twelve .
21 He was n't the only member of the European Ryder Cup team to be under the weather in France .
22 If anxieties are ironed out before a transfer takes place , the employee is less likely to be under the pressure of family concerns when taking up the new appointment .
23 ‘ Listen , ’ I replied , ‘ pretty soon the whole of south-west London is going to be under the iron heel of Argol of the planet Tellenor .
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