Example sentences of "[vb -s] under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Truss-rod adjustment lives under the traditionally-situated cover above the nut , and offers full dual-action flexibility . |
| 4 | In the army , a total of 1,308 officers and 5,152 nco 's received their redundancy notices under the second phase of the Options for Change plan to cut army numbers by almost 40,000 to 119,000 by 1995 . |
| 5 | The canal passes under the eastern spur of the M5 and then leaves the noise and traffic behind as it dives into a deep wooded cutting from where there is little evidence that the canal is passing between the housing estates of Grove Vale as the atmosphere is so pleasantly rural . |
| 6 | The flap lets down and the floor extends , leaving the five car bays under the main building . |
| 7 | For example , it should describe the role of the Ports and Harbours under the General Development Order and the scope of the Crown Estates Commissioners . |
| 8 | Section 9(4) , which is the crucial provision , occurs under the general rubric of ‘ Interpretation ’ and reads : |
| 9 | The Secretary of State and his Ministers do not like to be reminded that they have a welfare role , but I must stress that the back payment of entitlement at issue tonight occurs under the National Insurance Act 1946 , a Social Security Act and the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 which all state that DSS officers shall : ’ exercise their functions in such a manner as shall best promote the welfare of persons affected by the exercise of these functions . ’ |
| 10 | of their total extra computerisation costs under the new scheme . |
| 11 | For convenience I will split the sociolinguistic field into two , examining first the ‘ quantitative paradigm ’ in which variations of pronunciation and grammar are studied using statistical analysis , and then the more ‘ holistic ’ study of communicative strategies which usually goes under the general name of ‘ discourse analysis ’ . |
| 12 | We continue on past the airport where the road goes under the recent extension of the runway , which is supported on high pillars many metres above the road . |
| 13 | The study of such commonsense matters goes under the delightful name of ergodynamics . |
| 14 | It was developed as part of Project Athena at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and goes under the unexciting name of X Window . |
| 15 | It goes under the lovely title of paralinguistics |
| 16 | Obviously inspired by MADONNA 's example , ( and it seems that she 's about to be millions of dollars richer as over half a million copies of Sex changed hands last week ) CURVE have decided to come over all raunchy and are releasing a Stateside compilation which goes under the provocative title of ‘ Pubic Fruit ’ , although whose pubes are involved we are not informed . |
| 17 | Both Kiki Smith and Cindy Sherman chose to depict the effective violence which the body of a woman suffers under the male gaze . |
| 18 | But the rent rises under the Grand Met lease meant she could not afford to stay . |
| 19 | Since the temperature within the nest is kept constant and the composition of the wax is uniform , the degree to which the wall bends under the same force is an accurate measure of its thickness . |
| 20 | may be filed as " medium " abbreviated accounts only if the group falls under the medium group limits . |
| 21 | This is the sort of task that falls under the general heading of ‘ conflict analysis ’ or ‘ conflict research ’ . |
| 22 | may be filed as " small " abbreviated accounts only if the group falls under the small group limits |
| 23 | Ethics affect both medical practice and research , but research usually falls under the closest scrutiny . |
| 24 | The most important and famous of all Hebridean habitats , the machair , falls under the sand-dune section . |
| 25 | The language of " compensation " long ago introduced by G.B. Gray , falls under the same criticism , and so too perhaps the use of " expletive " by R. Austerlitz . |
| 26 | For a start , it slips under the 2 litre tax threshold . |
| 27 | At the time of writing employment and training services are the responsibility of the Manpower Services Commission , a quasi autonomous public body which operates under the overall surveillance of the Department of Employment . |
| 28 | Since early in 1947 the French have employed about 115,000 troops in Indo-China , with little result , since the countryside except in Laos and Cambodia remains under the firm control of the Ho Chi Minh government . |
| 29 | The Rectory , stands a little below the church on the site of an earlier house , some of which remains under the long lean-to at the back . |
| 30 | She was not the whore who lurks under the demure exterior of even the most respectable wife and mother . |