Example sentences of "[vb infin] under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One intended to go to Gateshead college full time for a year to do five GCSEs , but was unable to get a grant or income support because she did not qualify under the 22-hour rule and so reluctantly decided to attend part time instead . |
| 3 | Even countries such as Indonesia , India and Japan , though they might not succumb to communism , could fall under the red shadow . |
| 4 | Sometimes , it thought it would choke under the oppressive weight of fact . |
| 5 | Dinah did not break under the pitiless régime , the constant criticism ; she regarded it as natural . |
| 6 | And it may not be automatically obvious that whereas in some dictionaries " accountable " will be a separate entry in others it will appear under the general entry of " account " . |
| 7 | c ) Collation and analysis of information Once information starts to flow in , it will be combined , compiled and summarised , so that market intelligence or knowledge can emerge under the various category headings used to classify the data . |
| 8 | I am not sure at the moment if the labour are sure if they would work under the Labour government . |
| 9 | Continuing our previous search , if the term ‘ asbestos roofing ’ does not exist in the system , then we must search under the broad term ‘ roofing ’ . |
| 10 | . I 'd better look under the big light . |
| 11 | The excitation state is the same before and after these four steps , so the alignment of stator/rotor teeth must occur under the same stator poles . |
| 12 | Erm , when can a client claim under the terminal illness ben , benefit ? |
| 13 | Foul weather with squally winds put paid to an immediate start on the building so it was several months before the engine strip-down could begin under the new roof . |
| 14 | Many of the questions that you pose in your leader would simply disappear under the conventional privatisation concepts . |
| 15 | But , all those years ago , she simply had n't been experienced enough to realise that , despite those wonderful and ecstatic nights of passion , her marriage to Ross had been founded on a disastrously thin layer of quicksand ; a relationship which would crack and disintegrate under the first onslaught of any stress and tension . |
| 16 | This is an important adaptive feature for a species that must reproduce under the dense canopy of primary forest . |
| 17 | It is necessary to keep distinct two issues which can arise under the general rubric of review over findings of fact . |
| 18 | The separate international personality of an international organisation with treaty-making power sets up another third party relationship that did not arise under the 1969 Convention , that of the member States of an organisation to a treaty concluded between the organisation and a State , or another organisation . |
| 19 | You can not claim from your husband or wife any out of pocket expenses you may incur under the simplified procedure . |
| 20 | Sometimes I wonder that she did n't collapse under the sheer weight of how much we needed her , of how unreasonably we all admired and needed her . |
| 21 | Flying in the wind to cheers and raucous pipe music , the banner does not halt under the national flag , but carries on up the flagpole , vying with the tricolour until it covers it triumphantly . |
| 22 | That proportion will not change under the new system , and council budgets will still be capped . |
| 23 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 24 | and then Brenda ran up to explain breathlessly that she did n't think the van would go under the low bridge , as her daddy 's — which was the same size — would n't . |
| 25 | As with other types of agriculture , fish farming does not come under the normal planning controls . |
| 26 | The proposal has a parallel in a new clause tabled in Committee by the Hon. Member for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) proposing that bus interests should come under the Scottish Transport Users Consultative Committee , as rail and ferry interests do at present . |
| 27 | It does n't come under the same scheme . |
| 28 | The NT/ Community Outlook Primary Healthcare Conference was told last week that potential nurse prescribers will come under the same pressure as doctors from an industry that spends £200 million a year promoting its products . |
| 29 | Our course makes no serious attempt to cover all areas that could reasonably come under the electronic publishing umbrella — database publishing , network information services , and ( perhaps more seriously ) CD-ROM publishing techniques are only given passing mentions . |
| 30 | The transition from diplomatic and economic pressure on Iraq to direct offensive military action provided a further confirmation of the US leadership of what US statements described as " the 28-member international coalition " , since " coalition forces " would come under the operational command of the commander of US forces , Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf , in consultation with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdul Aziz . |