Example sentences of "come under [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The traditional role of the local government officer as the neutral bureaucrat has also come under stress from the growing militancy of local authority trade unions .
2 To the east the Mediterranean Fleet had also come under air attack during 8th. from Rhodes-based Axis aircraft , and heavy air fighting had ensued with six of the attackers being claimed shot down by the defending Fulmars from the carrier ‘ Formidable ’ .
3 Does that come under D for drugs or T for terrorism ? ’
4 This view has come under criticism from some commentators ( Navarro , 1976 ; Doyal 1979 ) since , they claim , it leads to treating the causes of ill-health as being individual , requiring individually orientated therapeutic responses or prevention through individuals changing their own way of life .
5 The use of antibiotics in factory farming , both to combat infection and to promote growth , has also come under criticism in the salmonella scandal .
6 Having come under criticism from within their own ranks , and from unions and student organizations , on the grounds that the formula as agreed offered insufficient guarantees , the FMLN insisted that the commission be established immediately .
7 In recent weeks Bakatin had come under criticism from senior military and KGB officers for his perceived failure to tackle the current crime wave , and for suggesting decentralization of control of limited contingents of Interior Ministry troops to republican governments .
8 Bashir dismissed the Industry Minister , Mohamed Omar Abdullah , and the Minister of Transport and Communications , Ali Ahmad Ibrahim , whose departments had reportedly come under criticism for poor performance .
9 Prime Minister Vitold Fokin had come under criticism for the slow pace of economic reforms , but survived on June 3 , by 168 votes to 154 , a motion calling for a vote of no confidence ( brought by the Republican Party and the New Ukraine deputies , consisting of the Democratic Renewal Party , Social Democrats and other groups ) .
10 The Bolam test has come under criticism ( not least because it allows the profession to set its own standard ) but has survived intact .
11 In late 1917 , proclaiming Labour 's new commitment to ‘ the democratic control of industry [ through ] the common ownership of the means of production ’ , Arthur Henderson pledged the Party to ‘ strenuously resist every proposal to hand back to private capitalists the great industries and services that have come under Government control during the war … we do not mean to loosen the popular grip upon them , but on the contrary to strengthen it . ’
12 If the business has different sections or different sites , you should enquire whether all its employees have been considered for redundancy or whether your particular part of the operation is the only one which has come under scrutiny for cut-backs .
13 It is when individual experiences of marriage come under scrutiny that differences emerge most strongly .
14 West Indies pair Kenny Benjamin and Anderson Cummins and South Africa 's Craig Matthews are believed to have come under scrutiny .
15 Telecom Corp of New Zealand Ltd 's $1,100m of long-term debt has come under scrutiny from Moody 's Investors Service Inc , which says it may cut its triple-A ratings after the company changed its financing policy : Moody 's examination will focus on whether the change will significantly reduce the company 's debt protection measurements over time .
16 Everything from pre-school picture books to university texts have come under scrutiny , and the detail is still coming in .
17 This issue has been of particular importance within central government in recent years as the traditional task of the civil service — that of offering objective , impartial advice — has come under scrutiny .
18 Recently , the theoretical basis informing much of this work has come under scrutiny , particularly by those working in the field of social history of culture ( for example , Roger Chartier ) and indirectly , by those working in adjacent social sciences .
19 Sustainability 's recommendations for action have also come under scrutiny , since they do not cover some of the deficiencies identified in the report , including the low-level of recycled materials use , and the company 's preference for road , rather than rail , as means of product transport .
20 Since then , however , this fundamental premise has come under attack in a variety of ways and it is true to say that ‘ evolutionism ’ is considered unacceptable by most modern Western anthropologists .
21 The decision to allow passengers to remain in their cars while transporter trains pass through the Channel Tunnel has come under attack .
22 Recent times have seen a catalogue of complaints against the teaching profession ; standards of spelling , arithmetic and reading have come under attack from the government and in the media .
23 SCIENTIFIC investigation of other societies and other ages has increasingly come under attack from relativists claiming that other cultures , and even other scientific paradigms , can be understood only from within , and only in their own terms .
24 Vologsky 's personal fortress had never come under attack .
25 However the modern corporation has also come under attack on grounds of Christian justice .
26 With regard to liturgy , these canons demanded the retention of a number of procedures which had come under attack from Puritans , such as the use of the surplice , kneeling to receive communion , and the inclusion of the sign of the cross and godparents in the baptism ceremony .
27 Newspapers have traditionally moved from profitability to loss and vice versa at regular intervals as their costs and revenues — always delicately balanced — have come under attack from a variety of quarters .
28 On a number of occasions during the war , the role of the nobility had come under attack , in particular at moments of severe crisis .
29 The previously taken-for-granted principle of social responsibility for the survival — and indeed well-being of that part of society not directly engaged by capital as producers has suddenly come under attack .
30 It is these conceptions which have come under attack .
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