Example sentences of "is [adv] under [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the current commuting age , when there are diverse calls on people 's time and energies and the countryside is constantly under pressure from urban development , the village community is anxious to retain the village 's rural character , whilst acknowledging the need to attract and maintain a balanced community . |
| 2 | The last point is already under attack with the Rochester development team looking to see whether the multiprocessor AS/400s — such as the four-way F95 — can be made more robust . |
| 3 | Work is already under way on 72 of these centres , which will be built along the highways of the country . |
| 4 | This change is already under way in what used to be the most clearly defined of all departments — research . |
| 5 | Reglazing there is already under way by Express Glass Contractors , a company with experience gained from replacing windows destroyed by an IRA bomb in Whitehall Place earlier this year . |
| 6 | Vincent Hickey is already under observation after being discovered with slash wounds in his cell at Long Lartin jail near Evesham . |
| 7 | She observes that the frequent indictments of theatre for encouraging sodomy are symptomatic of the anti-theatricalists ’ fear that gender difference is ever under threat of breakdown and , more generally , their fear that ‘ under the costume there is really nothing there or , alternatively , that what is there is something foreign , something terrifying and essentially other ’ ( ‘ Men in Women 's Clothing ’ , 135 ; see also Chapter 17 below ) . |
| 8 | The answer is that we do sell Sodastream , but in selected stores only due to limited demand ; but this is always under review for signs of change . |
| 9 | Finally , because of the difficulty which individual workers find in withdrawing from closed shop agreements , individual liberty in this country is directly under attack from the unions . |
| 10 | Evelina de Bruin , 63 years old , one of the Upington 14 , is still under sentence of death . |
| 11 | Keane , in County Monaghan yesterday preparing with the Irish squad for tomorrow 's Group Three World Cup qualifier , is still under contract to Forest until the end of October . |
| 12 | Their trial is still under way in Milan . |
| 13 | An OpenView storage management system is still under development for the second half of the year . |
| 14 | Dendrochronological research for the first millennium AD is still under development with a number of floating chronologies in existence ; but the general rarity of timbers suitable for such work from the types of site belonging to this period also limits the value of the method at present . |
| 15 | The Artificial Intelligence Language ( the name is only temporary ) is still under development in Irvine , California , but last week New Scientist was given a demonstration of it . |
| 16 | Question time The BBC is still under attack from old Thatcherism that sapped its morale and split its audiences . |
| 17 | Sandra is still under sedation in hospital , suffering from internal injuries and a broken collar bone . |
| 18 | Of the many changes proposed in this review ( which is still under discussion by the Council of Ministers ) , several are designed to alter policies and aids in the LFAs . |
| 19 | Also its balance sheet is still under pressure despite last year 's £77 million rights issue and the sale of a portfolio of properties for £84 million in December . |
| 20 | Israel is still under pressure from her surrounding countries who often threaten her . |
| 21 | Local Labour councillors Frank Robson and Alan Robinson have promised to look into the situation , which is still under review by the council 's works and health committee . |
| 22 | Lübeck Cathedral is an immense building which is still under restoration at the time of writing . |
| 23 | The mission is similar to the Kepler project proposed to and apparently shelved by ESA , and is also under discussion in Washington as a joint NASA/ESA venture . |
| 24 | Work is also under way on a project for the Ministry of Agriculture , Food and Fisheries . |
| 25 | The builder is also under obligation to : ( a ) Make every reasonable effort to obtain fully completed 715 vouchers from sub-contractors . |
| 26 | The builder is also under obligation to : ( a ) Provide the sub-contractor with Form SC60 to verify that tax has been deducted from payments made . |
| 27 | Manchester United 's Paul Parker is also under consideration for the game on November 18 . |
| 28 | But the Maze prison is also under consideration as a possible location . |
| 29 | Despite , or perhaps because of , these successes Channel Four is also under scrutiny from the ideologues and reformers . |
| 30 | Troubled Telecom Eireann has abandoned a plan to build a new headquarters in Ballsbridge , Dublin , and the decision may cost the company more than £6m ; it bought the site for £9.4m in 1990 , but it is now worth only around £5m ; the company may also be required to pay for a government investigation into the purchase , which is also under scrutiny from the Fraud Office . |