Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] under [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A whole set of disagreements on trade , notably over North American free trade and the GATT , could be smoothed over under that rubric : to be open and unbelligerent on trade is not weak-minded , but is in America 's interests . |
| 2 | An over-ambitious social physics , albeit statistically sophisticated , would give an oddly flat theory of social relationships precisely because unique , yet meaningful , patterns would be smoothed out under general statistical laws . |
| 3 | The call for a Scottish commission was made yesterday by Strathclyde Regional Council , John Major 's ‘ monstrosity ’ , which would be broken up under any of the four Scottish Office proposals for council change . |
| 4 | Yet international pressure to change will continue , beginning with the growing insistence of the EC that elections to the European Parliament be carried out under proportional representation . |
| 5 | Can be carried out under local anaesthetic at a clinic or surgery . |
| 6 | Patients may be admitted to the ward for investigations that need to be carried out under local or general anaesthetic , e.g. the removal of a small piece of tissue for examination under a microscope ( a biopsy ) or the internal inspection of an organ such as the bladder ( a cystoscopy ) . |
| 7 | However , the MRP reports demonstrate that useful surveys can be carried out under difficult conditions , producing results which can provide a valuable contribution to mineral exploration . |
| 8 | We would expect regulations to be drawn up under those headings in the hope that the privatised companies would be obliged to act upon them . |
| 9 | Labour 's Frank Cook predicted the North Tees Hospital Trust , which comes into effect next Wednesday ‘ despite opposition from medical and ancillary staff as well as the general public ’ will be brought back under local control a short time after the General Election . |
| 10 | A more liberal regime , a greater degree of economic freedom , serious political experiment of any kind , even had Frederick ever desired such things , were luxuries too dangerous to be indulged in under these conditions . |
| 11 | Saints will be fired up under new boss John McClelland , who has taken over from the sacked Alex Totten . |