Example sentences of "be [adv] under [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such people are effectively under house arrest . |
| 2 | A warrant for Zhivkov 's arrest had been issued on Jan. 18 , but he was believed to have been effectively under house arrest at one of his 30 former official residences since shortly after his resignation in November 1989 . |
| 3 | The RSPB is ever on the alert , ever vigilant , for estuaries are constantly under threat — which means that the thousands of wintering birds they support are threatened , too . |
| 4 | Despite the importance of this topic in a world where liberal democratic values are constantly under threat , relatively little attention has been paid to it . |
| 5 | In Parliament , as on constituency platforms , Conservative Ministers know they are constantly under scrutiny by some of the more outspoken of their colleagues for any signs of ‘ wetness ’ . |
| 6 | People who cause trouble are constantly under medication ( more for the staff 's sake than the residents ' , so it seemed to me . |
| 7 | Pay attention to your hands and feet , which are constantly under pressure and strain , and you will find your whole body benefits . |
| 8 | Reporters are constantly under pressure and if they feel that stories must be double-checked on every point they will not use them . |
| 9 | These S.S.S.I.s are constantly under review , and while some may have been dropped , others may have been extended and new sites added . |
| 10 | Large areas around Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland are especially under threat as there is enormous pressure for afforestation in the area . |
| 11 | Catering that had been so under threat in the later seventies suddenly attracted new importance ; indeed , the single Manchester Pullman that looked almost certain to be a casualty of further standardisation in the eighties was joined by a bevy of Pullmans if only Pullman service on HSTs and Mark 3s . |
| 12 | Breeds which are already under threat include the Sahiwal cattle of the Indian subcontinent , where farmers are trying to adapt Europe 's dairy cow — the Holstein — to a tropical climate . |
| 13 | Freddie 's spokesman Gordon Blair confirmed last night : ‘ Divorce proceedings are already under way . ’ |
| 14 | Discussions are already under way with the National Trust for Scotland regarding a suitable themed transport link between Bridge of Dun station and the recently re-opened House of Dun , which would allow the BRPS and NTS to offer a joint visitor experience . |
| 15 | For example , projects totalling $200 million are already under way at our Grangemouth refinery in Scotland and at our joint-venture refineries in Bavaria and Rotterdam . |
| 16 | Several longitudinal studies of this nature are already under way ( e.g. Wrede et al. , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | Plans are already under way to televise Joanna Trollope 's latest novel , A Spanish Lover . |
| 18 | When a person is ill , the body 's natural defence mechanisms are already under stress , and therefore , less able than usual to resist the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms . |
| 19 | This discovery has been named the Lennox field and development options are already under consideration . |
| 20 | ‘ Possible development solutions for the field are already under consideration , ’ he added . |
| 21 | Though a long term objective , biological switches are already under test . |
| 22 | If the price of crude oil remains high and volatile then this will impose severe strains on economies which are already under pressure . |
| 23 | A number of units are already under offer and excellent opportunities exist on the remaining units . |
| 24 | He says , I have n't come to judge the world , I have n't come to condemn you , you 're already under condemnation ! |
| 25 | Well we 're already under pressure to give names , and we are reluctant to give pressure , cos n reluctant to give names because we have n't got them , at this stage , but we need , but at some stage we need to iden as we , as part of the process , this need , there 's a need at least to identify one home within the east of the county . |
| 26 | And holding up his pad of fixed-penalty tickets he went on , ‘ You 're also under pressure to give out a certain amount of these things ’ ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 25 ) . |
| 27 | Hanger has also threatened to kill his parents who live in Bath , and they 're now under guard at a police safe house . |
| 28 | The virtues the knights seek to develop , both in themselves and in the world , are always under assault . |
| 29 | State officials are always under threat , always being kidnapped . |
| 30 | The NCC is determined to maintain its distinctive scenery and very special flora and fauna for such wetlands , sadly , are always under threat . |