Example sentences of "be under the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're under the constant threat of job losses . |
| 2 | Clause 1 confirms that drivers hired from Overdrive become the temporary employees of the haulier and are under the complete control of the haulier . |
| 3 | We are also aware that for the majority of women , a visit to a car showroom or Service Department can be a difficult and sometimes downright unpleasant experience due to indifferent attitudes by some Sales/Service staff who are under the misguided impression that because you are female you know little or nothing about the motor car . |
| 4 | For the compartments , black American walnut , highly polished , is used for the framing , while photo prints and mirrors in walnut frames are under the net racks . |
| 5 | As one who admires much of what WTA has done and enjoys watching the best women players compete against each other , because the entertainment value they produce can often be tremendous , I was sad to see that apparently they still do not appreciate how relatively well off they are under the present set-up and how much they could stand to lose from open warfare in the game . |
| 6 | There are no other trading companies which are under the common ownership of the vendors . |
| 7 | The resources within the enterprise are under the direct control of the managers of the enterprise . |
| 8 | Some of these conditions are internal to the learner , e.g. motivational states , attitudes , intelligence ; others are under the direct control of the teacher and consist of ways of structuring teaching . |
| 9 | One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities . |
| 10 | The rather frayed drapes , either side of the tall windows , had a silky sheen in the soft lamplight , the scratched furniture and the threadbare state of the rugs no longer as visible as they had been under the brilliant glare of the harsh overhead light . |
| 11 | One in three householders believed bills were less than they would have been under the existing system ( of flat-rate charges ) , nearly one in five said bills were about the same , while more than one in three said they were higher . |
| 12 | The Jewish community continued to be led by the Chief Rabbi , as it had been under the Byzantine emperors . |
| 13 | Wade Dooley is by no means the only player who was apt to be more profitable under the old laws than he has been under the new . |
| 14 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 15 | He had been under the erroneous impression that Europe was just one big common market , similar in size to the United States , operating under free trade concepts , and with common laws , rules and regulations . |
| 16 | Damage whilst on other premises is now covered , but would not have been under the previous Engineering policy . |
| 17 | In 613 the kingdom was reunited , as it had been under the previous Chlothar in 558 . |
| 18 | From January 1993 , the Land Assessment business has been under the operational control of Iain Ferrier , supported by Nigel Board and Peter Constantine in the South . |
| 19 | It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . " |
| 20 | Meanwhile the situation between the government , the union and the Shipowners ' Federation had proceeded almost to the point of agreement in principle on a National Maritime Board and a proposal from Havelock Wilson that a single source of supply of seamen should be under the joint control of the Federation and the union , though formal acceptance and drafting problems remained ; so did the Liverpool revolt . |
| 21 | We , I used to move around a lot on those days as you could do really speaking because I was n't old enough to be under the Essential Works Order you see , and er I was by the time I went into the army it was 1946 so er the war was over . |
| 22 | The defence will then be under the practical necessity of giving evidence to establish consent . ’ |
| 23 | Yet it was to be under the new regime , for all the difficulties of the power-struggle at home , rather than under the strong rule of Henri II , that the French were to come in force to the aid of Mary of Guise against the Scottish heretics ; for the effective rulers of the two countries were now , after all , the two Guise brothers in France and their sister the regent in Scotland . |
| 24 | More than 150,000 children are already educated in grant-maintained schools but , if the prediction is correct , two thirds of all state school pupils in England and Wales could be under the new system . |
| 25 | ‘ This meeting , having taken into consideration the proceedings of former meetings , and being informed that many respectable persons delay giving their names as subscribers while the proceedings of the committee are subject to be reported to the Odiham Society , and are under the controul [ sic ] thereof , find it expedient to detach themselves from that Society , the work on which they are engaged being of so considerable importance , the reformation and improvement of Farriery , requiring that it should be confined to that purpose and use alone , and be under the sole management and control of its own members . |
| 26 | Even if such feelings and judgements are not disreputable in themselves , they must be under the firm guidance of respect for sheer duty . |
| 27 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 28 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 29 | Whatever future peace Lebanon can obtain , it is not going to be under the power-sharing system that existed before the start of the civil war . |
| 30 | I thought she might be under the front part of the colonnade , and peered cautiously round the corner . |