Example sentences of "and [noun pl] under the " in BNC.

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1 Imagine , wine and pastries under the swinging corpses of the damned ! )
2 Japan is no exception to the tendency to sum up widely shared social characteristics and attitudes under the heading of ‘ national character ’ .
3 The visitor to Hong Kong is able to experience an appealing combination of cultural and sporting events , including the Festival of Asian Arts which occurs during autumn , and the Mid Autumn Festival , when families cluster around candles and lanterns under the full moon .
4 Or that it describes a daily shudder of one whole millimetre in all directions as the marble expands and contracts under the Italian sun .
5 One of the least anticipated results of this working out of opinions , morals , and institutions under the guidance of positive philosophy , is the development which must take place in the modes of expressing them .
6 A prototype of the database server was developed by ICL , Groupe Bull SA , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and associates under the European Community-backed Esprit II European Declarative System ( EDS ) project .
7 He dropped to his knees in the turf , now trampled into glistening , half-dried mud , and plunged head and shoulders under the ochre-tinted lintel .
8 Anne trained at the Constance Spry School and trades under the name Farmhouse Flora .
9 None the less , his fall from favour and loss of revenue farms and offices under the restored Commonwealth of 1659 may have been what stood him in best stead in the following year , rather than secret payments to the Royalist cause before May 1660 , for which there is no evidence beyond inference .
10 Putting both the police and headmen under the control of government agents did not ensure that they worked together .
11 By now Haslam was firmly on the management ladder at ICI and his broad experience of a wide variety of jobs and functions under the company 's rotation scheme was clearly paying dividends .
12 In place of a draft provision which gave protection in all cases where criminal or disciplinary proceedings were possible in a third State , the final Convention text allows States to declare that they will respect privileges and duties under the law of third States to the extent specified in the declaration .
13 As with the charter party and short form ocean bill of lading , many of the parties ' rights and duties under the GCBS waybill are dealt with in another document or set of trade rules .
14 Moreover , they misunderstand the nature of the task upon which the judge has been compelled to engage himself , which is to discover , using the tools with which the law has furnished him — the accepted presumptions and canons of construction — not some speculative but unexpressed ‘ intention of Parliament ’ but the ambit of the written rules that Parliament has imposed for the regulation of the subject 's conduct and his rights and duties under the law .
15 The Spanish State has subcontracted to the Foundation many of the rights and obligations under the loan agreement .
16 This justifies any discrepancy with the rigid treaty rule in favour of extending the rights and obligations under the treaties .
17 Only a ‘ legal person ’ can have rights and be subject to duties and obligations under the law .
18 In order to ensure , as far as possible , the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations under the Convention of the contracting states and of the persons concerned , the nature of that connection must be determined independently .
19 The essence of the matter was stated in the first sentence of Article 613 : ‘ when an enterprise or a part of an enterprise is transferred to another owner ( sic ) as a result of a legal transaction , the latter shall succeed to the rights and obligations under the contracts of employment existing at the date of the transfer ’ ( my translation ) .
20 In addition to his rights and obligations under the regulations , each clearing member is party to a standard bilateral clearing agreement with LCH .
21 These have various rights and obligations under the auspices of the Bank of England .
22 He would turn up at her garden with a picnic in the late afternoons , laying out a white cloth , champagne and strawberries under the shadow of the tower block and the bemused scrutiny of the local youth .
23 In addition to the function of administering liquor licensing , as provided for by the subsection , the boards also have functions in relation to the granting of permits and licences under the Betting , Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and the Gaming Act 1968 ( see s.133 and Schedule 7 , para. 7 ) .
24 I understood what my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary said about economic migration and refugees under the 1951 convention .
25 Because parental involvement is such a key feature , teachers also need to know about parents ' rights and responsibilities under the legislation , in addition to those of the school and LEA .
26 The solicitor is under a duty to consider eligibility for Legal Aid and if granted to advise on costs , contributions , the statutory charge , and the client 's rights and responsibilities under the scheme .
27 … blues and greens and browns under the sun , and here 's a pale oblong which is …
28 … blues and greens and browns under the sun , and long wisps of raincloud being torn by the mountains …
29 In the fine litter of sawdust and shavings under the bench the morning light found a few abrupt blue glitters of metal .
30 The Act does apply in negligence , nuisance , and actions under the rule in Rylands v Fletcher .
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