Example sentences of "be put under the " in BNC.
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1 | They will be put under the strain of doing jobs for which they are unsuited and as a result will either leave after a short time , have the humiliation of being told they are unsuitable , or cause difficulties for other staff who have to rely on them or cooperate with them . |
2 | I also feel very sorry for him : he is the same age as me and I would hate to be put under the pressure that was evident in his shaking frame after his statement . |
3 | The jacket is rather short , so a jersey or fleece has to be put under the shoulder straps of the salopettes , not over , or it will stick out below the jacket and get wet . |
4 | Labour MPs called for the security services to be put under the control of a Commons committee , and barraged John Major with questions . |
5 | For Philip said that board , thick papers , " something , should be put under the tank to raise it , because of some tricky protruding pipes , and Jasper , seeing the stacks of newspaper that had come down from the attic , swiftly gathered them up and built them , while he knelt there beside it , into an eighteen-inch-high platform . |
6 | Which aspects of our operations will be put under the microscope ? |
7 | Republican communist parties and local branches were to determine their own fate , but all CPSU property was to be put under the control of local soviets . |