Example sentences of "and [vb base] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The database company 's subsidiaries in Spain , Portugal , Greece and Central Europe join Scandinavia and Benelux under the charge of Loek van den Boog , previously vice president of Northern Europe . |
| 2 | I know that for two years now Welsh labourers and students and journeymen have been stealing away out of England , to make their way back to Wales and enlist under the banner of their self-styled prince . |
| 3 | Here lies the root of Callinicos , project — the buttressing of Marxism as the ‘ true radicalisation ’ of the Enlightenment ; and here I suspect lies also his ultimate discomfort with Modernism — prone as it is to slip the leash of a guiding politics and dance under the less biddable star of the Aesthetic . |
| 4 | What is the use of going to open beaches when we must return to segregated residential areas and schools and suffer under the laws that make the best medical treatment the prerogative of the whites only in our country ? |
| 5 | Sometimes , on the nights when there were power cuts and the ceiling fans ceased to whirr , we would drag our mattresses outside and sleep under the stars . |
| 6 | At an eve-of-poll rally in Taunton , Somerset , the Liberal Democrat leader urged voters to reject division and decline under the main parties and grasp an ‘ historic opportunity for change ’ . |
| 7 | With the other girls , it had been simple : morning , darling , a quick strip , a bit of pout , grunt and groan under the studio lights , then off they went to the next job . |
| 8 | So , course a bit later we all went off to bed and er well I , the next thing I remember were was er me father coming grabbing out to me and me brother , and chucking us more or less out of ou get off downstairs and get under the table ! |
| 9 | Perhaps most important we fully employ our drivers and retain all employment responsibilities but they are under your direction and control under the Transport Acts . |
| 10 | Industrial and commercial areas will be subject to certification and control under the Fire Precautions Act , as has been described for type I building and reference should therefore be made to this section for other matters of ancillary accommodation . |
| 11 | Lightly dampen one piece with water and secure under the shoulder extension . |
| 12 | When you are happy with the sensitivity of the unit , you can improve its authentic appearance by arranging for a short length of ‘ bluff ’ wire to emerge from the case and disappear under the dashboard at a convenient location . |
| 13 | ‘ The companies can charge what they like for drugs , then be as inefficient as they like , and stay under the profit ceiling . |
| 14 | So it gets to the end of the line and it will come back and adjust itself and go under the the |
| 15 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 16 | So I mean you had to sort of come up , and grab a breath , and go under the water and try and swim away from it . |
| 17 | Such units , consisting of a few closely related families , contain between a dozen and sixty individuals who live together and cultivate under the direction of their elder , whose chief responsibility is the allocation and control of arable land . |
| 18 | Well , in t e old days , two years ago , when she 'd been his Gemma , she 'd have had no choice but to pack her trunks and live under the roof he provided , wherever he chose to provide it . |
| 19 | The audience file in to discover three actors sitting ragged and disconsolate under the eye of a fourth who is reading the Bible and shouting ‘ Shut up ! ’ at intervals . |
| 20 | They usually had in addition the right to gather firewood which could be collected without the use of an edged instrument , and in some cases the right to take housebote and haybote under the supervision of the foresters and verderers . |
| 21 | The nation-state , therefore , is the spatial reference point for most of the crucial transnational practices that go to make up the structures of the global system , in the sense that most transnational practices intersect in particular countries and come under the jurisdiction of particular nation-states . |
| 22 | They had just strength to drop their bikes , get over the stile and fall under the hedge . |
| 23 | Tweed stood behind the heavy net curtains masking the windows of his Park Crescent office , watching the trees in distant Regent 's Park shuffle and shudder under the wind 's onslaught . |
| 24 | Well , it was late — the simplest answer would be to drop the book on the floor , throw off his T-shirt and his jeans , and crawl under the covers and go to sleep . |
| 25 | Dazed as I was , I managed to roll on to the floor and crawl under the table as people crowded over to watch what they thought was a fight . |
| 26 | Taking small sections of hair at a time , pull your hair over the Flexi Comb and tuck under the edge . |
| 27 | That 's about it for July — if the weather is lovely do n't give up the knitting — carry the machine out in the garden and work under the shade of a tree . |