Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] liable to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home care for the stroke patient may be chosen because the patient 's doctor feels that the necessary rehabilitation can be done at home , or might be best done at home ; the patient may be more comfortable , and therefore more co-operative to treatment if he remains among familiar surroundings ; he might be liable to excessive stress if parted from his close family , friends or a beloved pet ; or it may be a temporary situation , in which the patient is waiting for a bed in a specialist rehabilitation unit to become available . |
| 2 | Firstly , the mean velocity profile may be liable to local instability , somewhat analogous to instability of laminar flow . |
| 3 | If a proprietor were to trade as ‘ The Saucy Sausage ’ and failed to comply with either of the above requirements , then he or she would be liable to criminal prosecution for such a failure . |
| 4 | Under the revised code new principles were introduced , notably ( i ) the penal responsibility of legal entities of public and private law such as companies , trade unions and political parties ( a measure aimed at new crimes such as fraud , hazardous working conditions and pollution ) ; ( ii ) the concept of an " instigator " of a crime ( who would be liable to criminal prosecution and punishment on a similar basis as the " perpetrator " of a crime ) ; and ( iii ) the extension of " legitimate self-defence " to cover defence of property . |
| 5 | A police officer shall be liable to disciplinary proceedings for a failure to comply with any provision of such a code , unless such proceedings are precluded by section 104 below . |
| 6 | S.61B. ( 1 ) Any person who maliciously inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person with intent to have sexual intercourse with the other person shall be liable to penal servitude for 20 years . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Any person who maliciously inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person with intent to have sexual intercourse with a third person who is present or nearby shall be liable to penal servitude for 20 years . |
| 8 | S.61C. ( 1 ) Any person who — ; ( a ) maliciously inflicts actual bodily harm upon another person ; or ( b ) threatens to inflict actual bodily harm upon another person by means of an offensive weapon or instrument , with intent to have sexual intercourse with the other person shall be liable to penal servitude for 12 years . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) Any person who — ; ( a ) maliciously inflicts actual bodily harm upon another person ; or ( b ) threatens to inflict actual bodily harm upon another person , with intent to have sexual intercourse with a third person who is present or nearby shall be liable to penal servitude for 12 years . |
| 10 | S.61D. ( 1 ) Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse shall be liable to penal servitude for 7 years or , if the other person is under the age of 16 years , to penal servitude for 10 years . |