Example sentences of "[adv] [be] expose to " in BNC.

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1 We have all been exposed to loads of publicity about the poor quality of tap water because of recent low rainfall — yet a remarkable number of people seem not to have considered the effects of this on small delicate species .
2 However , in such studies , pipe and cigar smokers were usually defined as those who had never smoked cigarettes : these primary smokers tend not to inhale and so are exposed to relatively low amounts of tar and other harmful constituents of the tobacco smoke compared with cigarette smokers .
3 Any cliff or headland which faces the direction from which the greatest waves come will obviously be exposed to severe wave attack .
4 Sibylle herself was only eight when Hitler came to power , and so was exposed to the intrusive influences of the Nazi state during her most formative years .
5 If on the other hand the board does not fully and cleanly develop after a couple of minutes , then the board has not been exposed to UV light for long enough .
6 This provides not only a familiar and welcome face to people who have not been exposed to library services but also provides a medium of communication through the use of community languages .
7 Answer guide : This is something the student has not been exposed to 80 it is useful to let them discuss how they would treat the transaction in detail so they can work out for themselves the principles involved .
8 ‘ In general terms , this accident could have been avoided had the petrol vapour not been exposed to a source of ignition , ’ Mr Haddock added .
9 The largest group are patients with chronic schizophrenia , a group which has already been exposed to the private sector through a move to community care .
10 And taking lead out of petrol would immediately mean that workers in oil refineries would no longer be exposed to the substance .
11 A trade must normally be exposed to the exchange 's established pricing mechanism , such as open outcry or an electronic matching system , unless the rules contemplate otherwise .
12 They decided that Victoria would accompany them to the funeral , but that Hilary , who was a delicate child , should not be exposed to the January chill .
13 The batteries should not be exposed to excessive heat or cold temperatures , or exposed to moisture .
14 For , not only must these systems perform the required service in a timely and efficient manner , but also they must not be exposed to the threat of failure or interference .
15 The prosecution abandoned plans to call Mrs Taylor as a witness after the judge , Mr Justice Latham , said families of the victims should not be exposed to any more trauma than was absolutely necessary .
16 Nonetheless , the National Radiological Protection Board recommends that when radiation levels approach its ‘ generalised derived limits ’ , the authorities should investigate both the sources of radiation and the way of life of people in the locality to check that they are not being exposed to excessive amounts .
17 This study was carried out to determine the number of haemophilic patients seropositive for HIV antibodies and the mortality from HIV infection and to confirm that young children were not being exposed to the virus .
18 He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another .
19 MRDs are generally compiled by human lexicographers ( with the aid of some computer-based tools ) , and hence are exposed to the subjective design guidelines and style of the particular publisher .
20 This woman works at a Garrimpo and has also been exposed to mercury vapour .
21 Injecting drug-users could also be exposed to — or expose a partner to — HIV , during sex .
22 So my music winds up being exposed to Michael Bolton 's audience and people like that .
23 But this friction was beneficial for the students , as they not only learnt a rigorous method of representation but also were exposed to more liberal attitudes .
24 She had never before been exposed to the ruthless face of terrorism .
25 In rural areas which had never before been exposed to the agent , an increase in childhood leukaemia cases resulted .
26 This has been the case with many traditional British companies and it is only now that they are really being exposed to greater change .
27 For example , a flame detector on a North Sea drilling platform might well be exposed to RF field intensities of 0–3 to 0–8 volts per metre , due to the platform 's communications links .
28 It is interesting that butyrate metabolism in controls was greater in the terminal ileum than in the ascending colon and this may suggest that the mucosa here is exposed to the products of bacterial fermentation .
29 At the same time that this mischief is done , the wood itself is ( timber excepted ) but of a miserable account , as any one may suppose , when he is informed , that these shaws have a fence only on one side , and consequently are exposed to be eaten by the cattle that graze in the fields ; hence there is an imperfect system of wood , an injured one of corn , and wretched fences ; by aiming at too much , nothing arrives at perfection .
30 The organisms out there are exposed to maybe hundreds of toxic chemicals . ’
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