Example sentences of "were subject to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berle and Means concluded that 44 per cent of the largest 200 American corporations were subject to management control in 1929 . |
| 2 | Examinations for certificates of competency were instituted for all masters and mates of foreign-going ships and were subject to withdrawal if they proved incompetent or unfit to perform their duties . |
| 3 | Under Italian rule , shaikhs became government officials : they were subject to government approval and backed by government authority . |
| 4 | Even though the prices of many of the goods which were used in constructing the retail price index were subject to government control , the official consumer price index increased between January 1970 and September 1973 by 119 per cent and , using this same index , the official rate of inflation in the fourth quarter of 1973 was over 500 per cent . |
| 5 | They were subject to transfer , but the executive branch was unable to interfere with specific decisions . |
| 6 | Even these plans were subject to delay ; in November 1962 , at a special corporation meeting , Alderman James Hegarty moved a vote of censure over delays which meant that 300 out of 500 houses planned in the autumn of 1960 had been delayed . |
| 7 | Hunt had taken over his surveying duties , major buildings were subject to competition , and Phipps , as before , dealt with minor works . |
| 8 | It has been estimated , for example , that during the mid 1970s some 50 million US citizens were subject to hurricane winds of over 160 km/h and 6 million were subject to hurricane surge ( Brinkman 1975 ) . |
| 9 | It has been estimated , for example , that during the mid 1970s some 50 million US citizens were subject to hurricane winds of over 160 km/h and 6 million were subject to hurricane surge ( Brinkman 1975 ) . |
| 10 | Both the Soviet Union and the United States space programmes were subject to reappraisal and tight financial constraints as of early 1991 , the year of the 30th anniversary of the first space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12 , 1961 [ see p. 18033 ] . |
| 11 | Empirically based hypotheses were subject to revision ; for , as he put it himself , the facts might be explained in another way as yet unknown to men . |
| 12 | Mr Cranley claimed at a well attended meeting the following day , Sunday , which was also attended by public representatives that the workmen were subject to mob rule and intimidation . |
| 13 | The salaries of government employees such as doctors and teachers were subject to inflation and still suffered from the Soviet concept of paying intellectuals less than manual workers . |
| 14 | The potential for subversiveness in the realisation of the equality of all men in the sight of God , and the possibility of each man reading the word of God directly for himself , sadly , proved too explosive a threat to be ignored and the Lollards were subject to persecution . |
| 15 | In this light the at-risk status of the sample is further indicated by the fact that 91 per cent of the sample were subject to Schedule 11 , with only six per cent being on ordinary probation and three per cent on statutory licence following release from custody , that is , parole and youth custody licence . |
| 16 | Under the previous system , works whose value had not been declared for taxation purposes were subject to taxation on the full sale price which was a severe disincentive to sellers . |
| 17 | These were subject to acceptance by the people of those countries , who were consulted by referenda early in 1979 . |
| 18 | Graveney said that the venues for the three three-day warm-up games were subject to alteration but that the international matches ‘ are as first planned ’ . |
| 19 | Indeed , it was found as a fact in the case that out of 36,000 petrol stations in the United Kingdom nearly 35,000 were subject to solus agreements . |
| 20 | The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders . |
| 21 | official political recognition were subject to examination by a committee established under a 1981 law on the registration of political parties ; this law was amended in May 1989 to secure the representation on the committee of the Intelligence and Security Ministry — see p. 37422 . ) |
| 22 | Going back to what you said earlier on on er on this question , erm you mentioned that erm the flats were subject to controversy . |
| 23 | The SNM stated that the relief workers had been riding on a government military lorry ; such lorries were subject to routine attack and they appealed to relief agencies to be " independent " in performing their duties . |
| 24 | Benefits for long-serving players were discretionary and unlike cricket were subject to tax . |
| 25 | But the general point remains that most people were subject to authority for a large part of their lives , even in the golden age when the Zuwaya had no sovereign power . |
| 26 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 27 | Cistercian houses were related in filiations and were subject to visitation by the abbot of the mother house . |
| 28 | In this respect , recommendations by the team were subject to approval by senior county staff who sometimes had inside information which could affect the final decision . |
| 29 | Billeting arrangements were subject to strain . |
| 30 | The functional teeth were ‘ alive ’ and were subject to consent internal remodelling , as is typical of most mammals . |