Example sentences of "[conj] [be] subject [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one of the few upstream firms integrates with a downstream firm , then its previous customers may find their supply of input dries up , or is subject to onerous terms . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , the lawyer focuses criticism on the economists essentially theoretical approach where assumptions are unrealistic , and where , as a consequence , they lead ‘ to conclusions that are subject to overwhelming qualifications . ’ |
| 3 | Its mechanisms have been studied most fully in vascular plants of commercial importance , for example cereals , green vegetables and shelter-belt trees , in temperate boreal regions that are subject to hard winter frosts ( Kaurin et al . , |
| 4 | It is also stipulated in the agreement that the only works of art that may not be transferred to Bilbao from New York are those that are subject to American legal restrictions , or works that are too fragile to travel . |
| 5 | In part to complement the broad-based approach towards co-ordination developed within the CATS , the Inner City Initiative was launched in 1986 to increase Private-sector investment in small urban areas that were subject to high unemployment rates . |
| 6 | The constitutional authorities were mindful of the constraints imposed by elections and trade unions , but the Left sees democracy in Britain as constrained , not by these things , but by the presence of unaccountable economic power and by the independent power of those closed and secret parts of the state machine that are not popularly elected and that are not even truly accountable to , or effectively controlled by , that part of Parliament that is subject to regular election by the people . |
| 7 | These two techniques , and the addition of steel side or cross-rods respectively to strengthen individual beams or entire joisted floors at mid-span , all involve the substitution of metal for overstressed wood in the part of the member that is subject to tensile stress . |
| 8 | Talking of restrictions , it often happens that your client wants to develop a property that is subject to old restrictive covenants in a manner that would be a breach of covenant . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the contracting powers of local authorities are derived from statute and are subject to certain ‘ public law ’ controls which do not restrict the contracting activities of private individuals ( and central government ) . |
| 10 | These are simply recognised by common law and convention and are subject to various legal and conventional limitations . |
| 11 | Since 1 January 1993 , those services described in Sch 3 , VATA 1983 , supplied to non-EC recipients , are supplied in the country where the recipient belongs , and fall outside the scope of UK VAT ; supplies to EC recipients for the purpose of the recipient 's VAT registered business are supplied in the member state where the recipient belongs , and are outside the scope of UK VAT ; and supplies to EC recipients for other purposes are supplied in the UK and are subject to standard-rated VAT . |
| 12 | Although the most commonly used traffic-calming measures , road humps , are governed by statute and are subject to clear regulations , other techniques such as chicanes , road narowing , different road surfaces , shared road surfaces , rumble strips and gateways are not properly covered by legislation . |
| 13 | Because clubs have a social , recreational and educational function , and are non-profit making , they are recognised as having non commercial status and are subject to special provision within the licensing laws and other laws . |
| 14 | In aggregate , it will certainly be a greater cause of loss than the various forms of self-dealing , discussed in Chapter 7 , which have generated a substantial body of case law and are subject to detailed statutory regulation . |
| 15 | Sufferers become bent and stooped and are subject to respiratory difficulties as their chests are compressed by the curvature . |
| 16 | The Northern Ireland Housing Executive 's standing orders that contracts must be advertised and be subject to tender were ignored . |
| 17 | Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition . |
| 18 | In consequence , even the publication of an academic seminar paper carried out without formal approval could form a breach in the regulated structures of police existence and be subject to disciplinary control . |
| 19 | They should also be given permission to issue some form of fixed interest profit-related bond , be allowed to raise a proportion of their equity direct from the public and be subject to independent regulation similar to that of privatised utilities . |
| 20 | A commission in bankruptcy would cost him £100 and be subject to considerable delay ; but the consent of a certain proportion of his creditors was sufficient for his discharge for ever from his debts . |
| 21 | But the deputies — whose number reached 562 — were elected directly at factory level and were subject to immediate recall . |
| 22 | Several other senior ministry officials took pay cuts and were subject to disciplinary action . |
| 23 | At least 80 prisoners arrested in August 1991 , including former government ministers Abd al-Rahman Abdallah Nugdalla and Mirghani Abd al-Rahman Suleiman , were reportedly beaten with rubber truncheons , had their testicles compressed with pliers and were subject to mock executions . |
| 24 | And were subject to military discipline , so they could be flogged . |
| 25 | Note : The price quoted is based on an exchange rate of 2,250 IL = £1 and on a group of 28 passengers , and is subject to possible increase with lower numbers or a lower value of the pound , as per DA Study Tours brochure conditions ( available on request ) . |
| 26 | Below the water table rock and soil pores are saturated ; water movement is controlled by gravity and is subject to hydrostatic pressure , that is pressure exerted by the weight of overlying water . |
| 27 | In general , recent studies have found that the use of qualifications varies significantly between different sectors of the labour market and is subject to considerable regional variation . |
| 28 | This was because policy was and is subject to important time lags . |
| 29 | Your contract is made on the terms of this Charter and is subject to English law and exclusive jurisdiction . |
| 30 | But that does not include commercial use and is subject to local by-laws . |