Example sentences of "[coord] were [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of the other known members of such groups had Arab connections or were opposed to Zionist ambitions in Palestine . |
| 2 | But the deputies — whose number reached 562 — were elected directly at factory level and were subject to immediate recall . |
| 3 | Several other senior ministry officials took pay cuts and were subject to disciplinary action . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And were subject to military discipline , so they could be flogged . |
| 6 | They therefore had no wish to be restricted by British manoeuvring for postwar influence , and were unsympathetic to British demands for international control . |
| 7 | To qualify as a model foster parent you had to be at the wealthier level of the middle class , with an already established family ; it helped if you lived in the country ( away from urban enticements ) , spoke a little German , and could tolerate moody children who suffered bouts of depression and were inclined to long silences . |
| 8 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |