Example sentences of "have been expose to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Cotinine in the urine is a reliable indicator that the subject has been exposed to passive smoking .
2 Famed for its gentle , artistic people and elaborately performed ceremonies , the Island of the Gods , Lombok is a mere fifteen minute flight from Bali , but unlike her close sister , this island has been exposed to few tourists .
3 THE closed world of special hospitals has been exposed to unusual public scrutiny since last year 's outcry over conditions at Ashworth , Merseyside .
4 People living near about 50 American weapons manufacturing and testing sites may also have been exposed to carcinogenic radiation , the fund said .
5 In the case of black speakers , because LE is almost certainly their dominant language , though they may have been exposed to Creole first ; at any rate , the possibility that these occasional " Creolisms " are due to a carry-over from the " mother tongue " remains doubtful and unproven .
6 It follows the publication of medical research which says men who 've worked for the Atomic Energy Authority and may have been exposed to certain radioactive materials have more than twice the normal risk of developing prostate cancer .
7 Indeed there have been several recent cases ( for example , ones involving alleged sexual abuse ) in which wide-ranging injunctions have been issued to protect the welfare of children who may otherwise have been exposed to unwelcome publicity .
8 Around 450,000 people are estimated to have been exposed to radioactive emissions from the Mayak plant near Chelyabinsk ( which still produces plutonium and reprocesses waste ) in the 1940s and 50s .
9 The colonial government was upbraided for being out of touch ; failing to grasp that the colony had been exposed to liberal ideas from the outside world : ‘ The star of rule through the Chiefs was on the wane ’ , it declared .
10 The researchers found that at three weeks of age , 39% of the infants had been exposed to passive smoking from any source .
11 Doubt has been cast on a study which suggested that children of fathers who had been exposed to low levels of radiation in the course of their jobs were more likely to develop leukaemia .
12 They found that children of men who had been exposed to external penetrating ionising radiation before their child was conceived were at an increased risk of leukaemia .
13 The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing .
14 Examination of records available on smoking related activity in the control schools indicated that pupils in half of the schools had been exposed to some incidental and unplanned smoking education through events such as No Smoking Day or through associated teaching in home economics or biology .
15 People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation .
16 Just a few days before the launch the original pilot , Ken Mattingy , had been exposed to German measles and was found to have no immunity , He was replaced by his backup , Jack Swigert , who managed just two days prime-crew training before leaving for the Moon !
17 It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves .
18 He drew up a map of Scotland based on where the men lived and found the excess of cases in children from rural areas who had been exposed to those men .
19 The original study , carried out by the late Professor Martin Gardner of Southampton University , found that there was between a fivefold and eightfold risk of cancer in children if their fathers had been exposed to significant levels of radiation .
20 Still other male mice spent a single four-hour period inhaling nitrous oxide before being put with females ( none of which had been exposed to hazardous chemicals ) .
21 It also states that the findings do not support or detract from the Gardner report in 1990 , which found that cancers occurred in children whose fathers had been exposed to high levels of radiation before the child was conceived .
22 When I was in Rapeman , I ca n't say it really surprised me because I had been exposed to English people before , but I did n't think that people were being serious initially .
23 From the moment of their birth my children have been exposed to non-sexist parenting .
24 Personality disorder is the parental diagnosis most associated with emotional and behavioural disorders in children , particularly when they have been exposed to hostile behaviour .
25 Storage is one stumbling block , hooks quickly deteriorate once they have been exposed to saltwater spray .
26 A great remedy in croup for sensitive children who have been exposed to cold air or dry cold winds and have come down with croup the following morning ( see also Aconite and Spongia particularly ) ; worse ( < ) morning and evening .
27 Such terrors are more likely to affect foals and yearlings because they have been exposed to fewer objects and experiences .
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