Example sentences of "be be subject to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Dedicated time for training , education , and study will be difficult to find in an environment where consultants feel they are being subjected to increasing pressure and juniors ' hours are being reduced but the clinical workload is increasing .
2 The Deputy Governor of Kordofan state in central Sudan , Umar Sulayman Adam , on March 12 denied allegations that the Nuba people of the Nuba mountains in his state were being subjected to official repression .
3 Reports from the Muslim Refugees ' Relief Organization on Oct. 29 suggested that Moslems in Mannar were being subjected to widespread harassment by Tamil rebels , allegedly for co-operating with the security forces .
4 Reports issued by human rights organizations claimed that members of the civilian population remaining in Kuwait were being subjected to brutal torture and repression .
5 All the local authorities were being subjected to this dictation from departments in London , and a centralised bureaucracy stood for extravagance . ’
6 By the '70s , when Freddie Martin was playing for a whisky company 's office team in Perth , his successors between the sticks were being subjected to intense TV scrutiny .
7 Our spending on these activities is being subjected to ever-tighter business disciplines .
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