Example sentences of "[be] subject to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next two months , we will be subjected to a barrage of argument , statistics and plain propaganda from Woolworths ( yes , call it Kingfisher if you want , but most people will still think of it as Woolies ) and from Dixons . |
| 2 | If policies are to improve , third-world governments need to be subjected to a shrewd combination of pressure and advice . |
| 3 | Up to 30 farms are being sought initially before scientists choose one which can be subjected to a systematic research programme in which partridges will be fitted with electronic tracking devices . |
| 4 | This accident was one of the factors which prompted the then Labour government to decide that the new oxide fuel plant should be subjected to a full-scale public inquiry . |
| 5 | Perhaps even worse , you might be subjected to a disciplinary inquiry when you believe that you have done nothing wrong . |
| 6 | This school was to be subjected to a number of air raid attacks , but the greatest loss the school suffered was when the Allen Homes were totally destroyed in 1942 . |
| 7 | They have to be subjected to a rigorous trial by doubt , and only those considered ‘ indubitable ’ or ‘ certain beyond any shadow of doubt ’ are finally accepted as true . |
| 8 | Perhaps more important , the Earth would be subjected to a greater than usual bombardment of material from space . |
| 9 | What is more , the same conduct may be subjected to a series of different interpretations as subsequent events show it to be part of a pattern of conduct or as an isolated instance , as implicating a wider or narrower range of social relationships , and so on . |
| 10 | Buried beneath the Arctic snows , you will be subjected to a series of ordeals , tests . |
| 11 | Most will be reluctant to undergo assessment , either because they are involved in criminal activity or they expected to be subjected to a judgmental and disapproving attitude towards themselves , or because they are afraid their children may be removed from them . |
| 12 | When a document is in electronic form it can be subjected to a variety of processing options : stylistic analysis , statistical analysis , copying , editing , forwarding , filing , and so on . |
| 13 | Since the monarch obviously could not be subjected to a direct barrage of demand from all comers , certain informal roads to royal favour came to be established , controlled by gate-keepers with access to the sovereign . |
| 14 | But before this , Adorno 's whole theory of popular music production , and its historical development , must be subjected to a wider-ranging critique . |
| 15 | Mr. Cullen , for the plaintiffs , accepted that this was correct and that non-litigation costs could not be subjected to a process of taxation , whether on the standard basis or on the indemnity basis . |
| 16 | The proposition that non-litigation costs can not be subjected to a process of taxation in order to quantify the recoverable amount is , in our judgment , unsound both in principle and on authority . |
| 17 | A person ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in a transaction entered into in contravention of section 3 can only be subjected to a restitutionary order under subsection ( 2 ) if and to the extent that the person received money or property under the transaction in question . |
| 18 | For research purposes it is best to leave thin sections uncovered , as they may then be subjected to a variety of treatments including staining , etching , cathodoluminescence and microprobe work . |
| 19 | He contends that in the absence of sufficient fact to establish , on the balance of probability , that the Policyholder could be subjected to a criminal prosecution in respect of the goods , then indemnity should be granted . |
| 20 | He contends that in the absence of sufficient fact to establish , on the balance of probability , that the Policyholder could be subjected to a criminal prosecution in respect of the goods , then indemnity should be granted . |
| 21 | On Dec. 8 the State Council abolished a regulation which required public functionaries to be subjected to a security investigation . |
| 22 | The new code would be subjected to a three-month consultation period and was expected to become effective in the autumn of 1990 . |
| 23 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 24 | Passengers must also be selected at random and be subjected to a complete baggage check . |
| 25 | Any attempt to exclude liability for property damage will be subjected to a test of reasonableness ( s. 2(2) ) . |
| 26 | As regards Bob 's liability for the damage to Alan 's car , the exclusionary notice would be subjected to a reasonableness test . |
| 27 | It is likely that the proposal will be subjected to a planning inquiry . |
| 28 | Accordingly , as for example in Bentham 's design for a prison , Fine ( 1979 p 85 ) observed : " … inmates were to be subjected to a perpetual supervision in the isolation of their cells by an " inspector " , whose presence was always visible in the shape of the central guard tower , but whose particular focus and conclusions were neither within the vision , knowledge or control of the suspected . " |
| 29 | Certain cyanoferrates are approved as food additives , for example to salt , having first been subjected to a thorough toxicological evaluation . |
| 30 | This implication has been subjected to a variety of experimental tests . |