Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] subjected to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The National Curriculum proposal has been subjected to extensive criticism not only for the vagueness of the curriculum theory it espouses but also for its inadequate consideration of the value of the arts to the development of all pupils .
2 ( iv ) If the creditor is aware , or ought to have been aware , that the surety has been subjected to undue influence by the debtor , it would be unlikely to be sufficient if the creditor merely took steps to ensure that the surety understood the nature of the liability he or she was accepting .
3 This has been subjected to critical scrutiny by Allan ( 1986 ) .
4 Inequality in health , especially that based on social class or occupational status , is a topic which has been subjected to considerable scrutiny .
5 Within the health service the very direct influence of the doctors has been subjected to considerable attention by policy analysts .
6 But the histone H4 document has n't just been copied , it has been subjected to natural selection .
7 What animals are capable of discriminating between has been subjected to rigorous experimental study for many decades .
8 This was recognised by Sir Ernest Gowers in The Complete Plain Words : [ L ] egal draftsmen have to ensure to the best of their ability that what they say will be found to mean precisely what they intended , even after it has been subjected to detailed and possibly hostile scrutiny by acute legal minds …
9 How much more difficult when that old person is of a different race or culture from one 's own , has a lifetime of tradition and experience of which we know nothing and has been subjected to hostile experiences , whether the horror of the Holocaust or consistent denigration by virtue of skin colour ?
10 Classical liberalism has been subjected to severe criticism both from conservatives and communitarians .
11 As we indicated in the discussion of sampling , the survey method , especially the explanatory survey , has been subjected to severe criticism and from social researchers whose own careers have been forged within the tradition of variable analysis .
12 This attempt to produce a scientific scheme of ideas has been subjected to severe criticism which need not be repeated here ( see Simon 1957 ; Rose 1975 ) .
13 The successful re-use of an existing iron structure depends on the quality of the original construction and whether it has been subjected to significant alterations .
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