Example sentences of "they [be] subject to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They consist of a cabinet or tunnel in which items are placed and where they are subjected to hot spray of detergent solution followed by rinse water . |
| 2 | However , when the surface veneers dry , as in the hot sun , they are subjected to cross-grain tension and may thus ‘ check ’ , that is produce a large number of small cracks . |
| 3 | At this point the sons are painfully and traumatically initiated — that is , they are subjected to brutal assaults , frightening experiences , are deprived of their mothers and all normal support and , usually at the climax of these experiences , are symbolically castrated by means of some customary mutilation ( very often the rather close equivalent represented by circumcision , but otherwise by knocking out of teeth , pulling out of nails , loss of fingers , etc . ) . |
| 4 | In psychology we use the analogy of mechanical stress , and its consequences , to describe and explain what happens to people when they are subjected to excessive psychological demands . |
| 5 | There is much research which shows how ordinary people are prone to behave ‘ out of character ’ when they are subjected to extreme conditions . |
| 6 | The youths were held prisoner at the Mandela home where they were subjected to vicious assaults . |
| 7 | Station-masters in all but the meanest stations aspired to high status , although they were subjected to great physical dangers during times of civil disturbance , the Revolution , and the Civil War . |
| 8 | For example , Zuwaya said they were subjected to discriminatory conscription in Ajdabiya : those youths who shouted ‘ And we killed Pasha Naiz ’ , provoked Magharba to denounce Zuwaya to the commander of the garrison at Sirte . |
| 9 | This is because he asked from the people a level of commitment that meant even in peacetime they were subjected to strict rule . |
| 10 | In addition , they were subjected to massive pressure by the US and Britain . |
| 11 | They stopped reporting incidents to the police when repeatedly no action was taken , and they were subjected to racial abuse from police officers . |