Example sentences of "been subjected to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless there are , in both units , large cohorts of patients with HIV infection with mildly abnormal liver function tests who have not been subjected to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography . |
| 2 | Following in the footsteps of an earlier Departmental Committee , the Advisory Council painstakingly analysed the subsequent criminal careers of men who had been flogged , comparing them with those who had been subjected to other forms of penalty . |
| 3 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | The advocacy and proof of the feasibility of more creative , composition based practices in music furnished by the Music in the Secondary School Curriculum which led to the inclusion of composition in the GCSE music criteria ( DES , 1985a ) has also been subjected to adverse correspondence similar to that of the language development example above . |
| 5 | Ever since his ship approached this world — the Sense-Sphere — Maitland 's crew have been subjected to telepathic assault , a process which has sent the vessel 's mineralogist quite mad . |
| 6 | In this respect they are probably quite unlike the apes , who have not yet been subjected to evolutionary pressures for rapid acquisition of symbol systems . |
| 7 | This has been subjected to critical scrutiny by Allan ( 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Thus some streets have been subjected to partial redesign , wherein pavement and carriageway are kept separate on the whole , but crossing points are restructured as speed tables . |
| 9 | The report describes how in recent years hundreds of political activists or suspected activists , including prisoners of conscience , have been subjected to arbitrary arrest and torture and sentenced after unfair trials . |
| 10 | the head of the operation in central Bosnia said the Moslems had been subjected to blatant human rights abuses and the U N might soon have to evacuate them . |
| 11 | The value of one of the principal recommendations , the provision of psychiatric care to attempted suicide patients , remains controversial , and it has only recently been subjected to controlled evaluation ( Hawton et al. 1987 ) . |
| 12 | My family and I have been subjected to unprovoked stone-throwing and spitting by gangs of youths who I presume are from right wing groups . |
| 13 | Psychoanalytic thinking has had a deep influence on psychiatry and psychology in the twentieth century , but this has been by no means decisive , and its increasingly fragmented theories have been subjected to continuous criticism . |
| 14 | We should not consider the need for early detection of localised prostatic cancer until its treatment has been subjected to such assessment . |
| 15 | Theories and information appear not to have been subjected to prior sorting and tumble forth from the pages , while the opinions of the authors remain submerged . |
| 16 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In none of the patients had the diagnosis been considered by the referring doctor and many patients had been subjected to extensive investigations . |
| 19 | There was at an early stage evidence that D. had been subjected to violent injury . |
| 20 | Rail users have been subjected to annual fare increases well above inflation for several years now , so it is quite justified for motorists to receive some of the same treatment . |
| 21 | The ‘ Illustrious ’ had been subjected to vicious bombing only a short time previously , and the defending fighters had been battered by swarms of Me109s and Macchis . |
| 22 | Where these is no need for a retained iron structure to accept enlarged loads and it is apparent that the metal members are in food condition , not having been subjected to detrimental modifications , the chief consideration in re-using the installation is to achieve an acceptable standard of fire resistance . |
| 23 | But the histone H4 document has n't just been copied , it has been subjected to natural selection . |
| 24 | Lydia , who had quite often been subjected to this experience , twigged at once . |
| 25 | As I indicated in the preceding chapter , innovative approaches to language teaching that have been recommended in the past have not , generally speaking , been subjected to this kind of pragmatic treatment . |
| 26 | Hundreds of generations of goats have been subjected to these ordeals each winter , and the best adapted animals have survived . |
| 27 | Traditional assumptions about the development of the pre-revolutionary economy have been subjected to detailed re-examination . |
| 28 | Although having made a " confession " after his arrest , Cheng later retracted it , claiming to have been subjected to extreme pressure by the police . |
| 29 | Thus infant mice have been subjected to electric-shock treatment and their emotionality assessed later on in comparison with non-shocked animals . |
| 30 | These cancer surveillance programmes are now widely implemented despite not having been subjected to clinical trial . |