Example sentences of "[be] subjected to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may choose a paper for its coverage of sports and scandals and then be subjected to its coverage of politics . |
| 2 | A domestic market that becomes part of an international market is going to be subjected to the effects of changes which might otherwise have been more slow in coming — or would n't have immediately affected it . |
| 3 | Thus the eye could be subjected to precise ‘ reality ’ , or it could be repositioned , led , titillated or deceived . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , he feels that there are instances where regimes violating human rights might justifiably be subjected to external action . |
| 6 | In order to release $350 million in stand-by credits and clear the way for the injection of $1 billion in European Community funds , the International Monetary Fund originally demanded that the budget deficit be wiped out altogether and that public spending be subjected to even more stringent cuts than are planned . |
| 7 | If policies are to improve , third-world governments need to be subjected to a shrewd combination of pressure and advice . |
| 8 | His next letter offered her marriage to save her from the dreadful future of stripping off that she would be subjected to otherwise . |
| 9 | Four centuries earlier Socrates at Athens observed that a really righteous person would be so unacceptable to human society that he would be subjected to every humiliation and crucified . |
| 10 | I said I would be happy to talk to anyone but I refused to be subjected to personal attack . |
| 11 | All may be subjected to tortion , while their elasticity may vary . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Though golf should be subjected to the same criteria as other sports , and a bit of enthusiastic reaction is part of that , it must retain its decorum if its special flavour and reputation for sportsmanship under duress is not to be undermined . |
| 14 | In certain areas of Britain there is also a ‘ tradition ’ of digging out badgers , so that they may be subjected to the same merciless treatment that is meted out to the fox . |
| 15 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 16 | Every government policy will be subjected to environmental appraisal , co-ordinated by a Cabinet Minister for Environmental Protection . |
| 17 | Some propositions can be subjected to experimental test and the results used in the creation of an extended thesis or alternatively an antithesis . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For example , the benefits of a soil conservation programme will be felt not only by the direct land users who are causing the soil erosion , but by others who may be subjected to less severe crop losses , deposition of gravel on cultivated land , loss of livestock and building or siltation of canal irrigation networks . |
| 20 | The first was that Stirling had promised his men that they would never be subjected to the indecisions of the Commando days when operation after operation was planned and then cancelled at the last minute . |
| 21 | If this is not diagnosed and recurrences occur at the same site , the patient will be labelled as a refractory case of non-specific urethritis and may be subjected to prolonged courses of antibiotic treatment , which , of course , will have no effect on the course of the disease . |
| 22 | The temperatures in the holds of ships in the tropics can be very high and goods standing at the dockside in tropical ports may be subjected to very high temperatures . |
| 23 | During the lifetime of the roof they will have to deal with up to a million gallons of water and will be subjected to the sun 's ultra-violet rays , frost , snow and wind . |
| 24 | This brief résumé of methods of allocation omits an important area which is rarely controlled through financial allocation , yet which certainly needs to be subjected to some form of central control . |
| 25 | Perhaps even worse , you might be subjected to a disciplinary inquiry when you believe that you have done nothing wrong . |
| 26 | I was angry that humans should be subjected to such degradation and I realised just how lucky I had been so far . |
| 27 | After burial , bones are protected from the worst effects of weathering , but they may still be subjected to corrosion by soil or sediment . |
| 28 | Consequently double the emission rate and unacceptable concentrations of odour pollutant will persist for double the distance downwind , and , providing the population density remains constant , four times as many people will be subjected to the odour . |
| 29 | Those readers who have applied to traditional funding organisations for support will know that their ideas will be subjected to independent ‘ peer ’ review ; that is , comments are invited ( often in secret ) from those working in related fields on the quality of the proposed research and its chances for success . |
| 30 | 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 . |