Example sentences of "[adv] be subject to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What is unfair can not sensibly be subject to different standards depending on the source of the discretion to exclude it .
2 Some highly general tendencies , which will necessarily be subject to subsequent refinement and caution , can serve to represent the scene .
3 For example , an office held at pleasure might nevertheless be subject to procedural fairness where the statutory scheme would be less effective if the right to be heard were not implied .
4 Although microspectrophotometric measurements are usually made by passing the beam transversely through the outer segment , our measurements of cells in these foveal patches were necessarily axial ; the absorption spectra may thus be subject to minor distortion by inert pigments in the inner segments , by waveguide effects , or by scattering in other retinal tissue .
5 This would cover drainage , and use of fertilisers within the LFA ( roads , buildings , fences , etc. need not be subject to prior approval ) .
6 There was , therefore , great concern that PCBs should not be subject to inadequate heat treatment .
7 That any future development of the sites would not be subject to normal planning controls cause detriment to the conservation area , local listed buildings , or the archaeology and natural history of the sites .
8 The Commission had taken much of its case from the evidence of the BBFC , differing only in proposing that the private exhibition of films on domestic occasions should not be subject to criminal sanction provided that no person under 16 was present and no charge was made for the exhibition or for anything provided in connection with it .
9 More importantly , it reiterates the belief that ‘ [ t ] he organisation and content of media should not be subject to centralised political or state bureaucratic control ’ .
10 It was agreed , for example , that the post-devaluation cuts and the later cuts in rural electrification should not be subject to public announcement .
11 Thus , industries which only occasionally are problematic would not be subject to continual regulation but rather would be liable to lightning attacks by the Monopolies Commission or whatever .
12 All works of art have the inalienable right to live an honorable life and should not be subject to inappropriate interference .
13 To the extent that non-governmental bodies perform functions which government would have to perform if they did not , there is no good reason why such bodies should not be subject to judicial review in the same way as a government body performing equivalent functions would be .
14 It may also continue with disciplinary proceedings and such a decision , if taken bona fide , will not be subject to judicial review ( see R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers , ex parte Fayed ( 1992 ) Financial Times , 14 April ) .
15 However , exports to non-E.E.C. countries in their currencies will still be subject to fluctuating exchange rates and Northern Ireland exporters will need to continue using the various mechanisms available to them to minimise exchange risks .
16 They may also be subject to similar constraints and failures .
17 First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction .
18 The new ‘ business units ’ would also be subject to competitive tendering as part of good and efficient management procedure .
19 Foreign investment and foreign cash deposits in Britain could also be subject to discriminatory interest rates .
20 Although many governmental bodies owe their existence and powers to statute , it is clear that non-statutory governmental bodies may also be subject to judicial review .
21 They may also be subject to domestic merger control .
22 In other countries , he said , such organizations would immediately be subject to severe penalties .
23 The latest move from the forces of oppression is to restrict mountain bikes to surface roads only in the New Forest ( where at least some of the riders will doubtless be subject to severe injury and death from motor vehicles ) .
24 Article 100A has in fact been used in the context of measures relating to health , such as food additives , in the context of consumer protection , such as the indication of prices , as in the legislation on air pollution by gaseous emissions from motor vehicles , to give examples from important areas that could otherwise be subject to national legislation which would have the effect of hindering the free movement of goods .
25 It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions , but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary : ( a ) For respect of the rights or reputations of others ; …
26 Such speaker 's " Patois " will therefore be subject to incomplete adaptation , inconsistency and misadaptation , but this is only significant if the target language of that utterance is Creole .
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