Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] subject to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions . |
| 2 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 3 | I have omitted , with reluctance , references to a few natural features of interest that have been subject to abuse of privilege by a minority of visitors . |
| 4 | Qualities such as the physical condition of the member of the opposite sex , the resources it holds and the extent to which it bears characters that have been subject to sexual selection can all affect whether or not it is chosen ( see Halliday , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 6 | A similar long bridge crosses the Taw at Barnstaple , but this is neither as long nor as irregular as the Bideford bridge , and has been subject to more extensive alteration . |
| 7 | The BVI economy is based primarily on tourism and has been subject to significant expansion . |
| 8 | This so-called ‘ hidden curriculum ’ is claimed by many feminists to be at least as important in child development as the formal curriculum ( see , for example , Byrne , 1978 ) , and has been subject to intensive study ( e.g. Spender and Sarah , 1980 ) . |
| 9 | The scheme was launched 14 years ago and had been subject to two public enquiries , both of which recommended the building of a tunnel under Oxleas Wood , at an extra cost of £10 million . |