Example sentences of "[be] not open to [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Thus , it was not surprising to find one headteacher expressing some annoyance that the schools were selected by procedures which were not open to public scrutiny and claiming that a competition was only fair if all potential entrants knew in advance that the " race " was to take place and the rules under which it would be run .
2	TWO judges yesterday dismissed the case brought by a racehorse owner and trainer in the High Court and upheld the Jockey Club 's argument that its decisions were not open to judicial review by the courts .
3	But it is not open to serious doubt that central revenue departments have a similar discretionary power to make refunds of tax payments which were not legally due .
4	In this conclusion nothing is explained ; all that is provided is a terminology ( the distinction between the body-as-it-is-for-me or body qua sensitive ; and the body-in-the-midst-of-the-world or body qua sensible ) which makes it possible to state the ‘ natural ’ answer unambiguously and so that it is not open to logical difficulties .
5	At present , stock exchange membership in many EC countries is not open to outside interests .
6	The competition is not open to National Trust employees or their relatives .
7	The competition is not open to National Trust employees or their relatives .
8	Thus on the one hand the liberal , free economy strategy is evidenced in the non-censorship of all but the most extreme pornography and the encouragement of commercial values in broadcasting , which is likely to mean decreased control over pornographic images , while on the other the strong state strategy is evidenced by that hard core pornography is not open to direct viewing by the public and by the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the BBC .
9	Three Court of Appeal judges held that the ruling by racing 's controlling body was not open to judicial review .
10	Was n't open to other candidates , you see . ’

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