Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] subject to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agreements for fees on a contingency basis , whilst not wholly outlawed , should be subject to professional regulation . |
| 2 | They insist that Muslims should be subject to Islamic rather than British family law — a privilege they enjoyed in India under the Raj . |
| 3 | While the French and West Germans believe a supra-national system for regulating the EC economies should be subject to democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament , Chancellor Kohl wants this agreed and in legal form before other changes are made to the Treaty of Rome to create the proposed EC central bank or to give the EC Council of Ministers powers to override national governments . |
| 4 | All the equipment should be subject to regular microbiological surveillance . |
| 5 | It is believed that the environment should be subject to broad-based scanning and should not be restricted by what is already ‘ known ’ to the company of the existing general environment , current markets , product lines or services . |
| 6 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 7 | It is not Government policy that all land everywhere should be subject to special constraint . |
| 8 | It was the intent of Congress that all members of the investing public should be subject to identical risks … |
| 9 | No one should be subject to physical or mental abuse , by another human being . |
| 10 | Poor hand hygiene by medical staff is particularly refractory to change and should be subject to constant observation and correction . |
| 11 | To take an example , within this scheme it might be said that computing facilities must be subject to constant returns to scale because a consortium of firms large enough to take advantage of the optimally sized computer could buy one and then time-share its facilities . |
| 12 | Road building proposals for sensitive areas such as Oxleas Wood and Twyford Down must be subject to full environmental assessment . |
| 13 | A multiplicity of jurisdictions , dependent in part on where one lived , meant that a man might be subject to different courts for different reasons . |
| 14 | The first question is whether a disposition sub modo in favour of a public or religious purpose might be subject to special protection , and might therefore be enforced directly . |
| 15 | I believe I 've got to be very careful what I say because I could be subject to legal action , but I think this whole case is appalling . |
| 16 | He assured Lord Salisbury on his visit to England in the summer of 1929 that ( according to Salisbury 's notes of their conversation ) , though dominion status might be admitted as the ultimate goal , ‘ inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate an India which could defend itself , and as it is unthinkable that a British army could be subject to native control — an essential condition of real Dominion status — the realisation of the aspiration is not within sight ’ . |
| 17 | Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) . |
| 18 | Women appear to find it difficult , at times , to control their moods and may be subject to emotional outbursts or lose their tempers more frequently . ’ |
| 19 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |
| 20 | For example , a state enterprise may be subject to close parliamentary scrutiny by elected representatives , and this may have a major impact on the public image and hence the political vulnerability or strength of the enterprise . |
| 21 | Drivers exceeding the speed limit will be reported to site management and may be barred from driving on the site and may be subject to disciplinary action . |
| 22 | You may be subject to disciplinary action if the offence : |
| 23 | In addition , more people may be subject to early retirement . |
| 24 | Intestinal acid-base transport systems may be subject to similar coordinated regulation . |
| 25 | We must emphasise that non-randomised comparisons of heparin and no heparin in ISIS-2 may be subject to substantial bias . |
| 26 | The demonstration of a central stimulation of alkaline bile flow suggests that bile secretion may be subject to central modulation . |
| 27 | Again , the drafter must bear in mind that such terms may be subject to legal control , under legislation such as the UCTA 1977 , or the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 . |
| 28 | On the same basis , non-governmental ( or ‘ private ’ ) bodies which perform public functions may be subject to judicial review . |
| 29 | But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body . |
| 30 | But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body . |