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 | Sir David asked why education should be subject to such intensive assessment . |
| 5 | Looking back nearly a decade later , many might feel that the principle emerging from the Committee 's recommendations as most important for consumers was that consumer credit , whatever its apparent form , should be subject to one single system of regulation . |
| 6 | All the equipment should be subject to regular microbiological surveillance . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is not Government policy that all land everywhere should be subject to special constraint . |
| 10 | Another recommendation was that unlicensed activity should be subject to tougher penalties , and this met with the Conference 's general approval . |
| 11 | It was the intent of Congress that all members of the investing public should be subject to identical risks … |
| 12 | Ours is the only Government who have as a priority in our negotiations in Brussels the provision that all subsidies should be subject to some form of environmental assessment . |
| 13 | No one should be subject to physical or mental abuse , by another human being . |
| 14 | Finally , it should be noted that s.14 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 , restating a rule first contained in the 1958 Act , provides that no provision in legislation prior to 1958 should be taken as ousting the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court , thus making clear the Government 's intention that all statutory tribunals should be subject to this jurisdiction regardless of whether other remedies are provided . |
| 15 | Poor hand hygiene by medical staff is particularly refractory to change and should be subject to constant observation and correction . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Road building proposals for sensitive areas such as Oxleas Wood and Twyford Down must be subject to full environmental assessment . |
| 18 | A multiplicity of jurisdictions , dependent in part on where one lived , meant that a man might be subject to different courts for different reasons . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Statisticians warned that the figures could be subject to greater revision than usual . |
| 22 | Statisticians warned that the figures , published as part of the CSO 's policy of providing economic statistics as quickly as possible , could be subject to greater revision than usual . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You may be subject to disciplinary action if the offence : |
| 30 | In addition , more people may be subject to early retirement . |