Example sentences of "[is] exposed to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these experiments , all mesenchyme underlying the AER is exposed to exogenous FGF-4 . |
| 2 | The Tory calculation is that Labour 's unity is a facade which will crack the moment it is exposed to stormy assault . |
| 3 | The board is exposed to UV light for a period of up to 20 minutes or so . |
| 4 | This means that a child who is exposed to violent models may be less inclined to halt or inhibit aggressive actions when given the opportunity . |
| 5 | As the water is recycled through the system it is exposed to germicidal radiation , which clears algae but does not produce sterile water . |
| 6 | Excessive fading can occur if a rug is exposed to long periods of strong sunlight , and is best avoided by either relocating the rug or putting it in storage for the summer . |
| 7 | They are usually called upon to advise management in situations where the company is exposed to adverse opinion . |
| 8 | Now that much of American industry is exposed to international competition , barriers against foreigners in the transport business also look odd . |
| 9 | The award of the Nobel prize to Rigoberta Menchu means that Guatemala is exposed to international scrutiny in a way it has never been exposed before . |
| 10 | We heard that if your body is exposed to constant rapid temperature changes , its mechanisms become stressed and this creates all sorts of problems which can result in breakdown . |
| 11 | The stomach is exposed to dietary hazards and potential carcinogens throughout life , but the origins of gastric carcinoma within normal mucosa remain unknown . |
| 12 | On the conscious level , sexuality was to me only one of the responsibilities of adulthood : as far the sexual act itself was concerned , I simply did n't want to know , as a child who is exposed to sexual information at an age when she/he feels incapable of absorbing it will not want to know . |
| 13 | Porter International is adapting it for power plants , inland waterway structures , any place which is exposed to raw water , where plant or animal life can choke up intakes or block piping . |
| 14 | But through Marine Midland and its stake in Britain 's Midland Bank , it is exposed to dodgy third-world debt , as well as to the tumbling property market in north-east America and the troubled British economy . |
| 15 | In her attempt to ascertain why anorexia nervosa is a girls ' rather than a boys ' disease , Selvini Palazzoli emphasises the manner in which the adolescent girl ‘ is exposed to lewd looks , subjected to menstruation , about to be penetrated in sexual embraces , to be invaded by the foetus , to be suckled by a child , etc . ’ |
| 16 | One possibility is that the colic represents an initial ‘ crisis ’ reaction as the child is exposed to large amounts of cow's-milk or other foreign proteins . |
| 17 | It can be caused when skin that is n't used to the sun is exposed to short bursts of strong sunlight . |