Example sentences of "subject to the " in BNC.

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1 Many critics , including William Binchy , saw this as likely to be an ineffectual provision and subject to the whims of judges .
2 And surely , it can be argued , the understanding of what is to be ordered and who is to be disciplined has long been defined and subject to the practical mastery of the controllers .
3 The whole of Great Britain was divided between them on a strictly geographical basis , and — subject to the general supervision of the British Railways Board and its chief officers in London — each region was completely responsible for the planning , working , and selling of all rail services in its area ( except in the seven provincial centres where PTEs had been established ) .
4 The Food Advisory Committee 's latest review of labelling legislation has recommended that all alcoholic drinks should be subject to the same legislation that governs all other foodstuffs .
5 There are ions activated by thermal motion in blood and these are always subject to the Earth 's magnetic field .
6 Table 1 shows the resonant cyclotron frequencies of single ions of different forms when subject to the steady geomagnetic field .
7 But such texts are subject to the limitations of purely aesthetic discourse , with no through road to action , and must become politically suspect .
8 They will have to be approved by the Lord Chancellor and be subject to the ‘ concurrence ’ of four senior Supreme Court judges , of whom Lord Donaldson will be one .
9 Page 24 and View from City Road , page 27 Gollancz buy : US-based Houghton Mifflin intends to purchase Victor Gollancz , the privately owned London publisher , subject to the approval of shareholders .
10 However since almost all domestic broadcasts spill over borders nearly all EC programming will be subject to the new guidelines .
11 Because it is not subject to the paramount law of a written constitution , it can make or unmake any law as it chooses .
12 It said : ‘ Any publication of research material , or of the results of research , or of matters arising from such material or results , is subject to the prior consent of the Secretary of State , which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld . ’
13 On Dr Spencer 's application to the FPC for consent to use the deputising service , the committee agreed to renew consent subject to the condition which involved a limit of 15 calls per thousand patients per month .
14 The rate of inflation would be less high if Britain was already subject to the discipline of the ERM .
15 The decision of an inferior tribunal with a limited jurisdiction and a limited function to perform is capable of creating an estoppel for all purposes , subject to the principles that it can not conclusively determine the limits of its own jurisdiction and that a public official can not be debarred from performing his statutory duty .
16 Under the English White Paper , rights of audience rules drawn up by the Law Society in conjunction with an advisory committee will be subject to the ‘ concurrence ’ of four senior judges .
17 Belief in the impassibility of God , it is worth noting , was developed in the early Christian centuries against the background of popular religious belief in the world of that day , where gods were no more than human beings on a large scale , subject to the same contingencies , passions , frustrations and feelings of pain or pleasure that determine human nature .
18 We do not wish to commit the mistake that Woolgar believes is widespread in social science : namely , of suggesting that the only knowledge which is not subject to the influence of contingent historical , cultural , and social processes is that which we ourselves have written ( Woolgar 1988b ) .
19 On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent .
20 Its leaders are temporary and subject to the will of the people .
21 He mentioned the many shapes created by nature , pointing out how different all birds are even though they are all subject to the same aerodynamic rules .
22 Similarly , there are thousands of fish varieties , all subject to the same laws of hydrodynamics .
23 The brief for the architects , Hunt Thompson Associates , from their housing association client , was to explore the suitability of the building for conversion into flats , subject to the standards and cost limits laid down by the Housing Corporation and the Department of the Environment .
24 Under the bill the Independent Television Commission — whose members are appointed by the Government — will make appointments ‘ subject to the approval of the Government ’ to the new Channel 4 Corporation .
25 It wants a more detailed report , but Llewellyn , though free now to continue playing , will eventually be subject to the same disciplinary measures as a player sent off at home .
26 The long-standing claim by journalists to be bound by honour to protect their sources should be subject to the law , as were those of doctors and bankers .
27 A bid would be subject to the family raising the £20million needed to finance the purchase of the shares it does not already own , but Mr Roger De Haan , who is leading the bid approach , said discussions were already under way with a bank and he was confident the money would be available .
28 Moreover , while the EC countries want EFTA to be subject to the rules of the European Court of Justice , EFTA governments would prefer a new legal structure consisting of judges from both sides .
29 Minor misdemeanours can place her in a position of great vulnerability , subject to the whim of whoever happens to be on duty , and institutional life , by definition , is less flexible , less forgiving , than the ‘ normal family ’ home .
30 Ministers from the 12 EC countries unveiled a new system which may involve around 40 multi-million pound takeovers being subject to the approval of the European Commission in Brussels each year .
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