Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be open to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other areas should be open to free competition . |
| 2 | The plantations would be open to foreign acquisition but overall foreign ownership would be limited to 30 or 40 per cent . |
| 3 | However , the conclusions of these writers may be open to certain lines of criticism , and some writers who have addressed the question of nuclear weapons and the laws of war have reached conclusions which are significantly different in important respects . |
| 4 | Only the United States had no state airline , and believed that airways should be open to free market capitalism : ‘ In general , the Chicago conference can be described … as an attempt by the United States to capitalise on its overwhelmingly strong bargaining position in international aviation by securing for itself a near monopoly of long-haul air transport . ' |
| 5 | Under the 1988 Act the following services must be open to competitive tender if the council wishes to permit its own service departments to participate : |
| 6 | Both antecedents and consequences should be open to systematic change . |