Example sentences of "they [be] subjected to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can understand so well what women feel when they are subjected to a male-dominated society — an almost intolerable urge to scream at those smirking , swanking Don Juans who think no woman can resist them . |
| 2 | They consist of a cabinet or tunnel in which items are placed and where they are subjected to hot spray of detergent solution followed by rinse water . |
| 3 | Some German vineyards can be found in more northerly locations , but they are subjected to the greater continental influence of colder winters and hotter summers . |
| 4 | Before the audience learns the truth , they are subjected to a depressingly muddled , self-conscious wallow on the theme of fame , time and death which , for some obscure reason , eventually ends with George and his psychiatrist skiing down a slope . |
| 5 | So an insistence on the importance of principle in no way denies the value of experience or customary practices but simply requires that they are subjected to evaluation , and not just taken on trust . |
| 6 | However , when the surface veneers dry , as in the hot sun , they are subjected to cross-grain tension and may thus ‘ check ’ , that is produce a large number of small cracks . |
| 7 | It is always hoped that the point-to-pointers of today will become the National Hunt stars of tomorrow , but young horses will learn nothing if they are subjected to a bumping match every time they run . |
| 8 | There is much research which shows how ordinary people are prone to behave ‘ out of character ’ when they are subjected to extreme conditions . |
| 9 | In psychology we use the analogy of mechanical stress , and its consequences , to describe and explain what happens to people when they are subjected to excessive psychological demands . |
| 10 | The review of directors ' managerial decisions can be viewed as being motivated by a similar desire to ensure that directors exercise their powers only in accordance with the will of their constituents ( the shareholders ) and that they are subjected to the controls often associated with the Rule of Law to prevent them from using their power arbitrarily . |
| 11 | Yields from C 4 crops may not increase at all if they are subjected to stronger competition from C 3 weeds . |
| 12 | No member of the Department 's staff should feel automatically guilty , inadequate or unprofessional because they are subjected to either violence or harassment . |
| 13 | How does my hon. and learned Friend expect Palestinians to feel that they will get a fair crack of the whip while they are subjected to those double standards ? |
| 14 | At this point the sons are painfully and traumatically initiated — that is , they are subjected to brutal assaults , frightening experiences , are deprived of their mothers and all normal support and , usually at the climax of these experiences , are symbolically castrated by means of some customary mutilation ( very often the rather close equivalent represented by circumcision , but otherwise by knocking out of teeth , pulling out of nails , loss of fingers , etc . ) . |
| 15 | They have subject limited statutory duties in the insurance companies act , but the fact they 're subjected to duties in the same way that the underwriters , the underwriters are subject to duties does not make them regulators , but in any event even if we were wrong on that there is no exemption under article eighty five , one for regulators and , and your Lordship has seen a number of cases and I sha n't go back to them is fully subject to the competition rules whether as a regulator or not . |
| 16 | In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years . |
| 17 | For example , Zuwaya said they were subjected to discriminatory conscription in Ajdabiya : those youths who shouted ‘ And we killed Pasha Naiz ’ , provoked Magharba to denounce Zuwaya to the commander of the garrison at Sirte . |
| 18 | From this it is possible to infer not only that the Ørslev carbonates were deposited as a patch reef like Aabenraa , but also that they were subjected to the same diagenesis and that this resulted in the development of comparable pore types . |
| 19 | Children who made a successful adjustment and settled in happily with a foster family were devastated when they were subjected to another round of upheaval and insecurity . |
| 20 | Once inside the Château de la Coste they were subjected to a complex orgiastic ritual involving beatings and floggings interspersed with an endless variety of anal and vaginal intercourse . |
| 21 | The increased closure of brothels as a result of this drive forced poorer women to solicit in the open , where they were subjected to police harassment . |
| 22 | The commentary clearly implies that the police aggression was justified : ‘ hitting out ’ with truncheons is excusable , given the ‘ barrage of stones and missiles ’ they were subjected to . |
| 23 | Station-masters in all but the meanest stations aspired to high status , although they were subjected to great physical dangers during times of civil disturbance , the Revolution , and the Civil War . |
| 24 | In addition , they were subjected to massive pressure by the US and Britain . |
| 25 | This is because he asked from the people a level of commitment that meant even in peacetime they were subjected to strict rule . |
| 26 | The youths were held prisoner at the Mandela home where they were subjected to vicious assaults . |
| 27 | They stopped reporting incidents to the police when repeatedly no action was taken , and they were subjected to racial abuse from police officers . |