Example sentences of "be subject to considerable " in BNC.

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1 A commission in bankruptcy would cost him £100 and be subject to considerable delay ; but the consent of a certain proportion of his creditors was sufficient for his discharge for ever from his debts .
2 The case , because of its serious nature , is to go before the Crown Court and is likely to be subject to considerable delay due to the inefficiencies of the court listing procedures .
3 In many cases of R&D contracts the outcome will be subject to considerable uncertainty .
4 In such circumstances , the L curve itself will be hard to predict and will be subject to considerable shifts .
5 Net migration ( i.e. I - E ) for the period between censuses is easily obtained by subtraction of the natural increase ( B - D ) from the change in total population but will be subject to considerable error in comparison with the other components of change .
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