Example sentences of "[adv] be subject to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What is unfair can not sensibly be subject to different standards depending on the source of the discretion to exclude it .
2 Some highly general tendencies , which will necessarily be subject to subsequent refinement and caution , can serve to represent the scene .
3 For example , an office held at pleasure might nevertheless be subject to procedural fairness where the statutory scheme would be less effective if the right to be heard were not implied .
4 Although microspectrophotometric measurements are usually made by passing the beam transversely through the outer segment , our measurements of cells in these foveal patches were necessarily axial ; the absorption spectra may thus be subject to minor distortion by inert pigments in the inner segments , by waveguide effects , or by scattering in other retinal tissue .
5 However , exports to non-E.E.C. countries in their currencies will still be subject to fluctuating exchange rates and Northern Ireland exporters will need to continue using the various mechanisms available to them to minimise exchange risks .
6 They may also be subject to similar constraints and failures .
7 First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction .
8 The new ‘ business units ’ would also be subject to competitive tendering as part of good and efficient management procedure .
9 Foreign investment and foreign cash deposits in Britain could also be subject to discriminatory interest rates .
10 Although many governmental bodies owe their existence and powers to statute , it is clear that non-statutory governmental bodies may also be subject to judicial review .
11 They may also be subject to domestic merger control .
12 In other countries , he said , such organizations would immediately be subject to severe penalties .
13 The latest move from the forces of oppression is to restrict mountain bikes to surface roads only in the New Forest ( where at least some of the riders will doubtless be subject to severe injury and death from motor vehicles ) .
14 Article 100A has in fact been used in the context of measures relating to health , such as food additives , in the context of consumer protection , such as the indication of prices , as in the legislation on air pollution by gaseous emissions from motor vehicles , to give examples from important areas that could otherwise be subject to national legislation which would have the effect of hindering the free movement of goods .
15 It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions , but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary : ( a ) For respect of the rights or reputations of others ; …
16 Such speaker 's " Patois " will therefore be subject to incomplete adaptation , inconsistency and misadaptation , but this is only significant if the target language of that utterance is Creole .
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