Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be subject to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The National Curriculum proposal has been subjected to extensive criticism not only for the vagueness of the curriculum theory it espouses but also for its inadequate consideration of the value of the arts to the development of all pupils .
2 ( iv ) If the creditor is aware , or ought to have been aware , that the surety has been subjected to undue influence by the debtor , it would be unlikely to be sufficient if the creditor merely took steps to ensure that the surety understood the nature of the liability he or she was accepting .
3 The fort had been subjected to ceaseless bombardment from the start of the German offensive and had been almost flattened , bottom .
4 All had been strangled , and according to Christie all except his wife had been subjected to sexual assault at or just after the time of death .
5 Ever since his ship approached this world — the Sense-Sphere — Maitland 's crew have been subjected to telepathic assault , a process which has sent the vessel 's mineralogist quite mad .
6 A report issued on June 20 by the New York-based human rights group , Human Rights Watch , documented what it called " state sanctioned violence " against women and claimed that more than 70 per cent of women in custody had been subjected to physical and sexual abuse by police .
7 Traditional assumptions about the development of the pre-revolutionary economy have been subjected to detailed re-examination .
8 Classical liberalism has been subjected to severe criticism both from conservatives and communitarians .
9 Most women who arrive at the prison have been subjected to brutal torture and a prolonged stay in a secret prison , They arrive in a very weak condition from which many are unable to recover because of the inadequate food and health facilities , Two doctors visit the prison , but they are very negligent , in part , as one Prisoner explained , because their pay is always in arrears .
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