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

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1 When the press gets wind of it , the cronyism gives way to abuse of power , as people whose worst offence is to have arranged expensive air trips are smeared with the rumour that they are to be subject to criminal investigation .
2 She thought murder and a cache of death-dealing drugs were too serious to be subject to petty considerations like that , but the Josephs and Maurin were not listening .
3 Moreover , all pupils were to be subject to annual tests in reading , writing and arithmetic , administered by HMI , and 2s. 8d. ( approximately 14p ) was to be deducted from the grant for each test a child failed .
4 Among negative rights , we should include the rights : not to be indoctrinated ; not to be subject to unnecessary ideology ; not to experience racialist , sexist or religious bias ; and not to be subject to unprofessional practices by teaching staff in admissions , in teaching and in examining .
5 When Parliament creates a new crime , this is presumed to be subject to certain defences at common law , such as self-defence and duress , and also ( very frequently ) to the requirement of a state of mind ( intention , knowledge or recklessness ) .
6 Plainly not everyone has to be subject to chronic disease .
7 Among negative rights , we should include the rights : not to be indoctrinated ; not to be subject to unnecessary ideology ; not to experience racialist , sexist or religious bias ; and not to be subject to unprofessional practices by teaching staff in admissions , in teaching and in examining .
8 Economists have long been calling for safety regulations to be subject to cost-benefit analysis .
9 In addition , the spurs between the meanders preserve the general height of the plateau surface away from the river , except where they are so narrow as to be subject to general lowering by the formation of the slopes on either side .
10 Some of the smaller ones which concentrate very largely on teacher education , which is to be subject to substantial reductions , look particularly vulnerable .
11 Authority also exists for the prohibition of discriminatory treatment , and for the right not to be subject to cruel and unusual punishment derived from the Bill of Rights .
12 This led to doubt as to the effectiveness of the decree , which also ordered the colony 's property to be handed over to a Methodist church , even though much of it had been sold to individual members of the colony , who were not themselves to be subject to specific government action .
13 The indemnity is likely to be subject to legal action between the parties .
14 ( D.C. 1988 ) , a legal aid application was held to be subject to legal privilege .
15 How can the Secretary of State conceivably claim that Her Majesty 's inspectorate is to be strengthened when its numbers are to be cut by two thirds and it is to be subject to clear and specific direction from the Secretary of State ?
16 The final breaking point between Khomeini and the Shah came over relations with the United States , In July 1964 the government introduced a bill that allowed American military advisers and their families to be subject to American , no Iranian , courts .
17 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 .
18 In addition , there has been strong support for the proposal to reduce the scope for intimidation and fraud by requiring strike ballots to be conducted by post and to be subject to independent scrutiny .
19 All these to be subject to strict confidentiality rules so that the information is to be used for electoral returning purposes only .
20 All this data is to be subject to intensive analysis .
21 I do not accept the intervener 's argument that it is in some way undignified for the decision of a visitor on the basis of advice from an eminent judge to be subject to judicial review and that if certiorari is held to be available senior judges will not wish to give such advice .
22 While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review .
23 In summary , we can say that public law rules and principles ( including the rules of judicial review ) ought to apply to the exercise ( or non-exercise ) of public functions ; and that public functions are functions which ought to be subject to public law controls .
24 To break the circle someone has to decide , by making a value-judgment , whether or not any particular function ought to be subject to public law .
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