Example sentences of "they [be] subject to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public enterprises , because they are subject to political control , are at most only partially affected by the discipline of the market ; as manifested , for example , in the often quoted platitude that public enterprises do not go bankrupt ( e.g. NEDO 1976 : 42 ) . |
| 2 | Once defined as unrespectable or dangerous , they are subject to legal prosecution , often by semi-legal and dubious methods . |
| 3 | The distinctive features of railway activities affect organization and management-workforce relations independently of the fact that in most countries of the world the major railway networks are owned and run by the state , and everywhere without exception they are subject to close state regulation . |
| 4 | In fact , of course , many behavioural traits are not constant throughout the life of an individual ; they are subject to developmental change . |
| 5 | The main conclusion from this research is that although health and work ability decline in some respects with age , they are subject to considerable personal variance . |
| 6 | At the end of their lives they are subject to hard copying , and the only thing which remains on-line is a record of the fact that they existed and the reference into the hard copy system for long term reference . |
| 7 | On the other hand , they are employees in that they do not own the organisation for which they work , they are salaried agents , and they are subject to superior authority . |
| 8 | If they are arthritic , their sight is poor , or they are subject to dizzy spells they may trip over the flex . |
| 9 | I mean there is extra heating requirement in buildings which are cooled much faster when they are subject to high winds , but I think we can see these coming up in the next ten , fifteen years we will start to see these . |
| 10 | The reason for this is not only that these organisations are inherently unlikely to broadcast such material , but also that they are subject to different controls as to the content of what they broadcast . |
| 11 | Close examination of even the main data series which form the canon of economic management soon reveals that they are subject to significant margins of error . |
| 12 | In these they were subject to varying degrees of revision and improvement , yet retained a number of the shortcomings resulting from their initial hurried drafts . |
| 13 | And this had implications for their motion : Because God is immutable , the bodies He created would remain in the same condition unless they were subject to external causes . |
| 14 | There was high unemployment , poor housing , a combination of ethnic groups and often poor relations with the police as groups of young black youths spent their time on the streets where they were subject to frequent questioning and harassment by the police . |
| 15 | While they were subject to important central pressures , the Area Chairmen and their Boards had considerable authority and status at the local level , which they sought to develop by rooting their Boards firmly in the local community . |