Example sentences of "subject [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An important function of assessment is that it can help determine the extent to which a child 's language is subject to changes over time .
2 It is appropriate , too , because women themselves are subject to changes of image and form .
3 Computer software has been developed for the estimation of large systems of such equations subject to cross-equation restrictions and also subject to changes of regime , so that the model can be permitted to shift in the face of institutional changes ( such as the switch to floating exchange rates ) while certain underlying behavioural parameters , such as in the desired money velocity function , remain constant .
4 The dark markings in Figure 4.8 are subject to changes in detail but persist in broad outline , indicating fairly stable patterns of circulation .
5 For example : After payment of the Preference Dividend and the Preferred Dividend payable in respect of each financial year of the Company ( including any Arrears of the same ) the Company shall [ subject to provisions of clause … of the facility agreement ] pay to the Ordinary Shareholders out of the balance of any profits available for distribution a non-cumulative dividend of such amount as the Company shall determine ( but not exceeding the amount recommended by the Directors such recommendation to include the consent of the Investors ' Director ) on the capital from time to time paid up or credited as paid up on each Ordinary Share .
6 In many ways , it is easier for smaller men to keep fit ; they are less subject to variations in weight and musculature .
7 It has been seen that academic institutions have to abide by procedural fairness when applying disciplinary measures , as do trade unions , and it has now been held that prison Visitors and governors exercising their disciplinary functions are subject to certiorari for breach of natural justice .
8 In February 1991 , they were released , but are still subject to restrictions on freedom of movement and association .
9 Thus , under Class 1 , the enlargement or other alteration of a dwelling-house is permitted ( including the building of a garage ) subject to limitations of size and elevation .
10 The proposed new system is that whether on holiday or off sick the employee is paid for what theywould have earned had the attended work ( Subject to conditions of pay relating to full/half pay sickness entitlements and unauthorised absence ) .
11 The process of making anything from a switch to a civil airliner is subject to improvements in speed , quality and cost reduction which follow the characteristic learning curve .
12 Such influenced companies may be subject to controls on borrowing , party political activity , conditions in contracts and other matters yet to be decided .
13 The Law Society becomes a recognizing authority under the new scheme and so will be able to recognize a solicitor as qualified as an advocate in a particular court or courts , again subject to rules on education , training and conduct which will parallel the arrangements for the Bar .
14 In the GLC case , which was the last in which a cinema film had been subject to charges of indecency , Lord Justice Bridge agreed with Lord Denning that the common-law test still applied to films , but went on :
15 The decisions of an arbitrator are subject to rights of appeal to a court on a point of law under the Arbitration Act 1979 , whereas there is no right of appeal against the decision of an expert even if the decision was negligent .
16 Groups no less than individuals ( although not in quite the same sense as individuals ) are subject to fits of passion , self-deception and hysteria which may create a temporary majority for decisions which will later be regretted .
17 A right of access should , however be subject to safeguards against damage and intrusion on privacy , he said .
18 Many non-polar insects that live in northern continental areas are subject to extremes of cold in winter and heat in summer ; alpine insects may meet similar conditions every day .
19 He believed that women are to be adored for their naturalness , but because this makes them vulnerable and subject to extremes of temperament , they should also be under the control of their husbands .
20 This plain was largely desert and was subject to extremes of climate .
21 3.11 The Licenced Products shall carry the full Converted Text of the Work , or sub-sets of the full Converted Text of the Work subject to approvals under clause 3.12.1 below .
22 He was subject to attacks of ague for many years , and memories of that October night came to embody for him his sense of exile from his family , and his anger at his mother 's demanding and erratic love .
23 Coleridge had discovered during the final weeks at Bristol that the devoted but unstable Lloyd was subject to attacks of mania and was a sufferer from epilepsy .
24 DESPITE his criticisms , among those who predicted the outcome of the election with astonishing accuracy ( and subject to hoots of disbelief at the time ) was Sir Tim .
25 Prison regimes are subject to pressures for change from many quarters and several aspects of prison practices are currently under review .
26 The fact that review may occur relatively rarely for any one agency , the fact that the agency may still be subject to pressures of time and cost which incline it towards a narrow bounded rationality , the relative strength of different interest groups pressing upon the agency , and the competence of the court to assess whether such an authority has improperly excluded a particular policy option , can all combine to limit the effectiveness of this aspect of judicial scrutiny .
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