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Example Sentences
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Highland Council's south planning applications committee approved the plans on Wednesday, subject to a number of conditions.
From BBC
“The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: a person born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” the law said.
From Los Angeles Times
The vice president pretended to pivot from “a longer discussion” of the subject, but then he immediately started pontificating about the culture’s “desire” to classify “celestial beings who fly around “as aliens.”
From Salon
Natalie said they hoped to be able to hold more sessions in future, subject to funding, and they would look at holding them later in the day to enable more professionals, including hairdressers, to attend.
From BBC
The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
