subject to sth
prep. phr..prep. phr.. to be likely to experience something, or to be controlled by a specific set of rules.
prep. phr.. adjectival or adverbial phrase indicating that an entity is conditional upon, or vulnerable to, a specific external force, rule, or event.
The flight times are subject to change.
All new employees are subject to a three-month trial period before their contract becomes permanent.
The proposed merger is subject to approval by the regulatory board, which must ensure no antitrust laws are violated.
usually follows the verb 'to be' and is followed by a noun or a gerund.
distinguish between the passive 'vulnerable' sense and the legal 'conditional' sense; learners often confuse this with the noun 'subject' (topic).
The prices are subject of change.The prices are subject to change.the phrase requires the preposition 'to' rather than 'of' to show dependency.