Should that deal survive regulatory scrutiny, it would create a company with 17 million subscribers.

The rules will have to survive intense public scrutiny before adoption by the department, however, and may be challenged in court.

But some experts doubt that the claim will survive scrutiny.

Moreover, these traditional wisdoms of family life do not survive modern scrutiny.

However the Public-access television requirement did not survive legal scrutiny seven years later.

Thus far, the current New York law has survived constitutional scrutiny.

"This game is far from over, and it's not clear that the Michigan system will survive judicial scrutiny."

But sentimental views of American history do not survive scrutiny for long.

Ryan had served his country bravely and well more than once, but not one of the things he'd done would survive public scrutiny.

Many members of governments would not have survived such scrutiny.