Example sentences of "[vb base] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a tendency for REM sleep time to recover slightly during the week of restriction , and during recovery sleep an increase in REM sleep time over baseline levels ( an REM sleep rebound ) indicated an accumulated pressure for REM sleep . |
| 2 | Surveys have shown that adults sleep an average of seven and a half hours , with a standard deviation in the sample of about one hour . |
| 3 | Another aspect of trying to appreciate the task from the child 's point of view is found in studies of class inclusion , which involve an ability fundamental to classification . |
| 4 | The Act confers extensive powers of entry , search , and seizure which necessarily involve an invasion of the citizen 's rights of privacy and property ; on that account the legislation might be thought to call for a strict construction . |
| 5 | If it is accepted , as I argue , that a judge , when sitting in his court , is frequently required to make decisions which involve an assessment of where the public interest lies and so to make a political decision , then he can not be said to act neutrally , although he may still be the person best suited to make that particular decision . |
| 6 | Similar principles apply in the case of bonuses , which often involve an element of profit sharing . |
| 7 | Barclays also has a special loan scheme which it says is particularly suitable for enterprises starting up in new technologies that involve an element of risk . |
| 8 | They seem deaf to any plea that most of the things designed to improve the quality of life involve an element of risk . |
| 9 | It follows that assessment procedures — the unit credit which attaches to every unit — should reflect all four aspects of achievement and involve an element of pupil self-assessment . |
| 10 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 11 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 12 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that consent has been obtained by a false representation , has , ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or , ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse interference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 13 | They recognize that even the most basic logical processes involve an element of indeterminacy ; they also base their techniques of communication on the strategies of narrative fiction rather than the endless flow of information . |
| 14 | Commercial valuations , albeit based on established principles , necessarily involve an element of negotiation . |
| 15 | Commercial valuations , although based on established principles , necessarily involve an element of negotiation . |
| 16 | All R&D projects involve an element of risk as described in Chapter 5 . |
| 17 | All R&D projects involve an element of risk as described in Chapter 5 . |
| 18 | Reichenbach argued , also in support of ( a ) and with an ultimate view to ( b ) , that all indexicals involve an element of token-reflexivity , i.e. refer to themselves , so that , for example , I means " the person who is uttering this token of the word I " . |
| 19 | Most batteries involve an assault , and the tendency is to refer generically to ‘ assaults ’ , but the exposition of the law is clearer if the two offences are kept separate . |
| 20 | Colleague contracts , such as most friendships , involve an exchange of similar kinds of things whereas , in the patron-client relationship , the different status is reflected in the fact that the patron offers something quite different to the relationship from the contribution of the client . |
| 21 | Labour 's plans involve an increase , or a stabilisation , of coal burn in our power stations , at the expense of gas or nuclear , at the same time as a reduction in both carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide levels . |
| 22 | The flock has been closed to females since 1980 and the Martins still deliberate long and hard over future stock sire purchases , which usually involve an inspection of the sire and dam beforehand . |
| 23 | All the traditional proofs of his existence , Kant argued , ultimately involve an appeal to the ontological argument . |
| 24 | This means it has to be new , capable of industrial application , involve an innovation , and not be excluded as a special case — such as military inventions . |
| 25 | Multimedia is unavoidably a complex , technical environment and many design and application matters necessarily involve an understanding of the technology of the multimedia platforms and other special expertise , particularly in programming . |
| 26 | Also available from 1991 are tickets lasting five years , which involve an outlay of £40,000 per seat . |
| 27 | The centres conduct selection procedures , which involve an interview , and in the case of large dogs , make an initial visit to make sure the home is suitable , plus a follow-up once the dog is settled in to check that all is OK . |
| 28 | Consider , for example , the choice between two mutually exclusive investments , A and B , both of which involve an investment outlay of £50,000 . |
| 29 | A number of kinds of events describable within modern microphysics involve an indeterminacy that had no place in the Newtonian programme . |
| 30 | Verbs involve an appreciation of time ; nouns of objects in space , or of mental concepts and experiences ; adjectives of qualities between which we can discriminate ; adverbs of associations in time , space and quality . |