Example sentences of "[noun sg] involves a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second and most important divining technique involves an oracular substance ( benge ) which is credited by the Zande with possessing the power of distinguishing between contrary propositions and thus solving human dilemmas . |
| 2 | A balance of payments deficit involves a net outflow of currency . |
| 3 | But in addition , if the cost reduction succeeds in eliminating pure waste , the extra gain is area HRLM , and even if the cost reduction involves a pure transfer , there is still a small gain of GRLQ . |
| 4 | a ) decision process speed : the speed at which the individual ( or group of individuals in the case of multi-individual buying situations ) moves through the decision process will depend on a number of factors , including : * whether the decision involves a simple or routine purchased in which case routine response or impulse behaviour will occur . |
| 5 | * whether the decision involves a major purchase , in which case there may be prolonged reflection , consultation and problem-solving behaviour . |
| 6 | Each decision involves a calculable opportunity cost of not having opted for something else . |
| 7 | As economists would say , the case involves a bilateral monopoly , since the plaintiff has to ‘ sell ’ his claim to one potential buyer — the insurer — and the insurer has to ‘ buy ’ the claim from only one potential seller — the plaintiff . ’ |
| 8 | The remainder of the course involves a practical exercise which demonstrates the benefits of improving these key elements . |
| 9 | For their part , consumes should take reasonable care when making purchases ; where there is small print it should be read carefully or , if it seems complex and the purchase involves a large sum of money , professional advice may be required . |
| 10 | What is significant for understanding why to is used with the infinitive of reaction is that the notion of " evaluation " implies a judgement as to whether the event was opportune or not , and this judgement involves an implicit reference to the situation as it existed before the infinitive event occurred , i.e. to the factors making its occurrence either opportune or inopportune . |
| 11 | That is , there is a contradiction between the rationalism of the multiculturalist project , which recommends a reduction of prejudice by teaching a combination of facts and cultural empathy , and the insistence , also within the discourse of prejudice , that prejudice involves a strong element of irrationalism . |
| 12 | If we take Cournot 's time-honoured example of the mineral water duopoly , with the exception that we suppose developing a spring involves a fixed cost F , after which all the water desired can be extracted at a constant marginal cost ( of c , possibly zero ) , then we have a natural monopoly in the sense that average cost is continually declining . |
| 13 | The research involves a close study of two working class communities in Belfast ( Catholic and Protestant ) using a participatory research approach which involves young people and youth workers in the process of investigation . |
| 14 | This research involves a systematic examination of the critical factors involved in introducing information technology into schools . |
| 15 | Note that the cavity feedback involves a finite time delay , of order in certain circumstances this enables the Maxwell-Bloch equations ( required to relate E ( L , t + L/c ) to E ( 0 , t ) ) plus cavity boundary conditions , to be expressed as a discrete mapping in steps of tR — this has been extensively studied in the context of passive resonators , and will be elaborated below . |
| 16 | Yet while the ultimate decision on your future involves a fair assessment of the industrial realities rather than a precise medical diagnosis , the quotation above shows the importance of seeking a doctor 's prognosis . |
| 17 | An alternative view is that convection involves a two-scale pattern consisting of large-scale convection in the upper mantle responsible tor plate movement superimposed on smaller-scale convection cells confined to the topmost 650 km of the mantle . |
| 18 | Perhaps the most emotive case of the Supreme Court 's term involves a young Missouri woman kept alive for six years in what doctors call a ‘ persistent vegetative state ’ . |
| 19 | The other exercise involves a detailed examination of industrial statistics since 1973 in order to detect the various stages and compare the strength by which structural adjustment processes have taken place in the different economies . |
| 20 | To bring it into a form suitable for testing involves a modest degree of reformulation . |
| 21 | The first attitude involves a conscious repression of her own identity on Mira 's part , whereas the second attitude , though supposedly more contentious , often leads Willy forcibly to repress her ‘ disagreeable ’ qualities : ‘ All my objections , which I 'll put as genuine unacceptabilities of my cassandring person , which no man 'll take , will be swept under his magic carpet with the ho-ho joke if no man will and I will , what am I ? ’ ( 136 ) . |
| 22 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 23 | For example , her most recent work involves a positive distancing — intimate objects as though shaken from the photographs appear in glass shoe boxes ready for inspection or classification . |
| 24 | Police work involves a considerable degree of flexibility and discretion . |
| 25 | In order to avoid the confusion which could be caused if employees were given two divergent sets of goals to pursue , matrix management involves a complex committee system and relies on good and regular internal communications . |
| 26 | Part of the work being carried out by IMS for the Science and Engineering Research Council involves a short follow-up study in Spring 1985 , to check on the short term destinations of research students , their salary levels , and the extent to which those looking for work in September 1984 managed to find it ( see 1.3 ) . |
| 27 | ABOVE Archaeology involves a broad range of activities and studies . |
| 28 | They are a necessary product of every social formation based on the division of labour , and the advance of capitalism involves a major expansion in their numbers . |
| 29 | Disadvantages : You may find yourself doing ‘ unfair swaps ’ ( ie , you 'll look after three children who are still playing wargames at 10pm , while the exchange sit involves watching TV while your baby sleeps peacefully ) ; if the circle is big , you may find you 're leaving your children with a virtual stranger ; you may also find that the circle involves a male babysitter ( see overleaf ) . |
| 30 | Clearly , to store it as a character-based file involves a considerable storage requirement and much complex processing to relate words in the dictionary to words in the data . |