Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cohen and Uphoff ( 1 ) have shown that genuine participation happens only when there is involvement in decision-making and evaluation ; at a time when we often encounter a definite cynicism in many quarters concerning the whole matter of community involvement in health such examples are inspiring .
2 This may be from chronic stress , where our stress tap drips constantly a small amount at a time for months or years , or from sudden stress , when we encounter a specific fear , problem or major life event , which causes the stress tap to turn full on .
3 When children are actually involved in making things they often do not need an adult , unless they encounter a real difficulty and need help to cut or find a particular shape or material not already available .
4 Whenever you first encounter a new programming language the ‘ Hello World ’ program is a good starting point .
5 But the depth of experience on which children can rely when they encounter a new topic varies from one topic to another .
6 The ministers involved recognize that MPs are being well briefed and though they will not necessarily concede directly they encounter a good case , they will usually move the amendment themselves at a later stage .
7 In Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland we encounter a large cat , lying on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear .
8 Insects that fly in at the sides encounter a vertical baffle of netting that divides the trap along its axis , and tend to fly or clamber to the highest point of the baffle where the only way out is into a collecting jar .
9 My point , however , is that here we encounter a main morality-religion sustained by a complex and composite spiritual hierarchy which is a veritable fount of divine justice and retribution .
10 Some of these , certainly in Johannesburg , are located in the city , far from the townships , and involve a long journey .
11 It is only saved from universal condemnation by the partial political acceptance of the argument that this nuclear readiness does not in practice involve a real threat and that nuclear weapons will in fact never be used .
12 Most trips involve a certain amount of walking and most people can walk , with 97 per cent of the population able to go out on foot .
13 The new disclosure requirements for liquid assets involve a revised balance sheet presentation as well as a change in the way the maturity analysis is presented in the notes .
14 On the other hand , a corporation can own property ; it can acquire rights and make itself liable under a contract ; it can be a trustee ; it can incur civil liability for wrongful acts , and even for those which involve a definite state of mind like fraud or malice .
15 As to judicial lawmaking , the practice of prospective overruling has attracted my attention as a hard case for those theories of judicial process which involve a strong commitment to coherence , consistency and institutional fit .
16 But a few awards , and the Companion of Honour is one , involve a personal interview with Her Majesty by special appointment .
17 The fundamental difference between water-clocks and mechanical clocks , in the strict sense of the term , is that the former involve a continuous process , for example , the flow of water through an orifice , whereas the latter depend on a mechanical motion that continually repeats itself and so divides time uniformly into discrete segments .
18 The formats of the championships — which usually involve a complex system of stages and phases and bonus points — are too complicated and badly written causing endless confusion , critics say .
19 While the younger generation will all know and use London English and the older generation will have knowledge of a Creole variety , the actual patterns of use involve a complex interplay between these varieties and others .
20 Experiments involve a spurious association between the novel food and the illness which is usually induced chemically or by X-rays .
21 They involve a 79-year-old resident at a nursing home in Leicestershire and a 15-year-old Cambridgeshire boy .
22 Multiple residential schemes work well only when they involve a total plan for the grounds and setting of a house , and provide for their continued upkeep .
23 These measures do not , however , involve a general ban on the use of metal detectors and detectorists who follow their hobby in a responsible manner have no cause for concern as far as the Government 's proposals are concerned .
24 Texas Instruments Inc executive vice-president of the Semiconductor Group , Wally Rhines , is currently in Tokyo as part of the company 's ‘ Globalisation of management ’ efforts which involve a three-month rotation of executives through major markets to increase awareness of customer needs .
25 ] Though firms in the real world , like markets involve a subtle mixture of control mechanisms , this chapter assumes that the essence of firm-type organization is the use made of authority to direct and coordinate resources .
26 Recent work has drawn attention to the ways in which Western representations of other peoples — whether by , say , academics or developers — are acts of superior agency and involve a subtle form of hegemony .
27 A good game of tennis , badminton , hockey , netball , or football , for instance , all involve a great deal of running over a prolonged period of time .
28 Discussions of academic topics typically involve a great deal of thought and the production of novel utterances , rather than a series of well-practised utterances like ‘ Hello ’ and ‘ How are you ? ’ .
29 Again , some wrongs , such as fraud , in their essence involve a guilty state of mind , and in such cases the extreme youth of the wrongdoer may be inconsistent with the existence of such a state of mind .
30 The low proportion with an acquittal outcome probably reflects that the vast majority of these cases involve a guilty plea .
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