Example sentences of "[vb -s] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The $5.5 billion project involves building a cascade of dams on the Narmada River with the aim of providing drinking water , irrigation and hydro-electric power . |
| 2 | The scheme , whose cost is to be shared by Thames Water and the National Rivers Authority , involves building a 10-mile underground pipe to pump water from chalk pits at Northfleet to the river 's middle reaches when necessary . |
| 3 | The CSO perspective is one that involves producing a market scenario to compare with the observed mixed economy that exists . |
| 4 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 5 | Discerning involves drawing a conclusion as to the identity of an object based on careful scrutiny . |
| 6 | If your job involves using a till , you will be given training in how to operate it . |
| 7 | This involves using a filtration process which basically makes the solid content of the milk much higher allowing it to set better , making it smooth , thick and above all , consistent . |
| 8 | Predicating a theme involves using an it-structure ( also called a cleft structure ) to place an element near the beginning of the clause , as in It was the book that received a great deal of publicity in China , it was a great deal of publicity that the book received in China , or It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity . |
| 9 | Thus if the coursework involves using an EP system called X , then X source files should be in a form that other tools can read . |
| 10 | One technique involves helping a person to break down a problem into more manageable subproblems and consider the merits of various possible solutions to each part . |
| 11 | Smart drives using a peer to peer 8 bit interface bus supporting up to 8 devices … |
| 12 | This involves generating a DC for the package , assessing the DC , activating the DC , updating the package to reference the selected approved version of the changed module , and then getting the package approved . |
| 13 | The process of extracting the gold is a still more emotive issue , since the preferred method involves sprinkling a solution of cyanide ( which bonds with metals ) on to the ground-up ore . |
| 14 | This involves gaining an idea of villagers ' senses of their past and future fates , their senses of history , and their identities with others sharing or differences from those not sharing their fates . |
| 15 | Yeah , well he is the one that needs keeping an eye on |
| 16 | It covers buying a property , arranging removals , pre-retirement savings , investments , pensions , taxation , social welfare and health . |
| 17 | He needs teaching a lesson ! |
| 18 | Generally , senators assume that the President has the right to make the nominations and they will block them only if they feel that the nominees are particularly weak and the President needs teaching a lesson . |
| 19 | So that , this is when fractions come into it and everybody starts getting a bit ooh I 'm not very sure of what I 'm doing here because it 's not , you know , it 's not obvious , it 's not very real |
| 20 | We are proposing , along with Cotte , that let evokes much more than merely the speech act of giving permission : it signifies giving an event access to existence , permitting something by not intervening to obstruct its being accomplished . |
| 21 | You know , if he starts creating a scene then you say that retched thing has gone off again in my bag . |
| 22 | It covers choosing an enterprise , identifying customers and the sort of holiday they like , finance , publicity , marketing , legal requirements and using fresh farm produce . |
| 23 | till we get to X equals a one and it starts making a bit of difference , so it 'll probably go like this . |
| 24 | So , when the play starts making a lot , I get this extra money on top of my royalty ! ’ |
| 25 | The Ammophila wasp , which lives in the open desert lands of the American mid-west , when breeding time comes starts digging a burrow . |
| 26 | The BBC World Service starts broadcasting a series about 10 characters living in a Moscow apartment block — loosely based on The Archers — from Sunday . |
| 27 | Probing simply involves pushing a metal rod into the soil to try to determine the presence of buried features from the depth of penetration of the probe . |
| 28 | According to some views ( e.g. , Gough , 1972 ) skilled reading involves translating a word from its visual to its phonological representation prior to recognising it , and such translation would require the use of a mechanism which could also translate printed non-words into phonological form . |
| 29 | The procedure , already tried out in America , involves implanting a minute plastic ring into the cornea . |
| 30 | The church may however avoid tax by a relatively straightforward — and well tried — method , which involves establishing a trading company ( Tradeco ) in which the church holds all the issued share capital . |