Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The upshot of all this is that takeovers involve a significant degree of risk for offerors . |
| 62 | All projects involve a significant element of software development . |
| 63 | they usually involve a significant part of the work being carried out without close supervision ; |
| 64 | fay ( 1988 ) also argues that ‘ negotiating ’ with students can be personally intrusive and involve a hidden assessment of ‘ qualities such as ‘ willingness ’ , ‘ drive ’ , ‘ reliability ’ and even ‘ self-awareness ’ ( fay 1988 : 27 ) . |
| 65 | Getting the couple to write down targets , stating what they want to change in the marriage and negotiating these targets , can be an effective way of improving the situation Likewise , the therapeutic techniques for overcoming sexual problems often involve a graded series of targets towards improving performance and technique one stage at a time . |
| 66 | Tests have been regularly carried out since the early eighties to discover whether those who exercise regularly or who have jobs which involve a considerable amount of physical exertion are able to think more clearly and remember more accurately than their IQ counterparts who lead a fairly sedentary life . |
| 67 | The actions of human characters involve a whole grammar of visual signals which the audience will pick up if it is given the right clues . |
| 68 | In other words , events are perceived as quick , slow , etc. , and these properties involve a direct reference to time . |
| 69 | 1.1 Direct and indirect restraints Most cases quite obviously involve a direct restraint on the covenantor from doing a certain thing or things . |
| 70 | Although he greeted them cheerily enough , they noticed that he was twisting a new piece of white chalk nervously between his fingers . |
| 71 | She had been trying to marshal a persuasive line of argument in her mind . |
| 72 | So Coleridge is denying a strong element of Christian theology . |
| 73 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 74 | There is no denying a basic sense in which this may be true , and yet the last chapter will surely be different . |
| 75 | This cautionary tale produced a moment 's silence , as all those present contemplated the awful prospect of having to rewrite a large chunk of a book from memory . |
| 76 | I have I think it 's an addendum erm to rewrite a particular phrase in the statement to become he died on the cross for the sins of the world and by his resurrection as already in print . |
| 77 | On shrinkable soils , such as clay , this continual extraction of water , followed by the absorption of further supplies from rainfalls , causes a certain amount of movement in the surrounding ground . |
| 78 | This causes a sharp change in leaf orientation from mainly horizontal to mainly vertical . |
| 79 | One answer is to use a finer grid to achieve finer detail ( Walsh et al. 1987 ) , but this causes a corresponding increase in the size of the raster database . |
| 80 | So it is , say I in my simplistic fashion , that the plain , screaming absurdity of the statement that trade-union action causes a general rise in wages and prices escapes scrutiny . |
| 81 | More research will be needed into the problem which causes a progressive degeneration of the elephant 's trunk which in turn means problems with feeding and drinking . |
| 82 | ‘ If you are delayed , for whatever reason , from doing the above , then it causes a knock-on delay throughout the whole system . |
| 83 | In urban areas field officers are well aware that heavy rain causes a substantial run-off of solids from buildings and roads into the nearest stream ; those in mining areas know all about run-off from colliery tips in wet weather . |
| 84 | It causes a flu-like illness with high fever and swollen lymph nodes . |
| 85 | This deposited material is mainly removed by the waves so that at night , when the algae emit carbon dioxide , the ensuing greater acidity of the sea water causes a chemical attack on the rock itself and not merely the redissolving of the finely divided material precipitated during the day . |
| 86 | New evidence also proves that it causes a chemical reaction in the skin , attacking and destroying collagen and elastin — which keep skin supple — and so hastening signs of ageing . |
| 87 | The act of charging any battery causes a chemical reaction inside the cell , restoring battery voltage and capacity , with excess energy being dissipated as heat . |
| 88 | When that disk is in a drive the drive head to read the disk which causes a small fire inside disk drive ha ha ha ha , let the fuckhead try and fix that . |
| 89 | Clearly a zero near the imaginary axis gives a minimum in the frequency spectrum at a pulsatance equal to the imaginary part of the zero point , while a pole close to the imaginary axis causes a similar maximum in the spectrum . |
| 90 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |