Example sentences of "[vb pp] to investigate the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer guide : This question is designed to investigate the way in which decisions are made about how to deal with monies and goods withdrawn from a business by the owners . |
| 2 | The paper describes early stages of a programme of research designed to investigate the effects of different ways of organizing social work teams . |
| 3 | The present research is designed to investigate the effects of a somewhat different range of factors ( for example , net income , religious/ethnic affiliation , family and social networks , perceived level of local unemployment , experience of previous unemployment , types of activities engaged in , including activity in the black economy , attitudes to work , etc ) on the experience of , and ability to manage and cope with , a period of unemployment . |
| 4 | This study was designed to investigate the release of PYY and enteroglucagon , in response to a variety of intraluminal stimuli introduced endoscopically , to identify the mechanism for release of these colonic hormones in humans . |
| 5 | This study was designed to investigate the possibility that transferring to human insulin has a direct effect on the perception and experience of hypoglycaemia . |
| 6 | The second related study is designed to investigate the relationship between welfare provision , household organisation and labour market activity including the role played by occupation linked pension and other welfare schemes , state financed social security and that provided within the family and the community . |
| 7 | A number of similar experiments are described by Labov ( 1975 ) ; of particular interest is a series designed to investigate the failure of the negative attraction rule ( i.e. the tendency to attach the negative marker to the quantifier ) in some English dialects , in sentences of the following type : |
| 8 | Victim or victimisation studies are designed to investigate the number of individuals who have been victims of crime . |
| 9 | This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and distribution of gastric metaplasia in relation to H pylori infection and duodenal ulceration and to examine whether a reduction in the extent and prevalence of gastric metaplasia occurs after eradication of H pylori . |
| 10 | Ironically , in the same way that the denial of the risk of harm associated with a possible preventive measure undermines the basis for performing a randomised trial designed to investigate the efficacy of that measure , the exaggeration of the risk of harm tends to undermine public health measures designed to introduce the preventive measure if it is shown to be effective . |
| 11 | This study was designed to investigate the role of endogenous eicosanoids in the sensitivity of endocrine and exocrine pancreatic ells against the toxic effects of cyclosporin A. Depletion of pancreatic eicosanoids was achieved by use of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor , indomethacin . |
| 12 | Has the time not come to investigate the factors which led to the move west from the 13 colonies in North America , to consider how these might be created to apply to a move east from the Urals to provide a similar development in potentially the greatest storehouse of raw materials and energy ? |
| 13 | The Rector was put in charge for a fortnight to begin with , but when there was no improvement in Hamilton it was decided to investigate the possibility of appointing a proper substitute . |
| 14 | For my open study , I have decided to investigate the imagination of Lewis Carroll , using Alice In Wonderland and Alice Through The Looking Glass . |
| 15 | decided to investigate the role of p53 in a classic system , the induction of apoptosis in thymocytes . |
| 16 | In another trial a systematic attempt was made to investigate the effect of proximity between subjects . |
| 17 | Although in chapter 6 an attempt was made to investigate the nature of the artefact per se , even a cursory examination of artefacts as actually employed within different societies reveals the extreme diversity of uses and connotations among physically similar forms . |
| 18 | A double-blind , placebo-controlled , parallel-group study was done to investigate the response of patients with atopic dermatitis to essential fatty acid supplements . |
| 19 | The West Midlands Force were instructed to investigate the South Yorkshire Police , ironically , at a time when their own Serious Crimes Squad was the subject of an investigation . |
| 20 | For some of the work auditory sequences are presented to investigate the question of whether auditory and visual temporal patterns mean the same thing to the infant . |
| 21 | Plans are now well advanced to investigate the United Kingdom designated waters around the Rockall Trough and Plateau . |
| 22 | A Government minister has agreed to investigate the case of RAF wives who face eviction from their homes because their marriages have broken down . |
| 23 | The County Manager said that a conference of Health Board and Department of the Environment officials and County Council engineers , who were undertaking a special study of uranium mining , had agreed to investigate the situation . |
| 24 | The meeting reportedly agreed to investigate the establishment of a WEU rapid deployment force [ for NATO agreement in May 1991 on a similar force see p. 38216 ] and of a satellite data interpretation centre to reduce European dependence on US intelligence . |
| 25 | He could at least , whatever his personal reticence , have promised to investigate the problem of the insufficient chairs . |
| 26 | It may involve complaints about the methods used to investigate the offence : see Reg. v. Heston-Francois [ 1984 ] Q.B . |
| 27 | Interviews with civil servants will also be used to investigate the consequences for welfare issues and the effectiveness of government policy . |
| 28 | A pilot-scale packed absorber has been designed and is being used to investigate the absorption and reaction of various odorous compounds with different reactants , enabling the performance of this type of absorption equipment to be predicted . |
| 29 | As well as evidence of the selection of a strategy , there should be evidence of the justification for selection eg the student explains why graphical techniques were used to investigate the phasing of traffic lights . |
| 30 | The equations of motion are used to investigate the sign of σ ( which turns out to be always real ) . |