Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other types of switch involve a change of code from Creole to London English and back to Creole within a single turn . |
| 2 | One accepts , of course , that the sheer volume and intractability of the subject matter render resort to delegated legislation to some degree inevitable ; but , by the same token , those very factors of volume and intractability almost necessarily involve a degree of perfunctoriness in parliamentary scrutiny . |
| 3 | They involve a life of self-denial and sacrifice . |
| 4 | The point I am trying to make is that both suicide of the schizoid type and anorexia nervosa involve a denial of reality which depends upon an acceptance of a split between self and body , and is only possible through paradox . |
| 5 | These games involve a lot of reading . |
| 6 | Genetic algorithms involve a lot of computation . |
| 7 | In addition hierarchies involve a stratification of authority and the following of rules . |
| 8 | Confusion and muddle resulting from mislaid books and materials involve a waste of time for any pupil , but are even more of a nuisance for one who sees poorly . |
| 9 | Both exhibitions result from the 1990/91 bursary awards and involve a combination of performance and photography ( 7 Mar–12 Apr ) . |
| 10 | Other queries involve a spot of detective work , such as trying to identify a particular type of fibreboard needed for refurbishment work . |
| 11 | The formalities of putting the Shell account into operation involve a minimum of paperwork . |
| 12 | Some radioactive methods , like uranium series dating , involve a chain of decay : one radioactive element decays into another which in turn decays . |
| 13 | The following criteria would have to be satisfied : ( i ) the disposition would have to be contained in a will and be charged on the heir under that will ; and either ( ii ) involve a sum of money , or ( iii ) involve property but be heard by a provincial court . |
| 14 | Even so , recent re-estimates of their weighting suggest a degree of caution in evaluating their contribution . |
| 15 | Some sceptics have been quick to see that this could well be a familiar pointer to the future — suggest a service for closure in the hope that the relevant council will come up with the money to reprieve it . |
| 16 | On the face of it , such high commissions suggest a lack of price competitiveness , but as noted above , large institutional buyers are able to force distributors to share all or part of the selling concession , and prices may thus be lower than they appear . |
| 17 | Our results suggest a link between smoking and alcohol and complications ( CLO , severe oesophagitis , or adenocarcinoma ) of acid reflux in patients without hiatus hernias . |
| 18 | The client wants an adviser who can interview sympathetically , ascertain the facts , analyse the problem and suggest a course of action . |
| 19 | In the midst of those terrifying complaint stories in Numbers is another chapter concerned with the offerings to be made once the people have occupied the Land , offerings which suggest a life of plenty waiting to be enjoyed there ( ch. |
| 20 | In Starlust , Fred and Judy Vermoral suggest a life of pop as a flood of tears , semen , saliva , love-juice , breath , sweat , fantasies of licking whipped cream out of Clem Burke of Blondie 's bum . |
| 21 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 22 | His mock-learned apparatus — appendices , maps of Middle-Earth and indexes — suggest a sense of erudition amiably mixed with bonhomie and fun ; his no-nonsense Christianity a hunger for the spiritual and a yearning for roots . |
| 23 | The general criteria above suggest a range of assessment tasks in both practical and written test modes . |
| 24 | One day the law may re-examine the place in our law of combination and of the ‘ chasm ’ between lawful and unlawful acts which exists in the case of an individual , but the latest judicial pronouncements suggest a retreat from liability rather than an advance towards a principle that the intentional infliction of harm without justification is actionable . |
| 25 | Nationally endorsed policies suggest a need for consistency and co-ordination in implementation . |
| 26 | The same objections might also be applied to models which suggest a role for government policy arising out of asymmetries of information between groups in the private sector . |
| 27 | HMG 1 and 2 themselves have features that suggest a role in DNA processing involving shape selective recognition of structural distortions to DNA such as B-Z junctions and cruciforms ( 46 , 47 ) , and the bent , unwound structures created by binding of cisplatin ( 20 ) . |
| 28 | Thus the main rhythms are not static , but suggest a movement of circulation appropriate to the transactions of the Post Office . ’ |
| 29 | As university teachers suggest a code of conduct , Dea Birkett recalls a personal encounter with a lecherous lecturer |
| 30 | Suggest a line of dialogue for each character . |