Example sentences of "involves some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach involves some down-grading of the Directive 's purpose of facilitating the transfer of businesses , but it is not clear how far it increases the real , as opposed to the formal , freedom of action of employees . |
| 2 | Law is not a business ; nor merely is it a profession , which is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as a vocation or calling , especially one that involves some branch of learning or science , but is one of three learned professions . |
| 3 | I make no apology for reminding the House of the quotation from Sir Winston Churchill upon which I drew last year : ’ It is said with truth that this involves some sacrifice or merger of national sovereignty . |
| 4 | To be cared for almost inevitably involves some diminution of independence . |
| 5 | You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation . |
| 6 | The important thing seems to be that teachers should be aware of this conflict and take some steps to resolve it , and this involves some kind of negotiation between teacher and pupils . |
| 7 | Logically , they can not exist separately : all knowledge involves some kind of mental processing and exists in a cultural context ; all cultures are conceptualized in terms of knowledge and involve abilities and skills ; all development has a content and a context . |
| 8 | It is an important question how far political change , which almost always involves some kind of conflict , also tends to be accomplished by violent means . |
| 9 | Fitting the tee involves some manoeuvring of the two pipes this may mean removing some of the pipes from their clips |
| 10 | The next stage usually involves some resistance from the woman , and an escalation of the drive from the male to overcome this . |
| 11 | Since crime , however it is defined in any particular society , always involves some degree of restraint on individual self-interest , our natural tendency is always towards deviation : we will , it seems , always choose the deviant alternative when it suits us and when we think we can get away with it . |
| 12 | Most biblical scholarship involves some degree of speculation . |
| 13 | Defining precise purposes in this way clearly involves some degree of prior background knowledge on the child 's part . |
| 14 | Moreover , the condition of non-natural user , though similar to unreasonable user in nuisance , normally involves some degree of exceptional risk which unreasonable user does not . |
| 15 | Application of new technology inevitably involves some degree of risk . |
| 16 | However , the investment in all assets except for short-term government debt involves some degree of risk . |
| 17 | To give or receive help , perhaps over a long period , which inevitably involves some self-sacrifice on the one hand and some loss of independence on the other , is a very big step . |
| 18 | While altruism by one individual towards another clearly involves some self-sacrifice , the tacit ( even unconscious ) assumption by the donor is that such sacrifice will , in the long run , generate reciprocal support . |
| 19 | Even a simple conveyance of a newly built estate property — easy money for the lawyer , with a standard form of contract — involves some translation work . |
| 20 | Oman ( 1984 , 1989 ) suggests that the crucial test is whether the arrangement involves some element of risk to the seller — and some prospect of a share in future income . |
| 21 | At present , the development of such components relies heavily on individual initiatives taken by historians whose own research involves some element of computation . |
| 22 | This involves some expenditure , but this can be avoided if staff awareness is raised and a ‘ switch off ’ attitude is developed . |
| 23 | To understand how this could be involves some understanding of the representation problem , and to decide that any given pattern of behaviour has this character of being , as one might put it , ‘ biologically discouraged ’ requires one to be able to read the historical record . |
| 24 | Indirect discrimination involves some pre-condition or obstacle which , on the fact of it , applies equally to men and women but which in practice less women ( or men ) can comply with than men ( or women ) . |
| 25 | In the second place , it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor . |
| 26 | These two orientations are not entirely separate : most speech involves some information and it is couched differently according to the audience . |
| 27 | Most carers have attachment and affection to sustain them ; recognising that the deepest levels of such feelings are not enough to see the process through , involves some grief . |
| 28 | Inevitably , the use of the soundtrack as a radio commercial involves some loss of effect , and it seems to me that in general a radio commercial is going to have a much better chance of achieving its desired effect if it is created from scratch . |
| 29 | If we were to insist that prayer involves some form of dialogue then it would presuppose that we already know what is meant by the concept of God . |
| 30 | A buy-out usually involves some form of leverage , in that financing is provided by banks and investment institutions . |