Example sentences of "this [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although this involves a delicate piece of balancing , it is not Iran 's only such balancing act . |
| 32 | This involves a comparative survey of the legal framework which governs the implementation of and enforcement of policies affecting industry , with particular reference to competition policy , government aid to industry , and the protection of intellectual property . |
| 33 | This involves a radical restructuring of the organisation , with devolution into local authority or private management of up to 203 of the 350 or so historic sites now in English Heritage 's care ; the eventual redundancy of nearly 500 staff ( more than one quarter of the total ) ; and the handover of powers to influence decisions on Grade II listed buildings in London , powers inherited in 1986 from the now defunct Greater London Council . |
| 34 | This involves a substantial intercalation of neurons to form an association area between the sensory and motor parts of the elementary brain . |
| 35 | This involves a medical solution in so far as GPs seek medical care in a hospital environment . |
| 36 | This involves a different type of responsibility as well , and to accept it takes real courage . |
| 37 | This involves a double choice as the verb from has to agree with the stimuli both in tense and person . |
| 38 | But altogether , productivity has almost certainly been lower in services than in manufacturing by a significant margin and this involves a double irony : a major part of the improvement of productivity in manufacturing from the 1960s onwards resulted from a shake-out of labour much of which , in effect , found its way into the lower productivity services . |
| 39 | This involves a special test ( amniocentesis ] which has to be done between sixteen and eighteen weeks . |
| 40 | ( Sometimes this involves a quasi-symbolic element : for example in moments of danger they remember a bear they had seen a cave by the sea ( pp. 79 , 95 , 102 , 179 , 182 ) . |
| 41 | As we have seen , this involves a considerable sorting of data in order to build up a picture of the site — to see , for example , what buildings existed there , and at what periods . |
| 42 | This involves a detailed examination of patent data , as a means of assessing the strength of the innovative activity that companies carry out in Britain by comparison with other countries . |
| 43 | We have emphasised that the essential work of an actuary is that of a problem solver and that this involves a high degree of practical creativity . |
| 44 | This involves an intentional use or threat of violence by one person against another . |
| 45 | This represents a great achievement in the middle of a recession and says much for the hard work of everyone involved . |
| 46 | This represents a great deal of frustration , a sense of failure and a lot of parental income felt to be wasted . |
| 47 | I can not see that this represents a temporary disillusionment : see the discussion of the religious aspects of the poem in Chapter 3 ( p. 91 ) . |
| 48 | This represents a new departure in both the study of public transport operators and the derivation and application of concepts relevant to organisation studies . |
| 49 | This represents a new area for Johnson Matthey . |
| 50 | The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena . |
| 51 | There are signs from some parts of the country that some authorities are already exploring , albeit gingerly , the possibilities of ‘ joint purchasing ’ and that this represents a good way forward . |
| 52 | This represents a senior/junior staffing enhancement ratio , in percentage terms , of 47:53 . |
| 53 | Whether this represents a preparatory drawing for the finished painting or a different version of it , remains to be established . |
| 54 | Reported rapes have increased considerably in the 1980s , but it is difficult to tell to what extent this represents a real increase in the number of rapes or an increase in the reporting of them . |
| 55 | Although in recent years total government capital spending has been of the order of £20 billion per annum , Brown and Jackson ( 1983 , p. 138 ) point out that this represents a real reduction of approximately one half over the past 20 years . |
| 56 | For many couples , this represents a real saving in tax , in consequence of a wife 's income no longer being aggregated with that of her husband . |
| 57 | This represents a major problem because such an amount of continued convergence between two continents after collision is not easily accomodated within a simple plate tectonics model . |
| 58 | We accept this represents a major change from earlier views that the equivalent doses were triazolam 0.5 mg to 30 mg flurazepam or 20 mg temazepam ’ . |
| 59 | Obviously , this represents a major breakthrough in the industry , the benefits of which will initially be seen on the running tracks , but which will eventually move into tennis . |
| 60 | Socialists have long fought for security of tenure for council tenants , so this represents a major gain in the housing struggle . |