Example sentences of "involved in a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ITV is involved in a race with the BBC to bring out the first film drama of his life . |
| 2 | He went on several more expeditions to the Himalaya and was involved in a race to the south pole . |
| 3 | Varieties in English : — the methods , objectives and problems involved in a description of language varieties ; application of the concept of varieties to ideas of correctness and appropriateness ; the speech community ; the language of school subjects ; practice in the analysis of spoken and written , literary and non-literary texts . |
| 4 | Richard was involved in a skirmish with some French knights , among them his old opponent William des Barres , who recognized him by the lion on his shield . |
| 5 | Rival fans were involved in a skirmish in Kilburn High Road when windows and the interior of a pub were damaged . |
| 6 | Throughout her school career Anna has been involved in a plethora of sporting clubs participating as fully in organisation terms as she has as a sportswoman . |
| 7 | The judge indicated that he believed that police of all ranks had been involved in a cover-up of the initial investigation of the massacre and called for a public inquiry . |
| 8 | But yesterday his dream came to an end in the Lake District where he was involved in a crash off the rally course and then suffered mechanical problems . |
| 9 | Michael Armstrong , 28 , of Welfare Crescent , Newbiggin-by Sea , Northumberland , died almost instantly when his van was involved in a crash at Great Stainton , near Sedgefield on Wednesday , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 10 | A motorist involved in a crash on the M-four motorway in which ten people died has been found guilty of careless driving . |
| 11 | Gemma , eight , from Childwall , Liverpool , was left paralysed after she and her family were involved in a crash on their way to a weekend in Pwllheli in June . |
| 12 | Gemma , eight , from Childwall , Liverpool , was left paralysed after she and her family were involved in a crash on their way to a weekend in Pwllheli in June . |
| 13 | Over the years he was involved in a variety of fields from Transport to Defence . |
| 14 | Furthermore , numbers of other organizations , large and small , have been involved in a variety of ‘ alternative ’ educational projects , and the question arises as to how much autonomy these should retain . |
| 15 | It incorporates a wide spread of disciplines and its members have been , or are , involved in a variety of professions . |
| 16 | As a result of such activities , teachers ' centres have found themselves closely involved in a variety of support activities relevant to the development of resource.based learning . |
| 17 | As a sponsored athlete you become involved in a variety of promotional activities , from press conferences and hospitality functions , to launching new products and public speaking . |
| 18 | He became involved in a variety of industrial disputes to little purpose , failed to raise funds for his union , and in 1920 was imprisoned for ‘ criminal syndicalism ’ . |
| 19 | These employees are involved in a variety of tasks concerned with the manufacture and sale of writing instruments — together with a variety of administrative support functions . |
| 20 | Jacqui is involved in a variety of areas including banking , real property , and general company commercial work , which includes the development of new facilities . |
| 21 | And I think it 's important to make the distinction that the independent sector includes both the voluntary sector and er , the profit and er , sorry the , not the profit making organizations er , the , the staff of the Agency consists of er , two officers and an admin administrative er , staff , and erm , they have been involved in a variety of er , different activities . |
| 22 | Along with Siemens Italia SpA president Giorgio Scanavacca , Italian legal authorities arrested Davide Giacalone , former advisor to Oscar Mammi , former minister of post and telecom , on bribery charges : Giacalone is charged with having accepted $5.3m from Giuseppe Parrella , former managing director of ASST , Azienda Telefonica dello Stato SpA , in the minister 's study ; Giacalone has already told the police that he passed the money on to representatives of the Republican party ; for his part , the former PTT minister declared his innocence : ‘ That I was involved in a history of billion-lire bribes is as unfounded as it is untrue — at whatever moment the magistrates tell me it is necessary to investigate my accounts , I will liberate myself immediately from parliamentary immunity , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Berhtfrith praefectus , almost certainly the Berhtfrith who fought on Osred 's side at Bamburgh and who later spoke in favour of a settlement with Wilfrid at the council on the Nidd ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 60 ) , perhaps also a kinsman of Berhtred , son of Beornhaeth , was involved in a conflict in 711 in what had been Manau Gododdin between the Rivers Avon and Carron when the Picts were defeated ( HE V , 24 ; ASC D , s.a. 710 ; AU s.a. 710 : AT p. 222 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ For a son to be involved in a plot against his father — ’ Yuan paused delicately , ‘ — is surely unthinkable . ’ |
| 25 | Blind MP David Blunkett was involved in a row with a cabbie over his guide dog . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Lawrence refused to get involved in a row following Lee 's decision . |
| 27 | They have also aroused Protestant anger against Dr Runcie , at the same time as he has become involved in a row over his attack on the ‘ Pharisees ’ of British society . |
| 28 | But after a while she became involved in a quarrel with them , and was trying to get away from the angry group , when Alec d'Urberville rode by . |
| 29 | The realisation made her want to study the other woman closely , and , covertly , she was able to do so , as Marise and Faye were soon involved in a discussion of the modern Japanese sculpture exhibition which had recently opened at the art gallery . |
| 30 | He was half-heartedly involved in a discussion on Mary Deare , who at this moment was speeding in a hired car towards Manchester to spend Christmas Day at the Midland Hotel with an unnamed friend appearing in The Tinder Box . |