Example sentences of "[noun] [be] involved " in BNC.

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1 In any case , the reasons for regarding the idea of numerical identity and that of numerical diversity as significant are not such as might enable us to decide unequivocally whether something observed on one occasion is numerically the same as something else observed on a different occasion , or how many ontological objects are involved in a given case .
2 Spatial skills are involved in a number of school subjects , such as mathematics , geography and design as well as a number of professions , such as engineering , architecture and computing .
3 More than 200 local employers are involved in work experience for Egglescliffe pupils and there was praise too for the school 's conservation work at weekends .
4 SWANSEA and Bath have chosen their strongest available sides for today 's Anglo-Welsh clash at St Helen 's even though key players from both clubs are involved in national squad sessions in Portugal and Lanzarote next week .
5 Housing associations as well as local authorities are involved in the provision of sheltered accommodation .
6 Sir John , chairman of the scientific group on the United Nations intergovernmental panel on climate change , and a former chief executive of the Meteorological Office , said : ‘ Never before have so many scientists from so many disciplines been involved in scientific assessment . ’
7 According to this distinction , all and only sexual buds are involved in maturation and fertilization .
8 Wherever CT scans or the new MRI scans or even ultrasound scans are involved in the management of patients , the images can be transferred down an image link .
9 All five continents are involved in an increase in the incidence of gonorrhoea , which , in many cases , is now more common than during the pre-war period .
10 Both sub-units are involved in internal security duties which demand long hours of vigilance , which must be managed carefully to avoid routine and monotony .
11 British , Polish , Indian and Japanese artists are involved in the only multi-international residency in the country , designed to raise the profile of the River Tees through the arts and , in the process , examine the ways in which the river affects our lives .
12 All four campuses of the University are involved in the programme of arts and cultural activities .
13 All four campuses of the University are involved in the programme of arts and cultural activities .
14 As we go up the scale of complexity , many highly evolved and sophisticated molecules are involved in the constitution of even the simplest living cell .
15 These molecules are involved in low-affinity homophilic and/or heterophilic recognition , but little is known of the physical basis for these interactions .
16 Three molecules are involved in the Dcm-catalysed methylation reaction , substrate DNA , the enzyme itself and SAM , the methyl donor .
17 Secondly , the clarity of the results obtained is highly dependent on the extent of occupancy of the binding site(s) , i.e. protection is observed only if all DNA molecules are involved in complexes .
18 As J. D. North , who has drawn attention to these , remarks , ‘ Taken singly , the records are easy to view with scepticism , but taking them together , and noting especially that relatively large sums of money are involved in payment for the materials used , they persuade us that the mechanical clock had indeed arrived on the scene . ’
19 It is highly desirable for the effective delivery of the award if staff with recent travel experience are involved in the delivery of the programme .
20 ranging from estate agents , and there are two on the end here from er both products are involved with estate agents , medical practices area health authorities , schools universities and colleges up in the top right there and the obvious ones down in the er corner there .
21 Such dichotomous standpoints are , however , somewhat misleading since both groups are involved in policy formulation .
22 While pluralist writers can not be interpreted as suggesting that there is a perfect or even extensive distribution of political power through the mechanism of interest participation in government decision making , — ’ what pluralists do argue is that more groups are involved in making decisions than is suggested by Marxist and elitists , who claim that a particular class or group has a monopoly of influence .
23 Many different groups are involved in the pollination of modern angiosperms and , in rain forest , this seems to be rather bound up with the level in the forest at which the flowers are presented .
24 Perhaps a scientist suggests that in some way the bat 's ears are involved in its ability to avoid obstacles .
25 Similarly , in these societies a large number of people on both the bride 's and the groom 's side are involved in an obligatory exchange of property of major significance .
26 Certain moral considerations are involved in his actions , yet they are not absolute in the sense that they are an infallible guide to conduct , or constitute a rule for which there can be no exception .
27 But moral considerations are involved in situations when rats , fleas and snakes are destroyed , and robbers and murderers are killed , in order to protect the lives of others .
28 ICI and other big manufacturers are involved in four price-fixing cases currently grinding their way through the elephantine procedures of the European Community .
29 Of interest two metabolic steps are involved in platelet activating factor biosynthesis : first , PLA 2 acts on choline-containing membrane alkyl-phospholipds resulting in the production of lyso platelet activating factor — that is , 1–0-alkly- sn -glycero-3-phosphocholine ; and , second , this lyso platelet activating factor compound is acetylated by an acetyltransferase to yield a biologically active platelet activating factor molecule .
30 This suggests that the blobs are involved in something much more fundamental , like the detection of very coarse stimulus features , rather than colour analysis as such .
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