Example sentences of "involved [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | contingency plans if you or other main people involved are sick/ absent ; |
| 2 | Obviously , the speed of retrieval is not an issue if the images involved are still pictures . |
| 3 | For we must never lose sight of the fact that the issues involved are moral ones ; and that though doctors may be experts in medicine , they are no more competent or qualified to speak on moral issues than you or I. |
| 4 | These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It is as if the people involved are desperate to confirm to each other the way they feel . |
| 6 | A win-win outcome is where all parties involved are successful in achieving their objectives . |
| 7 | The factors involved are subtle ones of tone of voice , attitudes to characters , and touches that suggest friendliness or superiority . |
| 8 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 9 | Yet the amounts of money involved are small — the 66 per cent APR represents a charge for credit of only about 10p to 20p a week , on the amount commonly borrowed . |
| 10 | The numbers involved are small in relation to the numbers of scientific papers published in journals . |
| 11 | Although the families of plants involved are ancient , they are represented in tropical rain forest to different extents in different continents . |
| 12 | The stories of how they got involved are typical . |
| 13 | Among the mine-owning companies involved are major corporations such as Du Pont and General Dynamics . |
| 14 | Oxfordshire teachers who have been involved are negative about the amount of time that the scheme takes . |
| 15 | The attitudes of adults to the mentally handicapped tend to be firmly entrenched , and because many of the issues involved are emotive , these attitudes are difficult to change . |
| 16 | Some of the species involved are rare both in a national and local context which , of necessity , limits the possibilities for discussion here . |
| 17 | While the processes involved are international in scope , the outcome for different countries and regions can be very different . |
| 18 | The philosopher Rescher offers a useful distinction when he says that we are all the best judges of our own satisfaction and happiness , and no-one can do this for us , but that we are not always the best judges of what is in our own best interests , and that others , who are less subjectively involved are better judges . |
| 19 | The mechanical processes involved are straightforward enough , albeit requiring no little patience , delicate handling and care which , all told , is a skill in itself . |
| 20 | The companies involved are all foreign : at Ballymoney the Australian Meekatharra Minerals Ltd ; at Loughbeg , Anglo United Development Corporation , an associate of Northgate of Canada and Grenmore Holdings Ltd ( a British company which later changed its name to the more local-sounding Tyrone Lignite Ltd ) ; in the Coagh and Washing bay areas BP Coal Ltd , a subsidiary of the giant BP oil company . |
| 21 | Since the majority of species involved are similar both morphologically and in behaviour they will be referred to in this text as trichonemes or small strongyles |
| 22 | The processes involved are complex , involving a variety of bacteria that can break down organic molecules such as proteins , lipids and polysaccharides ( cellulose and starch are included in the latter ) in the absence of oxygen . |
| 23 | You will find that the methods involved are complex and sophisticated , yet they are possessed ( and require to be possessed ) by pretty nearly everyone . ’ |
| 24 | The exact numbers involved are obscure , but Walpole-Bond 's account suggests a population of no more than five to 10 pairs at best , and breeding was not established as an annual occurrence . |
| 25 | Lest this account seem unduly cynical , it must be added that the individuals involved are subordinate to the functional constraints of their job . |
| 26 | ‘ There is no doubt the people involved are lucky to be alive , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 27 | These stories are commonplace , although those involved are wary of going on record . |
| 28 | Ongoing experiments in Wales corroborate these results , although with animals like moles , which have tough and durable skins , the periods involved are longer by over half . |
| 29 | The costs involved are direct and substantial . |
| 30 | The sample list of books is equally important , for it disarms criticisms of the kind : ‘ The books involved are obsolete and the shelf space is needed for more modern colourful illustrated books ’ , or ‘ Things like this have always been going on ’ , or ‘ We only get rid of popular novels when the rush is over ’ . |