adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be involved in a conspiracy
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Apparently the commander of the army had also been involved in the conspiracy.
be involved in a dispute
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The US government became involved in a dispute with China.
be involved in a plot
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He was involved in a plot to kidnap the Pope.
be involved in a project
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I am involved in various projects.
be involved in a scandal
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A senior government official is involved in a political scandal.
be involved in a scene
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I knew that he was involved in the drugs scene.
be involved in an accident formal:
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Your son has been involved in a car accident.
be involved in an activity
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The men were involved in terrorist activities.
be involved in an incident
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All those involved in the incident were sacked.
be involved in politics
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After university, he became involved in local politics.
closely involved
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I have been closely involved in the work of both committees.
directly involved
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We hope to bring together the countries directly involved in the conflict.
get into an argument/become involved in an argument
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She didn’t want to get into another argument about money.
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I left to avoid becoming involved in an argument.
heavily involved
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I became heavily involved in politics.
the risks involved/the risks associated with sth
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The soldiers were well aware of the risks involved.
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The public are unwilling to accept the risks associated with nuclear energy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
actively
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Through this journal, members of the Group are actively involved in disseminating information concerning the analysis of census documents.
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Three of the team are actively involved with Recoup.
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The multi-disciplinary staff are actively involved in research, the provision of short courses and consultancy services.
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Some parents are actively involved in the child's learning support programme.
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That is why the Government have concentrated on keeping people who are actively involved in business.
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Once he has settled into his new post he may again become actively involved in the sport.
also
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Semi chips are a gas Swanson is also involved in studies on fabrication techniques for III/V ICs.
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He was also involved in lower-level search and was attached to more traditional methods.
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It is also involved in P7's definition.
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This molecule is also involved in the adhesion of neutrophils to endothelium during the inflammatory response.
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Further incidents in late January also involved members of the minority Afar community.
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Taylor House staff are also involved in bail support work, designed to keep teenagers on remand out of prison.
closely
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As part-time chairman, I am responsible for the managing of board affairs and am closely involved in the development of strategy.
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Those with closely involved spouses or other relatives were all very well supported at home.
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The grant of a patent can too often assume a talismanic significance for those closely involved in its conception and development.
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He chose a small squad from among those men available who did not belong to any lineage closely involved in the affair.
deeply
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It is often the case that the client will want to be deeply involved in the preparation of the document.
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But he followed him quietly to the table and was soon deeply involved in his new study.
directly
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The company is now directly involved in 85% of its overseas distribution compared with 25% five years ago.
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Indeed, a euphoria seems to reign among those directly involved in the organisation of Expo.
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In overseas centres, the education officer is often more directly involved in organising tuition.
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I am reminded of the period in the 1980s when I was directly involved in the negotiations on these matters.
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These findings support the hypothesis that H pylori colonisation is directly involved in the hypergastrinaemia.
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The postholder is directly involved with the evaluation of management, image and geographic information systems.
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Only those directly involved with the promotion will be excluded.
heavily
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The young migrants first became heavily involved in the winter of 1968-9.
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He had also been heavily involved in setting up their extensive Prestel operations.
more
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Computers are becoming more and more involved in the areas of strange phenomenon.
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Your mind must be more involved with the screen image, the very nature of the games demand response.
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We can easily identify districts throughout the country which will be more involved with infill projects than others.
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To discover that date is a much more involved process.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
immediately involved/affected/concerned etc
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Civil society is constituted by the social relationships and processes outside paid employment and not immediately affected by the state.
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Henry's memory, of course, seemed only defective in matters that immediately concerned him.
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No one is more anxious that the penalties should be apt for the crime than those most immediately affected by prison disorder.
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The availability of land played a crucial part in relations between the landowning class and those immediately concerned with its cultivation.
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The hearing is technically in public, though it is very rare for anyone other than those immediately involved to be present.
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The problem is to convince those who are not so immediately affected.
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Those most immediately affected given support.
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We are not immediately concerned whether they are based on off-line, optical discs or on online technology by way of broadband networks.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Adopting a child can be a long involved process.
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Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved .
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In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved .
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Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.
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The system for choosing candidates is very involved , and I won't go into it here.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All his adult life, Dignam had been one of the most involved defenders of the rights of actors.
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As we have discussed, the survivors need to feel involved in their loved one's dying process as much as possible.
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Both Marr and Morrissey were instantly involved in fairly advanced post-Morrissey/Marr/Smiths activities.
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No, Barry had never meant to get involved with Christine.
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Second, what are the cognitive and affective processes involved in stereotype change?
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Selective adhesion mechanisms are known to be involved in nerve-muscle recognition and control of synaptic development in several vertebrate systems.