noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
active participation/involvement (=in an activity or event)
▪ Active participation in community life is important in small towns and villages.
▪ The school encourages the active involvement of parents.
deny any involvement in sth
▪ The chairman denied any involvement in the affair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
▪ The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish.
▪ First, it simply does not create and foster the active, sensitive involvement by managers that is needed.
▪ The most obvious change in nursing practice apparent to returners is the active involvement of patients and clients in their own care.
▪ She has denied any active involvement.
▪ Some Democratic Unionists do precisely this by, for example, listing their active involvement with the Orders on their election literature.
▪ And it begins with the active involvement of every manager.
▪ On the other hand, capitalist economies are based on the willing and active involvement of the very workers they are exploiting.
▪ The mounting of school productions and active involvement in community or touring theatre initiatives are thus of immense value.
alleged
▪ About 600 members of the armed forces were discharged for alleged involvement in the coup attempt.
▪ And in Corse and Over, another four people were arrested and questioned about their alleged involvement in organising the festival.
▪ One was about the alleged involvement of the special branch.
close
▪ Management opportunities - close involvement with line management may offer opportunities to those who wish to transfer into management.
▪ His close involvement threatens to embarrass Mitterrand's government, although there is no suggestion he was involved in any wrong-doing.
▪ He has had close involvement with the Diploma in Industrial Administration since its introduction.
deep
▪ However, Madeleine kept up a spirit of personal participation and deep involvement in her own healing.
▪ A relationship broke up and there was an even deeper involvement with drugs thereafter.
▪ I am not looking for money, just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call.
direct
▪ They are a useful alternative for small companies whose overseas operations are limited, not warranting the expense of direct involvement.
▪ But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat, denied any direct involvement.
▪ By and large, Sussex escaped a very direct involvement in the war since the main battles were fought elsewhere.
▪ Elections held this spring, for instance, presented a significant shift away from direct party political involvement in the Association.
▪ We invited direct involvement from the profession.
▪ The Charismatics see direct satanic involvement in this revival, and say the neo-pagans are devil-worshipping.
▪ Next, it underlined the dismay with which many observers viewed the prospect of direct superpower involvement in Gulf affairs.
▪ This can only be achieved with the direct involvement of current and potential service users and frontline staff in setting service targets.
emotional
▪ There was never any emotional involvement, just a physical act that offered him some release.
▪ How can we reconcile the low frequency of expressions of emotional involvement in election campaigns with the high frequency of antagonistic partisanship?
▪ According to Tormey's theory of Expression, emotional involvement for the actor is minimal.
▪ This is why you should be as free from emotional upset and involvement as possible when taking it.
▪ The same applies to the impression of emotional involvement.
▪ Second, for the fieldworker such studies are extremely demanding in tact, energy, persistence, time and emotional involvement.
▪ As the coffin slides into the furnace, we try to restrict our emotional involvement - sometimes at considerable psychological cost.
▪ It shows her growing emotional involvement and gradually seems to affect her every movement.
great
▪ In all cases, there could be great involvement in a whole range of legal issues.
▪ The concept of greater parental involvement was favourably received, and this involvement has increased in the years since Plowden.
▪ The Labour Party supported the idea of greater parental involvement.
▪ I ask the Minister if he will undertake to develop proposals to encourage greater involvement by ex-RAF pilots in the reserves.
military
▪ Both coalitions wanted changes in the Constitution to bar the military from future involvement in politics.
▪ Mr Bush, unsurprisingly, opposes military involvement on the ground.
▪ Disunity in Congress also compelled the administration to look for allies if it was to risk military involvement.
▪ In the past the prospect of military involvement by the West has been viewed with caution and reluctance.
parental
▪ Edis and Brabazon have suggested that parental involvement would be improved if parents were given more extensive rights.
▪ On the other hand, sending a child off to a series of lessons can not replace parental involvement.
▪ After the visit the head talked about the importance of parental involvement.
▪ There is a lot of parental involvement and we have made several improvements to give it a better image.
▪ They praised the relaxed atmosphere of the school and the emphasis placed on parental involvement and links with outside organisations.
▪ The ability of the school to enlist - and respond to - parental involvement, will be crucial.
▪ The concept of greater parental involvement was favourably received, and this involvement has increased in the years since Plowden.
▪ Some local authorities also encouraged parental involvement, by setting up consultative panels of parents.
personal
▪ And each shot he takes is an exciting work of art precisely be-cause of his intense personal involvement.
▪ Before there was any personal involvement, they settled the business.
▪ Making the best bread takes a personal, intimate involvement.
▪ When the Allies protested, Franco distanced himself from personal involvement and promised that something would be done.
▪ The inclusion of an empty leather luggage label simply inscribed Josef Bien is one reminder of her personal involvement.
▪ Selznick's personal involvement in the recruitment and selection process for the film's star was legendary.
▪ John Chalcraft saw this happen and must have wondered a thing or two after 50 years personal involvement.
political
▪ Elections held this spring, for instance, presented a significant shift away from direct party political involvement in the Association.
▪ At home, political involvement was always considered a righteous thing, a civic thing, a good thing.
▪ There was an interesting difference in the political involvement of different generations of Free Presbyterian ministers.
▪ He said he had never had any political involvement, that his shooting must have been a mistake.
▪ A second cost to the Free Church of its political involvement is a drain on leadership resources.
▪ It is salutary to note the political involvement of even this reputedly other-worldly figure.
▪ Most students resisted being drawn beyond protest over specifically student issues to broader political involvement.
▪ Given his initial assumptions and central beliefs, his political involvement has been rational.
possible
▪ The coroner, Peter Brunton, rejected a request to submit a technical report pointing to the possible involvement of a submarine.
▪ A response is awaited from Lothian Health Board regarding their possible involvement in distributing the packs.
▪ We must encourage the widest possible involvement of our membership.
■ NOUN
community
▪ She saw community involvement as crucial.
▪ Active parent and community involvement in education is one of the main recommendations in the report.
▪ At Level One the student will contribute to the planning and arrangement of community involvement.
▪ Make crime prevention a major focus of community involvement.
▪ The four key elements of the Garden City 21 project are described as sustainability, vision, partnership and community involvement.
▪ Both during and after work experience the student is given the opportunity to express his/her feelings and reactions to the community involvement.
▪ That's why the neighbourhood renewal fund will be conditional on genuine joint working and community involvement.
▪ Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled.
employee
▪ As for employee involvement, it is certainly greater than it ever was in the years of nationalization.
▪ I also strongly advocate an interactive process, with extensive employee involvement.
▪ If we can unlock the potential of employee involvement, the benefits are enormous.
▪ Plus, employee involvement was spreading to other departments.
▪ It is an employee involvement program which draws upon the human resources of the organization.
▪ Still, there was no formal employee involvement program at the plant.
▪ On day two, Peter Wickens, director of personnel at Nissan, led a session on employee involvement.
government
▪ This chapter is about the extent of government involvement in the economy.
▪ This decentralization of political power is linked to a political economy that strongly emphasizes private control and limited government involvement.
▪ This tradition of government involvement has continued in many countries after independence.
▪ He tried to stop documents, which revealed Government involvement, coming into the open, it was revealed.
▪ The extent of government involvement in such projects should be judged on individual merit, he said.
▪ They have produced a decline of the market economy and increasing government involvement in industrial life.
■ VERB
accuse
▪ He is accused of involvement in the deaths and disappearance of up to 10,000 people during the war in Kosovo.
continue
▪ We will continue to encourage the involvement of doctors and other medical staff in the management of services.
▪ The Brothers continued their involvement in leprosy work.
▪ Whether by some form of contract or by increasing local capital, firms can continue expanding their economic involvement.
▪ Robinson has continued to have some involvement in the project.
▪ Such risk-avoiding moves did not, however, stop them from continuing to deepen their involvement in the economy by other means.
▪ Accusations continue of security force involvement in covert assassinations.
deny
▪ They are always going to deny any involvement.
▪ A newly discovered memo indicates the first lady ordered the firing, although she has denied any involvement.
▪ All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
▪ These leaders have all denied involvement in any coup attempt.
▪ Mr Francis Keenan, defending, said Mackin denied any involvement in the robbery.
▪ She has denied any active involvement.
▪ During her trial last May she denied all involvement.
▪ But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat, denied any direct involvement.
encourage
▪ The major objective of the counsellor, especially the counsellor who actively seeks to combat ageism, is to encourage involvement.
▪ Other studies of programs within individual states confirm that the typical program encourages public involvement.
▪ We will continue to encourage the involvement of doctors and other medical staff in the management of services.
▪ Sensing a valuable communications network, the Kinnock-led Labour Party encouraged musical involvement.
▪ Unions eagerly encourage the further involvement of such women by means of day release or other union courses.
▪ Be positive, honest and optimistic in your comments. 9. Encourage parental involvement in learning. 10.
▪ Organise open days and exhibitions to encourage the involvement of the local community with health matters.
▪ We must encourage the widest possible involvement of our membership.
increase
▪ Marketing is about infinite improvements, by listening and by responding to people you increase involvement, engage commitment and win loyalty.
▪ Three fourths of the states had implemented, or were planning to implement, incentives to increase employer involvement.
▪ Part of Oxford Polytechnic's response to accreditation has been to increase the involvement of external reviewers in the quality control process.
▪ Both channels are also offering on-line Web sites to increase viewer involvement.
▪ Pressure to increase state involvement came from various directions.
▪ It comes as President Bush advances a plan to increase the involvement of religious institutions in solving social problems.
▪ The event was organised to increase driver involvement, improve safe driving standards and promote fleet care.
▪ It aims to look at how the private sector has and can increase its involvement in local and urban regeneration.
require
▪ Rising to the challenge will require the involvement of both the private and public sectors.
▪ It feels light and boisterous and requires more driver involvement than the Aero 8.
suspect
▪ Was it possible that the police suspected his involvement with Saunders and were trying to trick him into an admission of guilt?
▪ If the President ever suspected our involvement in the affair, he never let on.
▪ Serving inmates are also sometimes removed to these centres when they are suspected of involvement in other crimes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He denied ever having any involvement with her.
▪ There was very little emotional involvement in their marriage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But criticism of Mrs Roosevelt focused primarily on her involvement in public issues.
▪ Calculative involvement refers to a low intensity of either negative or positive orientation towards the organization.
▪ Employee involvement represents Ford's first step in the long-term renegotiation of the psychological contract between the individual worker and the company.
▪ For me, our passion was a devout involvement of heart, body and mind.
▪ It is often hard to gauge the exact nature of feminist involvement.
▪ There is also a lack of clarity over where the emphasis should be for promoting the involvement of general practitioners.
▪ They ensure that every situation gets resolved quickly and easily, with minimal customer involvement.