Object

• implication: Any report must examine the wide environmental implications of UK decisions on agricultural biotechnology.

• relationship: I wanted remain true to the writing and really examine the relationship between the two men.

• role: Let us examine the role of largest exporters of arms in the World.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• inherent: Sarah Payne and Jim Campbell examine the tensions inherent in community care as it was delivered in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Subject

• essay: Both these modules are examined by a 4,000-word essay.

Used with why or when

• why: We examine why food is such a risk for off-licence chains.

• what: By that means, let us examine what is going on in terms that can be substantiated.

• which: Thermal imaging available as a service would enable those householders to examine which areas were leaking the most heat.

• who: He painstakingly examines who was at the tomb and what they were all doing.

Preposition: in

• detail: We also examine in detail some other examples of more relevance to Computer Science.

Preposition: under

• microscope: Examine under a microscope at low power i.e. 10 x 4 or 10 x 10.

Preposition: by

• essay: Both these modules are examined by a 4,000-word essay.

• dissertation: The project is examined by dissertation; the amount of time required to complete it is approximately six person-months.