intervention

Examples of intervened

intervened

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The researcher intervened by raising awareness of this issue and providing language input which catered to the students' observed needs.
The top leadership was very much a hands-on leadership which continually intervened at all levels.
Their authority at the workplace as mill officials intervened more freely in their domain.
These communities themselves, though - as far as was permitted to them - intervened to reform these demographic conditions, mainly through their organization along gender lines.
The community itself intervened to maintain this family structure through a wide variety of social institutions.
The ward executive officer intervened, and suggested that a vote again be taken on the matter.
Some carers told us that they intervened when residents argued and, in this way, maintained emotional and interactional order in the communal area.
In order to create a clear and coherent sense of policy orientation, they often intervened to ensure the smooth working relationship between state economic institutions.
The next step was to encourage banks to lend long-term, and for that governments intervened in two ways.
The government duly intervened with a policy package that included a binding wage measure.
Nordic governments have intervened in the negotiations and offered subsidies, which is subtracted from the seller's price if trade takes place.
Pharmacists only intervened on inappropriate orders in the intervention arm.
On the other side the observer intervened as soon as he searched for or ientation in the semi-darkness of which these devices made him aware.
Overall, about half the participants intervened,2 although normatively all of them were supposed to.
They often intervened too, in contrast to twentieth-century accounts.
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