'V n -ing' - Construction 8

Name: the necessitate something happening construction
Description: An event is logically connected to another event.
Verbs: entail, involve, justify, mean, necessitate
Example: The opening of the town services necessitated Blackpool buying trams which... (BNC)
Membership: logical connection
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Logical relations. Roles: NP1: Conditional; NP2 + -ing clause: Conditioner
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