Example sentences of "are provided by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Good examples are provided by the earliest phase of Greek silver coinage , when large silver denominations tended to predominate .
2 Other communications or recording aspects are provided by the terminal emulator software and these are becoming increasingly important .
3 No figures are provided by the 1955 Census .
4 Extreme examples are provided by the Peruvian desert , normally very dry due to the cold northward-flowing Humboldt current along the coast .
5 Additional hazards are provided by the 80 sand bunkers dotted along the manicured fairways and the magnificent greens .
6 Two of many examples of nomic correlates , although the matter is in several ways complex , are provided by the interdependent variation of the pressure of a gas and its volume and temperature , according to the Boyle-Charles law for ideal gases , and the orbits of the two stars which make up a double star , which are held close together by mutual gravitational attraction .
7 Health and social care for older people are provided by the formal sector ( i.e. agencies of the state such as hospitals ) and the informal network of family and friends .
8 Other good examples are provided by the Hannibalic War fought between the Romans and Carthaginians under Hannibal in 218–201 BC , and by the English Civil War of 1641–9 .
9 Functionalists imply that roles are provided by the social system and individuals enact their roles as if they were reading off a script which contains explicit directions for their behaviour .
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