Example sentences of "[noun pl] provide [det] " in BNC.

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1 This magazine as a whole attempts to provide some of that missing sense of movement by tracking down individual people that the NI once profiled to see what time has done to them .
2 This article attempts to provide some explanations for how readers of the play text or the audience of the dramatic performance are able to recognise character traits , and how these traits are themselves affected by the action of the play .
3 MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers .
4 Erm on paragraph twenty erm the government 's proposals will penalise all the camping which takes place outside recognised sites while at the same time I 've already said , removing any incentive or obligation for local authorities to provide enough sites anyway so i it 's , it 's a a total squeeze that on the one hand the government is restricting the number of pitches and then penalising everybody who has n't got one !
5 Legislators in the 1944 Education Act looked upon nursery education in a positive light and indeed laid a duty on local education authorities to provide enough to enable any parent who wanted it to send their child to a nursery school .
6 Grasslands provide more scope for combining conservation and good livestock husbandry .
7 The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes .
8 Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information .
9 These clinics provide several benefits to clients who can leave the house .
10 We believe you will find it quite difficult not to find a large number of meals which appeal to you , because no less than six cookery experts have combined their various tastes and talents to provide this selection of low-calorie , high-fibre meals .
11 Proponents of the view that Keynesian stabilization policies are futile have been quick to point out the key role that wage and price rigidity play in justifying such policies , and the need for advocates of such policies to provide some theory of why prices should be rigid in the way they claim they are .
12 The proceedings taken under these Acts provide many of the known facts concerning enclosures and depopulation .
13 Identifying districts for the development of comprehensive local mental illness services and making firm plans to provide these and facilitate the closure of two large hospitals , and providing local inpatient facilities for severely mentally ill elderly people .
14 Birds , fish and invertebrates provide some fascinating instances of the use of tools , but it is only when we come to the mammals , and particularly the primates , that tool using begins to approach anything like its full potential .
15 The only problem is that you ca n't get enough of this material in pills and capsules to provide enough bulk to have any realistically helpful effect in filling the stomach .
16 After a period of time we will then ask local groups to provide this information .
17 And she could use these groups to provide some forms of education for parenthood .
18 Myelin breakdown products , inflammation and loss of axonal contacts provide several potential signal sources to promote an early burst of Schwann cell proliferation following nerve injury .
19 People approaching retirement should be aware of the possibilities of putting pressure on their employers to provide such courses for their staff in association with these bodies .
20 It is thought that therapeutic operations provide such a social benefit by the psychological benefit .
21 The ‘ business start-up scheme ’ proposals provided more funding for additional places , enabling more people to start their own businesses , although Mr Lang did not say how many of the additional 10,000 UK places would be made available to Scotland .
22 If the requirement were tantamount to a requirement of establishment , there would be an unjustifiable restriction on the freedom of those involved in the operation and management of the vessels to provide those services .
23 Animals provide another source of infection in the environment and , like humans , animals can harbour and spread pathogenic microorganisms .
24 A word pair ( a , b ) could be interpreted as a complex number ( representing a+ib ) , as a rational number ( representing a/b : see Knuth 1968 , pp. 2902 ) , or as an arithmetic interval ( representing the interval [ x ; a_ { x_ { b ] : see Knuth 1969 , p. 207 ; Nickel 1968 ) , but no conventional computers provide these data-types in hardware .
25 Some computers provide several so-called processor modes , distinguished by the allocation of a separate accumulator set to each mode ; one mode ( the problem mode ) is further distinguished by having privileged instructions disabled , while the others are all supervisor modes entered under different interrupt conditions .
26 Mosses and lichens provide much of the patchy ground cover , forming mats rather than carpets with bare ground between .
27 According to a British study published in 1984 , at least three-quarters of all dog owners look to their pets to provide some security around the home , but proper training is required to ensure that your dog does not become a dominant tyrant at home .
28 Money was allocated for coaches and teacher supervision ( now that there are so many educational cutbacks on outings ) , special allowances for printing and photographic paper were made , as it was impossible for some schools to provide such basics .
29 Examination of election propaganda before the 1930 ‘ breakthrough ’ poll has indicated that attacks on Jews provided more of a background than a main theme , and it appears that Hitler 's speeches tended not to tackle the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , especially if dealing with an upper middle-class audience .
30 Only one entry is allowed per form , but a competitor may send in any number of entries providing each entry is on an entry form from Parents magazine .
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