Example sentences of "[pron] provide a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Resident in the area , I provide a personal service to discerning clients who seek the best apartments , villas and country properties in and around Cannes .
2 Penguin publish a number of books which provide a good background to first-year courses , including Pen , J. Modern Economics ; Mishan , E. The Costs of Economic Growth ; Stewart , M. Keynes and After .
3 Subsequently , in the 1970s this approach was also addressed by M.A. Carson in The Mechanics of Erosion ( Carson , 1971 ) in a book which provided a unified introduction to the mechanics of erosional processes and which was aimed at undergraduates in earth science .
4 Dick Whittaker , deputy secretary of the JMB , said that there were now calculators available which , for example , offered computerised foreign language dictionaries and others which provided a complete guide to fossil groups in palaeontology .
5 A grim , angst-filled film by Ingmar Bergman became ludicrously enjoyable through the persistent hiccups of the person sitting in front of me , which provided a perfect counterpoint to the strangulated Swedish voices onscreen .
6 The long beans were fresh from the fields , crisp and extremely sweet , the silk squash had a soft , spongy texture and earthy flavour which provided a nice contrast to its coarse skin .
7 In that universal approach , which provided a thought-provoking challenge to the established temperate models , King ( 1962 , pp. 162–3 , 643 ) introduced his model as :
8 But it was Aldridge 's flying header at the edge of the six yard box on 14 minutes which provided a conclusive finish to a classic down-the-line move between Keane and the overlapping Irwin .
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10 The New Guinea impatiens is a compact , bushy plant producing richly coloured foliage which provides a superb foil to its abundant pink to rosy-red busy Lizzie blooms .
11 A related example , which provides a useful introduction to a more detailed look at the complaints levelled at our own practices , frequently surfaces in the national Press .
12 Children will love this varied selection of Christmas songs , action songs , number songs , and memory songs , which provides a motivating supplement to any English course for young learners .
13 Rodney Lowe is keen to build bridges between these approaches as this volume , which provides an invaluable guide to the post-1945 welfare state , amply demonstrates .
14 The Convento de San Esteban is a magnificent plateresque sixteenth-century edifice on the Plaza Santo Domingo , approached by a small arched bridge which provides an impressive forefront to that immense carved façade , with the arcaded convent standing at right angles to it on the right .
15 Assuming some knowledge of the living world it deals with ‘ trophic , competitive and environmental interactions … ’ with a strong , some what colloquial story line which provides an enticing introduction to marine ecology .
16 Nash 's approach of wholeness is primarily a Christian outlook on stress which provides an interesting contrast to Meg Bond 's major work on stress in nursing entitled Stress and Self Awareness .
17 When students pick up a BOOKWORM they know that they will rapidly become immersed in an enjoyable , skilfully-written story which provides an excellent introduction to real reading in English .
18 Contacted initially by Metzenbaum 's staff on Sept. 4 , Hill at first wanted to provide evidence anonymously , but on Sept. 21 she agreed to the suggestion of judiciary committee chairman Joseph Biden , Democratic senator for Delaware , that she provide a sworn affidavit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation which would examine her case .
19 Revisionists have therefore questioned the notion that the commune in itself had been a major barrier to improvement or labour mobility and , equally , the notion that dismantling the commune would in itself provide a major stimulus to agricultural development .
20 And after a sparkling three days of racing , the Gold Cup itself provided a dramatic climax to the week .
21 There have been extensive criticisms of these tests as they are not predictive of later ability but they provide a rough guideline to any inequalities across the range of developmental areas .
22 In short , they provide a poor return to Japan 's increasingly international companies .
23 These are aids to enable you to keep to your theme and they provide a logical consistency to the talk .
24 They provide a comparative introduction to the world 's major religious traditions .
25 They provide a new dimension to this debate because they derive from the experience of a different socio-economic group and markedly changed labour market conditions to most of the previous research on this issue .
26 They provide a succulent supplement to hay and straw which helps to stimulate and maintain the milk flow through the lean winter months until the spring grass begins to grow .
27 Fast Questioning Service , where service costs and techniques are scrutinised and planned ; they are executed quickly and efficiently with no call backs ; they provide a fast response to clients ’ requests ; and FQS always anticipates the customer 's needs .
28 They provide a cutting edge to pre-season preparation .
29 The point is that they provide an institutional contrast to public liability companies which , unlike regulated and publicly owned companies , occur naturally ( without governmental interference ) in advanced capitalist societies .
30 It provided a subtle bridge to the promised land of successful survival : not overtly trumpeting the triumphant rebirth of conspicuous consumption , but nevertheless easing in an almost unconscious separation from raging youth .
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