Example sentences of "[verb] to provide a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 2 | The Soviet government failed to provide a warning of the accident to European governments and when information was offered it was incomplete . |
| 3 | It could however intervene if any of the following defects were present : if the agency relied on factors which Congress had not intended it to consider ; failed to consider an important aspect of the problem ; offered an explanation which ran counter to the evidence before the agency ; was so implausible that it could not be sustained ; or failed to provide a record which substantiated their findings . |
| 4 | To cover large areas at high speed the sprayer is best adjusted to provide a mist . |
| 5 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
| 6 | Needless to say voluntary bodies are very nervous about that , because they have difficulty contracting to provide a service when they are totally dependent on unpaid volunteers , and therefore there is reluctance on their part to , to enter into contracts that bind them to provide something where they are uncertain about their ability to do it . |
| 7 | In spite of these restrictions , it is our intention to continue to provide a service for older people . |
| 8 | Typical questions relating to this need would be : has the education authority enough funds to continue to provide a place for all school-age pupils ? |
| 9 | Make arrangements satisfactory to patients and staff locally for the closure over the next ten years or so of those mental illness hospitals which are not well placed to provide a service reaching out into the community and are already near the end of their useful life . |
| 10 | This was enforced by a system of adhesive stamps , the value of which was calculated to provide a royalty of five per cent of the retail cost of the record ( see 31c ) . |
| 11 | He believes the new councils should exist to provide a service ‘ not to run an empire ’ . |
| 12 | The lake 's many arms , and its very irregular shape with constrictions here and twists of direction there , contribute greatly to its fascinating charm as they combine to provide a series of dramatic changes of vista and of interest . |
| 13 | Offices were established at the destination points to provide a service for the international traveller . |
| 14 | We accept responsibility not only for the acts and omissions of our own employees and agents but also for those of our suppliers with whom we contract to provide a holiday or reasonable standard . |
| 15 | We have seen how law and theory unite to provide a list of excuses which rebut the normal presumption of voluntariness . |
| 16 | In another , a square , parallelogram , trapezium , kite , rectangle and rhombus were illustrated and pupils asked to provide a name . |
| 17 | The essays in this book do not amount to a programme : but they are intended to provide a springboard for one . |
| 18 | The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities . |
| 19 | Commissioned by the Henry Moore Foundation , it is intended to provide a centre for the display , study , research and promotion of sculpture of all periods and nationalities . |
| 20 | The agreements , which have still to be firmed up , are intended to provide a framework for the companies to work together on integrating personal computers and phones , and to enable real-time data conferencing over regular telephone lines , and videoconferencing over ISDN . |
| 21 | The set of general criteria generated in the first part of this chapter is intended to provide a framework of maximum support for this style of education . |
| 22 | It is not intended to provide a pedestrian crossing of the Bypass at the location of the severed Baberton Mains Terrace if the low level option is adopted . |
| 23 | This line of reasoning is intended to provide a means for felicitous plural and singular pronominal reference under appropriate circumstances . |
| 24 | SmartStream is intended to provide a means for mainframe users to move to client-server arrangements without abandoning their existing systems . |
| 25 | SmartStream is intended to provide a means for mainframe users to move to client/server arrangements without abandoning their existing systems . |
| 26 | In either application , the device is intended to provide a means of systematically ordering the subdivisions of a given number . |
| 27 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 28 | It is intended to provide a tool for policy-makers both within and outside industry . |
| 29 | McLaughlin introduced ‘ a consortium ’ which was intended to provide a rescue operation . |
| 30 | It is also intended to provide a hoist in the swimming pool for wheelchair users . |