Example sentences of "[noun] provides the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Our study provides the first histological data on bone turnover in women receiving long term tamoxifen treatment .
2 Our 1910 sample did serve its apprenticeship in trade-union organization , and this episode provides the last chapter in the story .
3 Simons claims that this work provides the first reliable description of how an animal virus enters the cell and initiates infection .
4 This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast .
5 Thus the Book of Daniel provides the first intimation of that apocalyptic interpretation of contemporary struggles which was to become an ordinary feature of the later rebellions of the Jews against foreign rule .
6 The structure also contrasts with Fab-antigen complexes , in which all contacts with antigen are mediated by the variable regions of the antibody , and to our knowledge provides the first details of interaction of the constant regions of Fab with another protein .
7 This report provides the first direct evidence for expression of P3A + variant mRNA in human thymus .
8 My theory of tragic myth provides the first acceptable explanation of the chorus of Greek tragedy .
9 Undertaken by the Scottish Homes agency on behalf of the Scottish Office , the survey provides the first comprehensive analysis of the condition of both public and private sector housing in Scotland .
10 A new study by Peter Bryant and Lynette Bradley at Oxford University provides the first good evidence that the ability to analyse a word into its constituent sounds is most important in the early stages of learning to read ( Nature , vol 301. p 419 ) .
11 Practical support provides the third example which I shall use in this discussion of patterns of support in the past .
12 For example , long-standing marital disharmony may lie behind apparent rejection ; indeed , it may be that the disability of one partner provides the first and only reliable opportunity for old people to separate .
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