Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] provide [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because tranquillisers simply mask symptoms rather than provide a cure , you may need to seek help to deal with the problem which caused you to need the tablets in the first place . |
| 2 | Nelson says he has striven to maintain that balance rather than provide a recording of the set pieces interspersed with insubstantial spoken passages . |
| 3 | Such a definition tries to indicate an approach , an attitude , rather than provide a litmus-paper test . |
| 4 | Although this subjectivity is not boundless , because of the audit function and accounting standards , nevertheless it can be used to distort accounting information rather than provide a ‘ truer ’ picture . |
| 5 | If there were more busts , it is difficult to see them ( in light of the heavy guilloche " and cornice pattern ) as other than insets which would be subsumed by the whole design rather than provide an independent pictorial element . |
| 6 | Parents whose children were absent for reasons regarded as illegitimate by the school , can seek to avoid confrontation by providing explanations which the school would approve of ( ‘ Amy was absent because she had a stomach upset ’ , for instance ) rather than provide the real reason . |