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

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1 ‘ Previous reports on diet and health have told us we need to eat fruit and vegetables only to provide roughage , ’ says Professor James .
2 Ayatollah Khamenei , Iran 's spiritual leader , in a speech on June 10 said that there had been disorder in three towns ( Mashad , Shiraz and Arak ) where a small and subversive counter-revolutionhad taken advantage of the authorities ' leniency ; he warned municipal institutions not to provide pretexts for the stirring up of further disturbances .
3 Or you could line the walls with bookshelves from waist-level , with cupboards underneath to provide storage and serving space .
4 Italy 's monarchy set up the agency 100 years ago to provide services to some 90 regional consortia that helped farmers and food companies sell their output and buy supplies .
5 Save The Children d went into Ladakh fifteen years ago to provide emergency feeding for malnourished children .
6 He set up his own business , Metamorphosis , six years ago to provide science workshops for pupils and he says demand has increased dramatically since the National Curriculum imposed science lessons on five to 11-year-olds .
7 As for the regionally-planned green field sites for development , they are usually placed near new urban centres deliberately to provide employment .
8 While most institutions can rely on borrowing for short periods , the risk associated with underwriting would be greatly increased if institutions were unable to dispose of their existing assets quickly to provide cash ( or repay short-term borrowing ) should it prove necessary .
9 The chalk is flinty nearer the top of the cliff and weathers easily to provide niches for sea birds .
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