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

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1 On the stock market , BAe shares responded to the news — and reports that a consortium of international banks were about to provide some kind of support package to help to finance the massive Saudi Arabian defence order — with a 27p jump to 553p on brisk turnover .
2 The Earth science revolution was made possible in large part by a new found ability to examine the oceanic crust , at first by remote sensing and later through direct access ; and the techniques that revealed the importance of the ocean floors in the plate-tectonic scheme of things were also to provide ever-increasing quantities of data on the rocks hitherto concealed by the world 's oceans .
3 Mr. Sumption , in arguing that the restitutionary remedy under sections 6(2) and 61(1) did not permit an order against a non-recipient , submitted that the effect of the statutory provisions was simply to provide machinery whereby the S.I.B .
4 Of course since the shielings were here to provide summer grazing for their cattle , the villages must also have echoed to people splashing about in mud and dung , and laments of , ‘ Dad , I hate these smelly big things .
5 The function of these groups is not to provide any romantic possibilities ( although that may happen ) , but to provide contact and support by introducing you to people who have similar problems to yourself .
6 ‘ Constables have difficulty in obtaining the guidance and advice these key supervisors are there to provide , ’ he said .
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