Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] to provide a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When dry , rub down to provide a smooth surface for painting . |
| 2 | Recently , however , we have seen a growth in the number of private registered agencies , some of which set out to provide a combination of domestic and personal help to frail elderly people . |
| 3 | The principle was confirmed at the Eighth Congress of the International Association of the Arts held in Baghdad in 1976 : ‘ Works by living artists exhibited in or on public buildings , galleries , museums and other public sites and which continue thereby to provide a service to the public should be subject to a continuing form of remuneration to their creator ( comparable to performing rights for theatrical or musical works paid to author and composer ) so long as he or she is alive and the work continues to be a public amenity ’ . |
| 4 | Now , and , and all these go together to provide a bill rate which is what we actually get paid , is n't it ? |
| 5 | The size of the changes demands that all parts of the NHS ( at least in London ) pull together to provide a coordinated response . |
| 6 | Local management of schools , the opportunities to opt out of the local education authority system , and funding formulae dominated by per capita allocations come together to provide a force for the fragmentation of the education service rather than the more desirable decentralisation . |
| 7 | The inability to convey accurate figures limits the use of pictograms except where we wish only to provide a general impression of a set of figures and where detail is not important . |
| 8 | I intend speedily to provide a Quantity of Hysteric Drops , being apprehensive of Fits at the Sound of the Post-horn . |
| 9 | Having said this , and without wishing to appear a persistent critic , I do have to say that in some key respects the new proposals have yet to provide a satisfactory framework for the securitisation of assets . |
| 10 | With a year to go the NZRFU have yet to provide a detailed breakdown . |