Example sentences of "[vb base] to provide a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peripheral position , the friction of distance , the lack of natural resources and an absence of low cultivable ground combine to provide a restricted and disadvantaged economic base . |
| 2 | These two features combine to provide a comprehensive data retrieval mechanism allowing access to recorded information at any level , ranging from single geometric entities to complete machine assemblies . |
| 3 | The Physical Education Department and Edinburgh University Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive physical recreation service . |
| 4 | The Physical Education Department and the University of Edinburgh Sports Union combine to provide a comprehensive service . |
| 5 | These combine to provide a reasonable degree of accuracy , although it 's not perfect , and allow the user to ‘ shoot-em-up ’ from the comfort of an armchair . |
| 6 | Thus , while imitation tasks appear to provide a simple and direct way of assessing a child 's linguistic ability , the interpretation of children 's performance on imitation tasks is far from simple . |
| 7 | Thus , open tipped tubes and intraluminal solid state pressure transducers appear to provide a good estimate of the amount and characteristics of contractile activity . |
| 8 | Most traders , and I 'm sure this applies to those advertising in Guitarist , want to provide a good service and usually do . |
| 9 | We want to provide a local radio service for local people . |
| 10 | Chairman of Northallerton Health Services Trust Caroline Thorton-Berry said : ‘ We want to provide a full local service for the people . ’ |
| 11 | It will rather , seek to provide a cogent and detailed description of the situation as a base on which practical solutions may be built . |
| 12 | By doing so I hope to provide a great example for others to follow and to leave my name and footprints in the history of my school . |
| 13 | I know how much you two enjoy a good tiff , and I seem to provide a convenient topic for it . |
| 14 | Herbaceous borders have already reached perfection , annuals at their best and many shrubs continue to provide a good display . |
| 15 | Contrary to the rumours constantly spread by the Labour party , such hospitals remain in the national health service and continue to provide a free service at the point of delivery . |
| 16 | If you have read chapters 6 and 7 , it can not have escaped your notice that whereas research into the recognition and comprehension of single words has centred around detailed theories which attempt to provide a comprehensive description of all aspects of single word processing , research into the comprehension of sentences and discourse is much more fragmented . |
| 17 | While still loosely based on this approach , modern dating systems try to provide a continuous sequence . |
| 18 | While still loosely based on this approach , modern dating systems try to provide a continuous sequence . |
| 19 | ‘ We try to provide a full range . |
| 20 | Many courses try to provide a balanced coverage . |
| 21 | We proposed in the citizens charter to provide a new right for members of the public in relation to unlawful industrial action which affects a public service . |
| 22 | Head gardener Matthew Hayes , who trained at Emerson College , Sussex , a leading centre for organic horticulture , says : ‘ We aim to provide a good insight into sound organic practice , which visitors can adopt in their own garden or allotment . ’ |
| 23 | In essence we aim to provide a personal service of the highest standard by combining advanced techniques and specialist knowledge . |
| 24 | The courses at Edinburgh ( one of only four universities in Britain where an honours degree in Sanskrit may be taken ) aim to provide a detailed study of the manifold achievements , both secular and religious , of that civilisation . |
| 25 | We aim to provide a unique and interesting evening spent amongst the ghosts of the past & present . |
| 26 | They now aim to provide a full range of community homes , including not only the family group homes already described but also larger homes with educational facilities . |
| 27 | Where parents fail to provide a reasonable standard of care it will be relevant to consider whether they could do so with the provision of appropriate support services ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 28 | Individual psychological adjustment studies , then , fail to provide a useful analysis because they do not locate the disabled person in a society which contains a whole set of beliefs , practices , and so on , surrounding disability , and fail to see the consequences of these practices as expressed in the psychology of the individual disabled person . |
| 29 | These powers , granting a minister default powers over local authorities which , in his view , fail to provide a satisfactory service , are very rarely used . |
| 30 | However , suppose that ( in a single.address computer ) we wish to provide a conditional jump instruction to test an operand which is not in an implied location such as an accumulator . |