Example sentences of "provide the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Science Museum claims to have lost about 60% of its visitors in the 12 months after introducing a £3.50 fee for adults in October 1988 ( though the fall is based on a dodgy head-count , before entrance tickets provided the first precise numbers ) . |
| 2 | He provided the first correct solution selected to last week 's query and knew that Brian Little ( Leicester ) and Steve Perryman ( Watford ) are current Football League managers who have been capped just once by England . |
| 3 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 4 | ATV provided the first example in 1955 — 6 , as we have seen , with Mirror Group capital injected at a key psychological moment . |
| 5 | But whoever he was , he provided the first public anti-German joke since the war began . |
| 6 | But in 1981 Malte Andersson tested for a preference in long-tailed widow birds , and provided the first strong evidence for Darwin 's theory . |
| 7 | In his work in the western part of the United States not only did he describe physical erosive processes but was also able to derive a system of laws governing progress from initial to adjusted forms ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) and in his Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains ( 1877 ) he provided the first major treatment by a geologist of the mechanics of fluvial processes . |
| 8 | This apparently insignificant detail was to be of fateful importance for all subsequent human cultural and psychological evolution because it provided the first , albeit rather minimal , check on the egoism and mutual antagonism of males . |
| 9 | Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile . |
| 10 | Stephen is a boy of mixed Jamaican and St Vincentian parentage , born and raised only a few miles away from the white girl who provided the first narrative . |
| 11 | He provided the first , because a stable , prosperous and expanding capitalism needed him , offered him prospects of modest improvement , and in any case now seemed inescapable . |
| 12 | Oxford were struggling to get forward — Les Robinson provided the first shot on target . |
| 13 | Returning to the questions we posed at the outset of this enquiry , we would , therefore , have to conclude that anti-Semitism , despite its pivotal place in Hitler 's ‘ world view ’ , was of only secondary importance in cementing the bonds between Führer and people which provided the Third Reich with its popular legitimation and base of plebiscitary acclamation . |
| 14 | Young , currently the smartest culture , crit , and sidekick Caveney provide the first serious look at the new wave of American fiction — from the burnt-out brat packers to such authentic talents as Mary Gaitskill and Dennis Cooper |
| 15 | For many young academics they provide the first step in the ladder of publications , now an essential requisite for career advancement . |
| 16 | To our knowledge , our results provide the first definite evidence for a link between an electrical signal and a biochemical response in plants . |
| 17 | To our knowledge , these findings provide the first direct evidence that mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells are involved in T-cell development , and suggest that their involvement is stage-specific and likely to be dependent on short-range or contact-mediated interactions . |
| 18 | These observations provide the first direct evidence that the early stages of T-cell development depend on fibroblast products and suggest that this effect is unlikely to be mediated solely by soluble factors . |
| 19 | Our results thus provide the first direct evidence that tamoxifen does not have antioestrogenic effects on bone in postmenopausal women and indicate a possible oestrogenic effect . |
| 20 | The NVQs , which have been pioneered by the CIOB with the support of the Construction Industry Training Board [ CITB ] , provide the first ever nationally recognised assessment of management and supervisory competence on site . |
| 21 | At that time — at least to start with — we could pick up some of those who had been the least successful in their school careers , often because they had turned their backs on the opportunities open to them , and provide the first steps towards training and employment . |
| 22 | At this point it is sufficient to state that the estimates are based on high quality data supplied by The Scotch Whisky Association 's nine largest companies and they provide the first published attempt to quantify the wider economic significance of this important industry . |
| 23 | These results underscore the importance of the telomeric repeat nucleotide sequence for efficient recognition as functional telomeric DNA in vivo and provide the first step toward the development of an artificial chromosome cloning system for filamentous fungi . |
| 24 | Will Los Angeles provide the next ? |
| 25 | Captain Ferzenaar 's observations on the state of Krakatoa in early August , even though made only from a boat keeping to the upwind side , are particularly useful because they provide the last reliable account of the situation before the culminating events which ensued fifteen days later . |
| 26 | By saying , " How odd " in response to McKendrick 's giving of his own name he fails to provide the second pair part of the adjacency pair ( Schegloff and Sacks 1973 ) which constitutes a greeting . |
| 27 | When reclaiming such land , it may be necessary to provide the first pioneer crops with a direct injection of nutrients through chemical fertilizers but it should always be remembered that the aim is to build up the life in the soil so that it can provide its own fertility within the land potential . |
| 28 | Later , she and Gosling were able to demonstrate conclusively what this relation was , and to provide the first analytical demonstration of the correctness of the Watson–Crick model . |
| 29 | We might thus be able to provide the first step in assisting a school to maximise any award which it receives . |
| 30 | This research attempts to provide the first detailed study of the formation of the modern medical profession within the context of local communities . |