Example sentences of "do provide a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relatively low percentage of graduates from such courses who do eventually make their way , via postgraduate and often in the sciences post-doctoral research , into the academic professions , should not disguise the fact that academic courses do provide a preparation for such work . |
| 2 | Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ . |
| 3 | Although within Goody 's own terms they do provide a challenge to his claims for the consequences of a shift from oral to literate culture , they do not provide an unambiguous or ‘ scientific ’ starting point from which to test those claims . |
| 4 | Here one has to rely on the indices produced by survey techniques , which do not provide ambiguous definitions and which are open to a variety of interpretations but which nonetheless do provide a starting point for analysis . |
| 5 | Evidence from recent empirical research suggests that siblings do provide a source of support in adult life , although this is of less importance between parents and children . |
| 6 | There are obvious problems in applying principles derived from American commerce and industry to British schools but these criteria do provide a basis for analysis . |
| 7 | As a first attempt the results are no doubt crude , but they do provide a basis for further refinement . |
| 8 | But , failing that , they do provide a lot of visual fun for those who will tune in each week . |
| 9 | It has frequently been argued that temporary jobs , although possibly less desirable than permanent jobs , do provide a form of work for otherwise unemployed people and , furthermore , one that enhances their chances of subsequently obtaining permanent jobs ( Syrett , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 11 | I felt , and this was shared by the media action people , that , apart from one sketch , the dialogue between the actors did not help to get the message across although did provide a contrast to the ‘ voices of authority ’ Councillor Begg and the DJ voiceover . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it did provide a stepping stone for some significant figures . |
| 13 | In a sense , evacuation did provide a shock to public consciousness and a ‘ throwing together of social classes ’ ( though it must be remembered that most hosts , like most evacuees , were working-class ) . |
| 14 | Incidentally , Lyles did provide a buffet which visitors took ‘ on the hoof ’ . |
| 15 | Unfortunately a concrete path , provided by the builders , had to be broken up ; but it did provide a hardcore base for the paving . |
| 16 | The abolitionist stand does provide a warning beacon against which penal policies , such as prison building programmes , might be assessed . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the epilogue to the Pactus does provide a terminus ante quem for the compilation of the code . |
| 18 | Such action does not determine what economic activities should be undertaken , but it does provide a framework for discovering and solving problems common to the community as a whole . |
| 19 | Such a plan will inevitably be modified , but it does provide a framework on which to build . |
| 20 | This does provide a framework for the development of a competitive agricultural industry for the rest of this century . |
| 21 | The international community is not per se owed a duty of obedience to the claims of some of its members , but it does provide a framework for the articulation of claims and for cohesion in response . |
| 22 | But it does provide a framework to which we are all working , spreads out the major publications and pieces of campaigning work , and allows all those in the organisation to know the overall timetable being pursued . |
| 23 | This development has its opponents , but it does provide a way in which mathematics can become more meaningful to some of the children studying it . |
| 24 | This peril is not subject to any special exclusions but does provide a number of problems . |
| 25 | Of course , this does not resolve the issue of inequality , but it does provide a mechanism through which individuals can focus their view of an acceptable ‘ trade-off ’ between redistribution ( equity ) and efficiency . |
| 26 | The language of psychoanalysis does provide a means for communicating about conscious and unconscious emotion in such circumstances . |
| 27 | It does provide a means of enabling nurses with small children or other dependents to remain in employment . |
| 28 | Whilst this does provide a picture of greater diversity of ownership ( and thus competition ) ( Table 4.3 ) , it also highlights aspects of concentration . |
| 29 | The law does provide a battery of preventative powers available to the police and others , after all , every member of the public , every citizen has a duty to erm prevent a breach of the peace occurring in his presence . |
| 30 | While this does provide a demonstration of the sort of facilities that a drawing package could provide it is far from being a good example . |