Example sentences of "they provide a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The strict selection of monks applying to Saint-Vanne and the high standards of learning it demanded of them provide an early insight into Pérignon 's own capabilities .
2 There have been extensive criticisms of these tests as they are not predictive of later ability but they provide a rough guideline to any inequalities across the range of developmental areas .
3 They provide a wide range of lists and catalogues , including pre-publication lists for new books , tailored stock revision lists , and complete stock lists for standard fiction and children 's books .
4 They provide a fascinating history of the company .
5 But , however successful they are financially , they provide a splendid opportunity to give your work exposure and publicity and to take stock of your progress and development , as well as often providing various contacts and leads to follow up .
6 These are briefly described in Table 8.4 , and there are numerous examples which indicate that , overall , carefully managed agroforestry enterprises can be successful in so far as they provide a sustainable food supply and are environmentally conservational .
7 C-fos and c-jun are of interest , though , not merely because they provide a key mechanistic link between early events at the cell membrane and nuclear protein synthesis , but because they only become active in cells showing plastic changes , and they can be measured and localized with exquisite sensitivity by variants of the autoradiographic techniques I have already described .
8 They provide a systematic means of unravelling complex patterns of interaction in multivariate response data .
9 They provide a thorough preparation for postgraduate study programmes and are of 3 , 6 , 9 and 13 weeks ' duration .
10 They provide a confidential and impartial counselling service .
11 • When the flames are out , remove hot clothes but leave in place any which are seared to the flesh , as they provide a sterile protection .
12 It is not because of the poor 's isolation from the modern sector that they remain poor , but because they provide a cheap human resource for that sector .
13 They provide a cheap method of short-term borrowing for bank customers .
14 They provide a simple means of reducing banks ’ liquidity and hence their ability to create credit .
15 They provide a simple equivalent of PEEK and POKE , but they come into their own when used to pass data between CHAINed programs , build complicated data structures or for use with machine code programs .
16 In short , they provide a poor return to Japan 's increasingly international companies .
17 But for summer barbecues and evening entertaining , they provide a useful light .
18 They provide a useful agenda for discussion :
19 They provide a useful and complex institutional façade , which absorbs political energies in non-threatening ways while masking the effective centralization of power in a tightly co-ordinated executive — military machine linked to big business .
20 I was helped by these witnesses and they provide a useful check on the evidence of the residents .
21 Cost effectiveness estimates should not be used in a mechanistic fashion ; at best they provide a useful aid for decision making .
22 These dimensions have been tested ergonomically , and are designed to fit in with standard appliances , so they provide a useful guide if you are building your own units instead of buying ready-made .
23 Now , however , integrated with never before published work , they provide a comprehensive view of the development and direction of one of the nation 's strongest Black feminist voices .
24 ‘ Our books have always been popular because they provide a light-hearted , escapist , romantic read , ’ said a spokeswoman , Carol Cherry .
25 When these scales lie close to the hair shaft , they provide a light-reflecting surface that makes hair look glossy .
26 Employers , too , will find NVQs highly beneficial for they provide a recognised and progressive pattern of proficiency and competence .
27 These are aids to enable you to keep to your theme and they provide a logical consistency to the talk .
28 they provide a logical picture of the layout and sequence of a complex project
29 You provide the potential , they provide a professional make-up artist , stylist and photographer .
30 Women 's hairstyles were copied so rapidly that , for the modern historian , they provide a good indication of the date of a portrait .
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