Example sentences of "can provide a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large stone can provide a technical problem particular if hard ; in patient XIII the lithotrite cored a hole in a 28 mm stone , which did not break up and required subsequent cholecystoscopy and contact lithotripsy followed by a second rotary lithotripsy procedure . |
| 2 | 2a The pupil can identify the place value of a column or a digit in it for values of tenths , hundredths and thousandths ; 2b the pupil can represent in numerals a decimal number given in words ; 2c the pupil can represent in words a decimal number given in numerals ; 2d the pupil can order decimal numbers ; 2e the pupil can provide a decimal number which is between two given numbers in size ; 2f the pupil can represent a given decimal number on a number line or read one from a number line or scale ; 2g the pupil can understand relationships of the form 1.3 x 8 ( I x 8 ) + ( 0.3 x 8 ) ; 2h the pupil can represent a fraction in tenths or hundredths as a decimal ; 2i the pupil can represent a decimal with not more than two decimal places as a fraction . |
| 3 | The pupil can provide a decimal number which is between two given numbers in size ( Example 88 ) . |
| 4 | The L-Series motherboard fits into the Sparcstation 1 , 1+ and 2 formats so EOS can provide a plug-in upgrade path from older Suns . |
| 5 | Although capping salaries is part of what they all want , many owners are convinced that only television can provide a long-term solution to the game 's financial problems . |
| 6 | Actually handling an old object can provide a tangible link with the past . |
| 7 | The Forward Look backed up by the Technology Foresight Programme , under the overall direction of the Council for Science and Technology , can provide a firm base on which to built an effective national science and technology policy . |
| 8 | As an alternative to such subtle rearticulations , Corvan can provide a straightforward send-up . |
| 9 | In particular programs which illustrate theoretical concepts directly in numerical graphical or symbolic terms can provide a powerful ‘ bridge ’ in the development of abstract concepts . |
| 10 | Moore says that the bank has developed a general policy that loans to small , high-technology firms can provide a good source of business . |
| 11 | In both hot and cold climates you can provide a good quality result , and it is no accident so many of the world 's ‘ serious ’ wines are made with Cabernet Sauvignon . |
| 12 | This can provide a good indication of what the advertisement is achieving in terms of communication — what people are getting out of it . |
| 13 | Some firms of solicitors have offices in Brussels so that they can provide a good quality of service to their clients whose interests are governed directly by Community law . |
| 14 | So , we could have somebody start at twenty pound a month and we know we can make a profit and we can provide a good service to the clients , a good level of cover . |
| 15 | Bovril and Oxo do supply a few calories , but too few to be worth counting , and can provide a nice , hot , comforting drink on a dieting evening . |
| 16 | It seems unlikely , then that incapacitation effects can provide a general justification for our present practice of imprisonment , let alone justify increasing our use of imprisonment . |
| 17 | That threatened dozens of jobs in school kitchens , but now the staff have worked out that by concentrating cooking in larger schools and using a meals on wheels principle to serve others , they can provide a hot meal for everyone , without a subsidy and without putting up prices . |
| 18 | It can provide a young person with a good understanding of what work is like and what a particular career can offer as well as bringing confidence and enhancing their personal aspirations . |
| 19 | Symbols are very important in this stage , and names can provide a strong link with a perceived regional past . |
| 20 | Though there are many disadvantages as well as advantages in the use of microcomputers for information retrieval , the major advantage is that computerized information retrieval can provide a strong link between the school library and the curriculum by increasing pupils ' exposure to new technologies as both a learning and retrieval tool , regardless of subject area , and increase the use of resources in the school . |
| 21 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 22 | Second , quantifiable psychometric information can provide a useful baseline from which to work , and from which progress can be measured . |
| 23 | Despite the dangers , however , this three act drama can provide a useful provisional approach to our understanding of the person and work of the Holy Spirit , and is perhaps worth investigating in greater detail . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , for a new user a package can provide a useful way of getting experience with computerised systems quickly . |
| 25 | In the Mediterranean , where many such frugivores overwinter , bird fruits tend not to ripen until winter , and show some of the attributes of tropical specialized fruits in that they are drier and more nutritious than northern fruits and can provide a complete diet for the birds . |
| 26 | Resistant to flood , fire and drought they can provide a continuous supply of food for huge assemblies of animals that have become specially adapted to feeding on them . |
| 27 | While not offering the flexibility of repayment of an overdraft or Managed Rate Facility , since new bills may be used to replace those maturing , they can provide a continuous source of funds . |
| 28 | These ways of seeing , though possessing many positive characteristics , when robustly held can provide a fertile seedbed for the growth and development of conflict reactions and responses . |
| 29 | It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class . |
| 30 | On the one hand , placing all the above temporal adjuncts in theme position would be highly marked in Dutch ; on the other hand , changing the thematic structure of the original may disrupt the natural development of the text — unless the translator finds a thematic element other than time which can provide a consistent point of orientation . |