Example sentences of "can provide the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 2 Corporate commitment and planning : TQM requires a particular kind of strategic leadership which can provide the vision and commitment , plan for change and see that it is implemented ( Peters and Austin 1985 ) .
2 The garden can provide the patient 's first opportunity to feel he has achieved something by himself : he can grow flowers to beautify the garden or provide cut flowers for the house , or he might grow vegetables or herbs .
3 We can provide the kind of training necessary for the 1990s , but we need the government working with us and not against us .
4 Polarised atoms of xenon are useful because they can provide the reference direction for very accurate gyroscopes .
5 In other words , borrowing can be a positive weapon for development when the borrower can provide the liquidity to service the debt .
6 Only a system candidly committed to conventionalism , which admits no law beyond convention , can provide the protection we need . "
7 Each change of footing , then , can provide the occasion for a small " act of identity " whose linguistic consequences , if any , become part of the new context in which the interaction is taking place .
8 Such short-term care can provide the parents with children who are difficult to handle with an essential break , and affords an opportunity for older mentally handicapped people to gain more independence .
9 Those of you who play instruments can provide the music .
10 Whatever you 're sending abroad , wherever you 're sending it , Royal Mail International can provide the service to suit almost all of your requirements .
11 Erm nowadays that 's not the case and erm all the institutions know that there are some damn good firms out in the provinces who can who can provide the service .
12 Please let us keep more of this subscription at local level so that we can provide the service that is required .
13 you can provide the whisky and we 'll hire the glasses
14 Strategic Planning Guidance … can provide the framework to begin the necessary work which will have to be undertaken if sustainability is to be given any credence within the development plan framework . ’
15 There is a carefully defined hierarchy of offices which can provide the organisation with continuity via recruitment from below .
16 — for advice on all types of leasing , which can provide the equipment you need without any capital commitment , contact Barclays Mercantile Business Finance who were pioneers of leasing in the UK and are now one of Europe 's leading lessors .
17 In addition to the obvious hire items , HAE centres can provide the equipment for even more pleasurable pursuits than d-i-y , like a family barbecue , and supply lighting , music , and even a bouncy castle for the kids !
18 Liberal Democrats like to think they can provide the brain to Labour 's brawn , but with 18 MPs and 19 per cent of the vote , Ashdown 's claim to provide ‘ leadership for the wider debate about the construction of a post-socialist , non-Conservative Britain ’ is a fantasy .
19 general manager of VingCard , explains how keycard locks can provide the hotel industry with more efficient and effective means of protecting guests and their property inside hotel rooms .
20 From her work as a professional painter and teacher she passes on the many tips , secrets and techniques that she has learned over the years and shows how gardens , with their immense variety and colour , can provide the artist with endless ideas .
21 And under two , on the , on the paper , there is er , a statement of the er , objective of , of the Social Care Enterprise Agency , to develop the independent sector to the point where it can provide the range , type and quantity of services which will satisfy the purch purchasing authorities for community care needs , essentially daycare , domiciliary care and respite care .
22 They can provide the makings of a common framework for a critical understanding of knowledge which any student on any programme of study should have at least some acquaintance with .
23 Sometimes it is argued that the interests of the shareholders can provide the directors of the company with a purely objective standard on which to base their decisions if the interests of the shareholders are equated with profit-maximization .
24 What seems to make this possible is the fact that information is not costless to receive or exploit , and the expertise necessary to take full advantage of spillovers can provide the wedge that innovating firms need to appropriate at least some benefits from their innovative activities .
25 Whether you can get help or not will depend on your needs and your income and savings , and whether there is anybody else who can provide the help that you need .
26 ‘ He 's a great player who can provide the skill that 's been lacking . ’
27 The best we can hope for realistically is that beam weapons can provide the type of defensive security blanket that would help the US and Soviet Union to reduce their reliance on offensive nuclear weapons .
28 Thus a person who has no regular trading relations with the parties can provide the Reds with their ordinary requirement of food while remaining narrowly neutral , or refuse to sell them anything that improves their position and be comprehensively neutral .
29 They may also furnish invaluable information on the target company through their analysts and can provide the manpower and support necessary for a contested takeover .
30 It is such contrary themes which can provide the content for the internalized dialogue , which could be said to constitute deliberative thinking ( Billig , 1987 ) .
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