Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] provide [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consumers could be committing fraud if they provide false information on a credit application form . |
| 2 | His response to the captain 's surprised question , 'so you came to Czechoslovakia to go to the football match , Professor ? " ( p. 71 ) is , initially , to violate the maxim of quality ( " Certainly not " ) and then to imply that this is not entirely the case by violating the maxims of quantity and relevance when he provides three excuses for not attending all the sessions of the Colloquium instead of admitting the truth . |
| 3 | Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done . |
| 4 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 5 | Operating under budgets constrained by the government 's public expenditure policies , health authorities can do little other than wait until the new financial year before they provide extra funds for hospitals . |
| 6 | I esteem the devoted service given by our royal family because they provide high standards clear of petty politics in an age when voluntary respect for authority — which is the foundation for democratic peace and social discipline — has been seriously undermined . |
| 7 | They are also of fundamental importance for the local historian as they provide demographic data essential to a proper understanding of his chosen community . |