Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] provide a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These schools now provided a free alternative to expensive private education — so that the number of middle-class children in them rose . |
| 2 | Males are generally the more mobile sex socially ; females commonly remain part of the same social unit throughout their lives and their relationships often provide a basic stability to it . |
| 3 | West Indian plantations also provided a growing demand for fish , grain and timber which was met by North America . |
| 4 | The proximity to these residential areas also provides a good workforce for the development and the construction work would also provide jobs for local residents . |
| 5 | Implausible though it may seem , insurance companies also provide a social service . |
| 6 | Castes also provide a good example of the process described by Weber as ‘ social closure ’ . |
| 7 | In addition to descriptive data , which provides greater clarity on how to differentiate among families experiencing a variety of types of abuse when providing the treatment , the studies also provide a better understanding of how to deliver such services to both the adults and the children who have suffered . |
| 8 | Yet top rate taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before . |
| 9 | These seating arrangements thus provided a visual reflection and reinforcement of the social divisions within the parish ; when Richard Gough set out at the end of the seventeenth century to write the history of his parish of Myddle in Shropshire , he decided that the most natural way to organize his account was to consider in turn the occupants of each pew in Myddle church . |
| 10 | Neighbours also provided a missing ingredient in our diet of soaps when it became a five-times- a-week fixture back in 1988 . |
| 11 | The fact that the association was homogeneous across populations also provides a strong argument against a possible confounding effect of population heterogeneity . |
| 12 | Drawing some inspiration from the American system of neighbourhood law firms but adapting themselves to local conditions and the rules of the legal profession in this country , the law centres now provide a local base for the dissemination of legal services outside the private profession . |
| 13 | One could try to account for this by invoking the anthropic principle , but grand unified theories actually provide a possible mechanism for explaining the imbalance . |
| 14 | The Rubber Bishops meanwhile provided a refreshing change . |
| 15 | In addition to their role as refuse removers , these crustaceans also provide a valuable food source for some fish , particularly Mandarins , which are next to impossible to maintain for long periods in aquaria which are not well stocked with inverts and living rock . |
| 16 | First a majority of elected members simply provides a better form of local government accountability and secondly , it 's a necessary counter-balance to other proposals in the Bill and helps to preserve the checks and balances of the tripartite relationship . |
| 17 | The flooded pits also provide a suitable habitat for other types of wildlife such as otters , fish , bats , butterflies and dragonflies . |
| 18 | Messines also provided a sure lesson for future campaigns : surprise and limited , attainable objectives that could subsequently be held should be the tactical aim . |
| 19 | Building Societies also provide a broader range of services and have moved into areas traditionally viewed as the province of the banks , more so after the recent ‘ liberalisation ’ of their activities through the Financial Services Act ( 1987 ) . |
| 20 | As in the African countries discussed above , forest industries also provide a major source of foreign income in Malaysia . |
| 21 | Students also provide a substantial share of the summer staff taken on by holiday camps , at least for that part of the season which coincides with college vacations . |
| 22 | These instruments then provide a pseudo-scientific basis for giving most of the educational goodies to the few who can ‘ benefit ’ from them . |
| 23 | Software and cards together provide a complete authoring and delivery environment of unrivalled power . |
| 24 | Formal links , such as parents ' evenings , can be useful but more informal occasions often provide a relaxed atmosphere in which parents can ask their own questions . |
| 25 | As a model of gene activation , the mechanism discovered by Jacob and Monod in bacteria again provides a satisfactory prototype , although we know that the changes that occur in eukaryotic cells are different at a molecular level , and far more stable . |