Example sentences of "it [vb mod] provide [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may provide a school with a sports strip , probably indicating sponsorship by having the firm 's name on clothing , or donate some surplus machinery to a college . |
| 2 | If the same anticorrelation can be applied to the longer-term decline in the Sun 's diameter , it may provide a clue to the dearth of sunspots during the height of the Little Ice Age , 300 years ago . |
| 3 | It may provide a government , as do European parliaments , or just legislate and oversee one , as in America . |
| 4 | Alternatively , it may provide a means of translating atrocity stories from simple acts of individual testimony into public iconographies , monuments in the living museum of collective memory . |
| 5 | However , it may provide a part of a general theory , which might relate the mode of fertilization , the kind of parental care , and the system of mating , to explain the several general types of reproductive system . |
| 6 | A focus upon energy flows is certainly appropriate for physical geography and Simmons ( 1978 ) has considered how it may provide a more generally applicable theme but has cautioned ( Simmons , 1978 , p. 320 ) : |
| 7 | Since this strategy enables the elimination of many word strings as the transition probabilities between successive words are calculated , it may provide a solution to the problem of the large number of word strings that are derived when words are hypothesized from a mid-class input . |
| 8 | The difficulty with the argument is that it may provide a rogues ' charter . |
| 9 | But in truth the need for this reform is so much greater in such times that it may provide the most appropriate occasion for it ’ ( Keynes , 1940 , p. 32 ) . |
| 10 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 11 | It should provide a place where children can meet and talk with adults who live in and serve the local community — the fireman , the nurse , the secretary , the shopkeeper , the police officer , the craftsman and craftswoman . |
| 12 | A CCETSW spokesman said : ‘ Now we have our kitemark , it should provide a guide . |
| 13 | It should provide a readable condensation of the recent literature : a critical appraisal , not a mere catalogue . |
| 14 | I quote further it should only be used to signify the unity of the church and it should provide a sharing in the means of grace . |
| 15 | It should provide a measure of structure and sequence in what is learned , though that measure may vary a good deal from subject to subject and even student to student . |
| 16 | It should provide a starting-point from which students can formulate their own , more individual strategies . |
| 17 | I would n't define integrated and balanced individually , I 'd link them together , because to me they appear to be er a concept , that you move towards , and the concept to me is shall we say to provide a balanced population structure , which is n't biased to any one sector shall we say , it 's not an elderly , it 's not a retirement village there like perhaps you have in er certain parts of er er North America , and the second element of the concept is that it should provide a range of services compatible with its size , but I qualify that by saying , but not all the services that the people in that settlement require , and this brings me back to my discussion , debate with Mr Curtis . |
| 18 | When complete it should provide an unparalleled resource for lexicographers , and information technologists , and a test-bed for theoretical linguists . |
| 19 | It should provide the basis for costing alternative courses of action so that the resource implications of decisions can be assessed . |
| 20 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 21 | You do n't need special equipment to hear the effect , so it should provide the same sensaround sound on your crappy hi fi as it would on an expensive job . |
| 22 | You do n't need special equipment to hear the effect , so it should provide the same sensaround sound on your crappy hi fi as it would on an expensive job . |
| 23 | If a scheme is contracted out of SERPS , it must provide a guaranteed minimum pension that is at least as good as its SERPS equivalent . |
| 24 | It must provide a list of designated sites by mid-1995 . |
| 25 | In order to be considered academically respectable it must provide an appropriate balance between theory and practice and — in addition to teaching specific skills — it should : |
| 26 | It might provide a temporary suspension of concern about school work , being bullied , or growing up ( or feeling one is not growing up ) . |
| 27 | This system suited Ferdinand in several ways : it was relatively cheap : it gave defence against small border raids and a trip-wire to provide early warning against major invasions ; it also broke the power of the remaining Croatian noble houses , which had survived the massacre of Krbavsko Polje ; and it might provide a corps of Kaisertreu troops in case of trouble from rebellious Hungarian magnates . |
| 28 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
| 29 | There was a little parapet going round the arcade and it suddenly occurred to Owen that it might provide a vantage-point from which he could more pleasantly monitor proceedings . |
| 30 | To a Labour government it might provide the opportunity for much more spending on schools , hospitals and roads . |