Example sentences of "they [vb mod] provide [art] " in BNC.

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1 They may provide a comprehensive guide to the reference literature , but they generally do not attempt to guide the user through the literature either selectively or critically .
2 They may provide a clue by their behaviour even if this turned out later to be merely the secondary effect of some more fundamental energy .
3 Look at as many garden design books as you can , as they may provide the kernel of an idea .
4 Indeed , they may provide an alternative to timber in justifying the economic sense of allowing forests to stay put , because without such a reason they will be chopped down .
5 However , they may provide an explanation of the observed value of one very important quantity : the so-called cosmological constant .
6 Unlike other publishers ' products , BBC magazines serve two masters : they must provide a public service enhancing viewers ' and listeners ' enjoyment and appreciation of programmes ; and , in line with the government 's exhortation , they must generate profit which feeds back into programme making , reducing pressure on licence fees .
7 If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate .
8 They must provide a sense of order and predictability for children . ’
9 Where the Government propose alternatives to custody , they must provide the resources to make them work .
10 Jointly valued at £5m , Graseby believes they should provide a good base for improved performance in this area .
11 According to a recent report from the market research company Mintel , customer perceptions of quality in products and service have more to do with their expectation that companies should get it right first time than with the belief that they should provide a safety net to protect consumers once things have gone wrong .
12 However , these were generally riskier and since many savers lacked the necessary information and confidence to invest overseas , it seemed a natural role for investment trusts that they should provide an indirect route into overseas markets for small investors who would benefit from the trust 's professional management .
13 Be guided by them because they 're obviously the ones you feel most comfortable with and they 'll provide a reliable starting point .
14 Sally Tippett hopes they 'll provide the kind of help her husband did n't get .
15 They 'll provide the food , wine and serve it all if you like .
16 He could countenance violence and killing , if only they might provide a way out of the taedium vitae which formed his spiritual landscape .
17 In particular , they could provide an efficient and natural parser for Chomsky 's ‘ Government and Binding ’ model of grammar , because the modules of the grammar provide filters , rather than giving permitted productions .
18 James Arbuthnot , of Wanstead and Woodford , argues that if the Labour-run Association of London Authorities and the Tory-run London Boroughs Association were to merge , they could provide the ‘ voice for London ’ its voters still apparently hanker after .
19 Only they could provide the extra products and services — software , peripheral hardware , maintenance , consultancy — which turned the dumb lump of beige metal into something useful .
20 If five peaks were set up they could provide the basis for the tentacles of hydra , or for the fingers in the early development of the human hand .
21 Industrial nations needed more primary materials as their consumption rose and they could provide the capital for investment in poorer countries .
22 Nuclear Electric 's IT service manager , Mike Wall said ‘ ICL did n't convince us they could provide the necessary integration requirements . ’
23 The Government was unwilling to spend money on taking over the house , but for a long time courted various businessmen in the hope that they would provide a major part of the funds .
24 Their approach was to run a business similar to a small City firm of solicitors , maintaining close relationships with a few senior people for whom they would provide a personal service and gain good repeat business .
25 There were some minor foreign royals who had attended the Christmas celebrations in the palace who might also be prevailed upon to come — they would provide a little exotic colour .
26 The general idea behind them was that they would provide a setting for vigorous entrepreneurs , capable of generating an industrial renaissance .
27 Future funding from the Board to law centres would be for cases done under the green forms and legal aid schemes , including any new arrangements that might be developed , ‘ and possibly grants for specific types of work where the law centres could demonstrate that they would provide a better and more efficient service in ways that did not lend themselves to payment on a case by case basis . ’
28 The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds .
29 If a fish was receptive enough to electricity to pick up any tiny currents induced in its body , they would provide an additional guide to the Earth 's magnetic field .
30 Indeed , he hoped they would provide the basis of a religion that could unite the warring factions of the Church .
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