Example sentences of "has provided a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By the 11th Summerchild has given the new formation a temporary designation , which will prove to be permanent , and has provided a wealth of possible addresses , colleagues and procedures .
2 Since its launch , it has provided a base line for studying global warming .
3 Since then the Railway has provided a steam train service EVERY weekend and daily during the summer .
4 But the last week or so has provided a couple of classics , little exchanges that appear to have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with ego , bitterness and vendetta .
5 God has brought them to himself , and in the shed blood has provided a way for them to live and walk with him .
6 The difference between these nodes is the degree to which the reader thinks the author has provided a text from which some meaning is recoverable .
7 The Strathclyde Elderly Forum has provided a voice for pensioners in the way local services are , or are not , provided .
8 Turin has provided a winger , Gianluigi Lentini , at a rumoured cost of 65 billion lire , though Mr Galliani told The Economist that it was really only 18.5 billion lire ‘ plus his salary , the amount of which we prefer not to reveal ’ .
9 As this was an art movement which America embraced with unprecedented enthusiasm and unrivalled breadth of vision , and as we specialise so much in American art objects ( we showed at the Modernism Fair in New York last year ) , the theme has provided a vehicle to address the famously discriminating audience of Grosvenor House with objects normally found only in a handful of the most forward looking museums .
10 For some architects , the removal of regulations which both provided guidelines for behaviour and also limited the areas in which competition existed has provided a stimulus since they now feel able to compete more efficiently in a less restricted arena .
11 The tercentenary of the first Bill , passed in 1688 , has provided a stimulus for some earnest reflection .
12 Thus far , Gould has provided a restatement of the collateral or preliminary fact doctrine .
13 Our integrated health programme has provided a catalyst for slum families to have a hand in controlling their environment and working together to benefit each other .
14 SINCE 1943 the Royal Air Forces Association has provided a welfare and community service for serving and former members of the Royal Air Forces and their families .
15 Against this , the nuclear industry has provided a wall of obfuscation — juggling figures to suit its needs , making wildly exaggerated claims for nuclear performance whilst minimizing its costs — and all in the optimistic hope of making the ‘ cheap ’ label stick for as long as possible .
16 Warburg , whose scholarly tradition was transferred to London in 1933 when the entire library was moved there , has provided a link between London and Hamburg which shows every sign of strengthening over the coming years .
17 But the popular health system has provided a framework for addressing people 's health needs and finding solutions that validate and reaffirm their contribution to the health process .
18 The project seeks to clarify how the EMS has provided a framework for counter-inflationary policy by investigating the ways in which wages and prices are formed in the different economies .
19 Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply .
20 It could be said that the existence of a legal right has provided a focus for political organisation — but does such a focus strengthen the movement or weaken it , for example , by diverting resources to legal rather than other struggles ? ( cf. the debates on ‘ legislation ’ , Teubner , 1985 ) .
21 However , Joanne and her parents agree that having the baby has brought them all closer together as a family , and it has provided a focus and role for her mother who , after Joanne 's account , tells her version of the way that this has positively transformed her life .
22 On the other hand , legal strategies have been employed by the peace movement to challenge the authority of state agencies , whether by setting up Nuclear Free Zones , challenging the sale of National Trust land to the Ministry of Defence , or the siting of a shooting range in Berlin ( Guelen , 1985 ) 1 and suing the President of the United States of America for breaches of International Law.2 In other contexts , law has provided a forum in which the rights of individuals in the peace movement and the demands of the state have been adjudicated , for example in deciding on the validity of withholding tax contributions for military spending .
23 Over the years , the IMF has provided a forum for many important discussions affecting the international monetary system , and the process of debate and collective decision-making has encouraged cooperation in this area .
24 At the same time it has provided a setting for counter-inflation policy during a period when the emphasis of policy shifted , world-wide , towards the control of inflation .
25 Building on the work of Halliday ( see Chapter 3 ) , Tough ( 1976 , 1977 ) has provided a set of broad descriptive categories for classifying young children 's language uses , together with illustrative strategies ‘ by which the child reveals the purpose of his talk ’ ( Tough 1976:81 ) .
26 ‘ It has provided a mechanism for formalising everything in writing so people are very clear about what is expected of them .
27 Fortunately , this does not appear to be too difficult : Garland ( 1985a ) , who has provided a pioneer account of the emergence of the biological positivists , would , I think , agree with Jeffery and Matza on the following : determinism , differentiation and pathology .
28 I am aware that the association has provided a review paper to OFFER on the perceived barriers to the development of CHP , and the issues raised are primarily matters for OFFER .
29 In this example the teacher has provided a collection of shells for the children to explore .
30 Darlington council has provided a site for the day care centre while the county council has given £15,000 from the budget of the social services committee .
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