Example sentences of "has provided a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point it is difficult not to be drawn back towards the work of Anthony Quinton , who has provided a helpful model of the basic Conservative claims to political wisdom . |
| 2 | Leapor has provided a playful but nonetheless idealized history of the house , against which the behaviour of the current owners may be judged . |
| 3 | Although a number of publications and theses have added greatly to our knowledge of the issue , none has provided a comprehensive study of the adoption of tariffs . |
| 4 | Dedicated hardware , usually based around the IBM PC or one of its compatibles , comprising high resolution screens , graphics tablets and film recorders has provided a limited range of typefaces , sizes and effects . |
| 5 | In it she has provided a life-size cast of a cow with a kind of knitted suit and populated a wheat field with mannequins sporting space suits . |
| 6 | Indeed , the very specificity of their actions has provided a crucial tool in understanding these systems , as Langley showed with nicotine ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 7 | Doubtless ICI thinks that it has provided a good home for those stripped assets . |
| 8 | Nowadays this service has a high technical profile and far superior image , which has provided a good degree of protection in the market place . |
| 9 | The 1981 Education Act ( implemented I April 1983 ) has provided a powerful spur to the formation of such groups and services . |
| 10 | Ragnar Rommetveit has provided a powerful challenge to this positivist tendency ( 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Godfrey Smith , a dear colleague and long-serving columnist on the Sunday Times , has provided a much-needed anthology of rugby writings down the years . |
| 12 | As Chairman since 1974 , he has provided a stable political basis for the Department during this period . |
| 13 | But Lloyd , who has provided a one-to-one coach in Stephen Shaw , as well as the best hotels , the best tournaments , the best of everything for Delgado , says ‘ It 's purely up to Jamie . |
| 14 | As Jonathan Sher has provided a wide-ranging account of education in rural America it may be sufficient to have two quotations from him — if only as counterpoint to our stereotype from imported films where the lovely young school mistress with an impeccable value system gets the rootin' tootin' cowboy and makes a man of him ! |
| 15 | In England , the restrictive social and occupational background from which almost all senior judges have been drawn has provided a fertile medium in which an alternative and extremely powerful indigenous judicial culture has been able to develop . |
| 16 | The beauty , variety and good nature of these wonderful plants has provided a marvellous educational experience at our village school . |
| 17 | But over the years , because of the dictates of bank balance and burgeoning family , we have spent much of our time exploring Scotland ; and our love of game fishing has provided a marvellous excuse for tramping moor and mountain in seach of peace , seclusion , and a few wild brown trout . |
| 18 | Physically and psychologically crossing the boundary into a different culture has provided a wide range of learning experiences for teachers . |
| 19 | Teesside Women has celebrated its first six months of existence , during which it has provided a wide range of meetings and workshops for any women who live , work or have an interest in the area . |
| 20 | Camp Marash , where perhaps 150,000 Armenians now live , spawned its own gunmen in the 1980s , the ‘ Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ’ , whose assassination campaign against Turkish diplomats has provided a violent epitaph for the calcified remains in the Antelyas ossuary . |
| 21 | Eadmer has provided a striking picture of him at the meeting between the pope and William of Warelwast in 1103 , sitting silent while the royal messenger held forth and the pope replied with words which were received with enthusiasm by the bystanders as a declaration that no layman could ever be a doorway into the Lord 's sheepfold . |
| 22 | Peter Hutchinson ( 1983 , p.vi ) has noted that ‘ the study of literary play deserves far more detailed attention than it has yet aroused ’ and has provided a useful introduction to the subject in Games authors play ( ibid . ) . |
| 23 | Nor is there any doubt that the resilience of the small retailing sector has provided a useful form of controlled distribution for larger manufactures . |
| 24 | Perry ( 1982 ) has provided a useful detailed study of the employment characteristics of small manufacturing businesses in Cornwall , classified according to whether they are new starts or movers , and exogenous or indigenous firms . |
| 25 | Frans Birrer has provided a useful summary of the main categories ( Birrer 1985 : 104 ) , which exist in combination as well as in pure form ) |
| 26 | More recently , Horvath ( 1985 : 59 ) has provided a useful critical account of the advantages and limitations of VARBRUL , and a comparison of the VARBRUL technique with Principal Components Analysis ( see further 6.8.6 ) . |
| 27 | Kessler et al ( 1985 ) has provided a useful recent critique of ‘ equal opportunities ’ strategies in Australia : |
| 28 | Developed from a vast influx of sand that was carried onto the low rock basement by a rising sea level over the last seven or eight thousand years ( Ritchie , 1985 ) , machair with its essentially base-rich , alkaline , free-draining soils has provided a distinctive landscape element . |
| 29 | The Administration of Estates Act 1925 has provided a uniform method for the administration of all the property of a deceased person . |
| 30 | Trading standards officer say the recent growth in car boot sales has provided a perfect outlet for the computer pirates . |