Example sentences of "provide [pers pn] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress . |
| 2 | The publication by an LEA of a scheme such as Solihull 's is implicitly intended to signal this newly emphasized responsibility to teachers , to persuade them to accept it and to provide them with an agreed agenda for the review . |
| 3 | Japanese land forces enjoyed numerical superiority and better preparedness , which provided them with an initial advantage . |
| 4 | I think you will have to treat yourselves to one of those records ( or , I suppose , tapes ) that provide you with an orchestral piece minus one instrument — for instance , I believe you could obtain a Beethoven concerto minus the piano part , which you then supply . |
| 5 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 6 | His detailed and systematic accumulation of electoral information provided him with an unsurpassed knowledge of constituencies and candidates and greatly contributed to the efficient Conservative organization which triumphed in 1841 . |
| 7 | The plebiscitary acclamation which could always be mobilized by Hitler provided him with an unassailable base of popularity , and as such offered the regime legitimation both within Germany and in the eyes of foreign powers , allowing the scope for further mobilization and a gathering momentum of Nazi policy . |
| 8 | The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry . |
| 9 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 10 | Her investments provided her with an annual income of well over a million dollars , in addition to the trusts and investments left to her directly by her husband . |
| 11 | Therefore , three and a half years after the accident , Dawn accepted the amount offered , which was sufficient to pay back the £70,000 her father had spent on her treatment and a specially adapted car , and to provide her with an ongoing income to cover her living expenses . |
| 12 | Edmund Langley , born in 1342 and created Earl of Cambridge in 1362 , was granted part of the Warenne inheritance to maintain his estate , but his marriage to Isabella , youngest daughter of Pedro I of Castile , was used to further Gaunt 's diplomatic schemes rather than to provide him with an adequate endowment . |
| 13 | The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook . |
| 14 | Flows of assistance between generations provide us with an important example where , in practice , support is often one way , and where apparently this is regarded as quite proper . |
| 15 | Yet , despite the rapid growth of these more recent subjects , history retains its traditional importance in higher education , since its social , cultural , economic and political concerns provide us with an interdisciplinary approach to problems that includes the perspectives and many of the methods of the various social sciences , yet also seeks to establish a broader , overall assessment of the issues it examines . |
| 16 | As with the stereotypes we refer to in the business of everyday life , we know they are not , and can not be , comprehensively true or correct , but they provide us with an indispensable framework within which we can interpret particular instances . |
| 17 | ‘ It will provide them with an excellent standard , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The other is to find well-paid employment which will provide her with an adequate income to afford the repayments . |
| 19 | by no means will the latter guarantee the president success in his constant struggles with the legislature , but it will provide him with an invaluable starting point . |
| 20 | This letter is to confirm our agreement that you will provide us with an authoring program for Reading for English . |
| 21 | Taken together with higher level knowledge , these could provide us with an alternative technique for correcting errors within the system . |
| 22 | So neither incorrigibility nor indubitability can provide us with an alternative form of foundationalism . |
| 23 | The bank chose Acse because , while ‘ other companies told us they could provide us with an Electronic Data Interchange translator , Acse was the only one who said , ‘ EDI is not a problem of technology , but a problem of integrating it into your existing systems , ’ ’ Gilmont said . |
| 24 | The amendment also increased Moslem and Druse representation in the Assembly , providing them with an equal share of seats after almost 50 years of Christian domination . |
| 25 | enhance pupils ' motivation and self-esteem by providing them with an achievable goal ; |
| 26 | ‘ We will also develop conversion methods for our clients , and the Pick and Pick look-alike market , providing them with an open alternative , ’ Salmon said , believing that with Apscore 's help , customers will be able to port code and data from Pick to Unix in a matter of days . |
| 27 | Thanks for providing me with an excellent article for the summer edition of Cymru Wledig . |
| 28 | But in ‘ Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory ’ the Kantian insight is used to defend his theory against various criticisms by providing it with an epistemological foundation . |
| 29 | I have provided him with an adjustable heartbeat of around 100 . ’ |
| 30 | Cynthia Iliffe shared with the Board a feeling that it could be rather ‘ a hybrid sort of degree course at first ’ , but Pocock and the Board really believed in it , understood that the Crick model of a discipline-based degree had provided it with an academic foundation , but even then ‘ we talked a lot about integration ’ . |