Example sentences of "but it provide [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lasswells model was speedily recognised to be flawed — it assumed that the communicator had the intention of influencing the receiver and made no allowance for a feedback element in the communication process — but it provided a new method for the study of communication and was the stimulus for further analysis .
2 Few communities adopted it in toto , but it provided a useful source of material , even if those responsible for it fell into the common trap of producing texts which were not necessarily Appropriate for musical setting .
3 But it provides a powerful aid to the understanding of some of the more baffling political manifestations of our time .
4 This is a bit of a mouthful , but it provides a systematic way of describing relationships as positive or negative ; it reminds us , for example , whether young people are more or less likely to contemplate breaking the law .
5 ‘ More than one person at the event was surprised at the comment but it provides a neat balance to the government 's best wishes for my retirement ’ , he says .
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