Example sentences of "it [modal v] provide a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It should provide a readable condensation of the recent literature : a critical appraisal , not a mere catalogue .
2 It might provide a temporary suspension of concern about school work , being bullied , or growing up ( or feeling one is not growing up ) .
3 There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems .
4 Still fresh and green at the back end , it could provide a juicy supplement to the diet of a early calving cow , or for the smallholder 's animals newly brought in to the byre for the winter .
5 On Nov. 24 , the UK government announced that it would provide a second year of training for the new Namibian Defence Force , following a visit to the UK in April by Foreign Minister Gurirab , and a visit to Windhoek by UK Defence Secretary Tom King in July .
6 The new company promised it would provide a better service to the North , including a news service specifically for South Durham , Teesside and North Yorkshire .
7 If CBOs can be developed as a market , junk bondsters hope that it would provide a new source of demand .
8 If we could observe them , it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe .
9 If , as one can hope , this pottery still exists in the Verulamium Museum , it would provide a useful study of the types in use here at this period and the very quantity might offer the possibility of useful statistical analysis .
10 It would provide a low-cost point of entry into the client-server world .
11 It would provide a low-cost point of entry into the client/server world .
12 A true switching language would permit the translation of natural language concepts expressed in , say , German , into a classification notation ; from that notation it would provide a natural language expression of those same concepts in , say , French .
13 The United Kingdom on Dec. 31 announced that it would provide a further £1,000,000 in aid to Kurdish refugees .
14 The inclusion of representatives from local groups of disabled people in the debates at Ashdown is not likely to provide simple solutions to the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents , but it would provide a different perspective which could help ensure that the interests of the students as young disabled people were pursued .
15 It is not a master plan for member states or for the development of Europe , but it will provide a useful reference for member states and others to enable them to take decisions with due regard to the European dimension .
16 It will provide a new sensor system to determine the intensity of odorants and perfumes , ’ they say .
17 It will provide a high-powered focus for research into the genetic component of conditions including cancer , high blood pressure and Alzheimer 's disease .
18 It will provide a suitable test for triple British Open champion , Faldo , and the likes of US Masters winners , Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer .
19 It will provide a fascinating insight into Crewe 's development as a successful ‘ railway ’ town and celebrate its enormous contribution to the nation 's railway heritage .
20 My guess is that , if business e-mail is managed and retained , it will provide a fuller account of the development of successful ideas .
21 It will provide a systematic analysis of the issues involved in three ways .
22 FISA has been invited to design its F1 circuit within the complex and it is Pook 's belief that it will provide a permanent home ‘ for one of the grands prix in the US ’ .
23 It is hoped that it will provide a flexible structure which can be refined and developed and which may help to break down the monolithic structure and mystical nature of the subject .
24 If it does go through it will provide a double benefit for the UK-based telecommunications group and is also likely to be seen as a significant plus for Hong Kong 's stock market .
25 EUP also has a Scottish role to fulfil , as the sole remaining non-commercial academic publisher north of the border , says David Martin , and it will provide a continuing output for scholarship in Scotland .
26 Secondly , it will provide a single corporation or a small body of persons charged with the duty of watching the debentureholders interests and of intervening if they are in jeopardy .
27 It will provide a single point of control over Novell networks , enabling users to maintain integrated system management security across host systems and the NetWare network computing environments , CA claims .
28 If an economic power can sufficiently dominate the international economy , it can provide a hegemonic stability which enables other states to co-operate with it and with one another .
29 It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class .
30 Although inflation was invoked to make the universe smooth , it can provide a certain degree of clumpiness .
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