Example sentences of "[prep] provide the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He rose to chief of intelligence in Panama 's G-2 in 1970 after providing the populist dictator , General Omar Torrijos , the support to defeat a coup .
2 The role which it envisages for the state is limited to that of providing the minimum framework necessary for the regulation of competing private interests , while the gesellschaft model of law is conceived in terms of formally defining the equivalent individual rights that are required to make the market work .
3 Their application to mergers therefore tends to lead to uncertainty and instability , instead of providing the orderly framework and timetable essential for the conduct of public share acquisitions and takeover bids .
4 The cost of providing the start-up equipment is in the order of £10,000 and Mr Dobbs thinks space is not much of a problem : ‘ There 's usually the village hall or an empty shop . ’
5 Many were closed , but local authorities began pressing government to permit them to charge and reduce the cost of providing the new nurseries that did continue .
6 The ‘ price ’ Walker meant was the cost of providing the right treatment .
7 For example , having expanded components 1.0 to 7.0 of the model shown in Fig 12.5 , it became apparent that the main input to sub-system 8.0 ( ie ‘ adjust income/expenditure ’ ) was the detail of the College allocation of the total budget , with secondary inputs of information about the actual costs of providing the appropriate level of education .
8 In the past children 's reading was seen to have the heavy purpose of providing the young reader with moral guidance , indeed moral direction .
9 And , finally , Chair , the the last section , C C within committee budget , erm , this area is where the the costs of providing the central department is recharged to other departments .
10 If is the total cost of providing the good , then the change in per capita costs of providing the good is
11 Without any grant from central government , the preferred position is output ( i.e. where marginal benefit for the median voter is equal to marginal cost to the median voter of providing the good ) .
12 Furthermore , it was felt that the potential costs of providing the necessary microfilming equipment , plus additional staff time , would outweigh any benefits gained , particularly as this could only be regarded as an interim solution before progressing to greater computerisation .
13 However , the costs of building and of providing the necessary infrastructure together with planning restrictions meant that it was less than ideal .
14 Understandably , some nursing staff , especially those who are more junior , feel very uncomfortable in the role of providing the vigilant observation needed for patients at risk of suicide .
15 What then is the cost to the employer of providing the in-house benefit for the employee ?
16 Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC held , on a construction of section 63 without the aid of reference to the parliamentary material , that the tax-payers were only assessable on the extra cost of providing the in-house benefit , and in reaching this finding regarded it as crucial that , on the facts , as found , the teachers ' sons occupied only surplus places and their right to do so was entirely discretionary .
17 As part of this strategy , the TEC will be opening satellite offices in Hartlepool , Redcar and Stockton with the aim of providing the full range of TEC services ‘ on the doorstep . ’
18 We can see from Labour 's amendment J that Councillor , as I said earlier , intends to go down the same old socialist way of providing the very type of housing that is currently failing tenants .
19 ‘ A system owned by the Governing Body and operated by designated administrative and academic staff to adjust the income/ expenditure of the College so that the finance available tends to equal the actual direct and indirect costs of providing the statutory and desired further education courses ’
20 Instead of providing the British people with more incentives to work hard and succeed , the Labour Government preferred to increase taxes , so that it was hardly worth one 's while to produce more wealth .
21 Although I do not have a magic wand , I hope to be able to establish some means of providing the physical back-up that you would like to receive from the Society and to start the ball rolling I am compiling a list of all the ways in which you have been supported or would like to have been supported , in the past plus suggestions for the future .
22 But it fell far short of providing the detailed model-by-model defect analysis demanded by Mr Gummer 's critics .
23 The report confirmed that house officers spend much of their time on inappropriate tasks — either those that are beyond their competence and for which they can not hope to provide optimum care ( like providing the main source of symptom control to inpatients , the sole medical cover to surgical patients , and explaining complicated procedures to patients and relatives ) and others that could be done just as well by non-medical staff ( like filing reports , taking routine blood samples , and arranging beds ) .
24 Any chance of the former had been negated by Britain 's failure to topple Nasser at Suez ; and the latter was unlikely for some years because the aircraft did not , as yet , exist ; and the RAF had no real enthusiasm for providing the necessary money to buy them out of Air votes , which they quite naturally wanted to use for combat and not transport aircraft .
25 The Dhofaris who were neglected by the previous ruler are now enjoying the fruits of extensive agricultural development , so that the region once famed for providing the ancient world with frankincense may soon be a major source of food for other Gulf states .
26 The root of the problem is that there is no Non-Conformist equivalent of the church commissioners who , as well as contributing in large measure to Church of England clergy stipends , share with the state the responsibility for providing the Redundant Churches Fund .
27 He is also responsible for providing the professional studies course with a teaching unit in Language and * ( 135 students ) , and teaches an option course on ‘ Educating the Imagination ’ .
28 Parents are largely responsible for providing the right environment so that their children grow up happy , balanced and free from hang-ups .
29 — Parents and teachers are responsible for providing the right conditions at home and in school for the achievement of goals .
30 ( 1 ) ) , whereas , in the case of an afternoon extension , the premises have to be adapted and used for providing the customary main meal at mid-day .
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