Example sentences of "[noun pl] has provide [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the educational sphere , the minimum competencies legislation passed by at least 38 states has provided a possible vehicle ( litigation ) for ordinary laymen to demand that certain tasks are fulfilled by the professionals .
2 The tension between these two contradictory functions has provided the space within which new signs and new attitudes can break through ; it also , depending on which function is in the ascendant , explains pop culture 's vacillation to date between empty reaction and charged visions of possible futures .
3 Since then , techniques such as seismic surveys , mechanised geochemical analysis , and isotopic research , have become available , and the theoretical framework of research in these geologically interesting areas has provided the potential for a great deal of re-interpretation , some of it of a fundamental nature , contributing to theoretical developments in geology .
4 The greatly differing cancer record of various countries has provided the basis for investigating the potential of fish and plant oils in anti-cancer treatment .
5 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 .
6 The history of TDC in the last decades has provided a remarkable case history of that problem , with examples of the arguments for and against each point of view .
7 The beauty , variety and good nature of these wonderful plants has provided a marvellous educational experience at our village school .
8 Separate Audit and Remuneration Committees under the Chairmanship of have been constituted to formally replace the Committee of Non-Executive Directors which for many years has provided the Executive Chairman with independent advice on matters concerning the appointment and remuneration of Executive Directors and senior executives and on audit .
9 One of the country 's oldest and most haunting woodlands has provided the setting for a new novel by one of the biggest selling writers of historical romance .
10 Finally , advertising of tranquillizers has provided an explicit message : to use drugs in controlling conflict , for example producing a less demanding and more compliant patient , or for dealing with life crises or social problems .
11 Indeed , the very specificity of their actions has provided a crucial tool in understanding these systems , as Langley showed with nicotine ( see Chapter 4 ) .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 The advent of the networking procedures for linking stand-alone systems has provided a means whereby the role of the CAD system can be rethought .
15 The recent launch of National Vocational Qualifications for site managers and supervisors has provided an important new measure of competence at the actual work-face .
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