Example sentences of "[vb pp] as provide a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The matrix of Sciences modules may be considered as providing a bank of competences to be drawn on by individuals through a number of outlets . |
| 2 | In climatology the system has been adopted as providing a suitable framework and appears as the introductory foundation for Causes of Climate ( Lockwood , 1979a ) , where it is argued that the application of systems theory and mathematics has completely changed the subject of climatology . |
| 3 | Faceted classification is accepted as providing a sound theoretical basis for the construction of classification schemes . |
| 4 | In other words , to the extent that Christianity is seen as providing a source of values which can legitimise the market economy , those same values undermine the assumptions from which a humanistic defence of the market economy starts . |
| 5 | This world system and its evolution are seen as providing a historical framework , an account of world history . |
| 6 | Elections are not seen as providing a pathway to power . |
| 7 | Plowden was seen as providing a medium-term strategy for economic control , though to function satisfactorily it required an adequate institutional structure . |
| 8 | Some firms have adopted a formula which reserves a power to prevent more than one partner departing in any given period ( say a year ) , with complementary provisions to determine priority as between notices served on the same day , though in these frantic head-hunting times when whole departments may be recruited at a stroke , such provisions are realistically best seen as providing a basis for negotiation ( and perhaps financial adjustment by way of compensation ) . |
| 9 | Subsequently what had been no more than a name implying a certain diplomatic affiliation between the Franks and Valentinian must have been interpreted as providing a genuine indication of the origins of the Franks . |
| 10 | Once again , pragmatism can be defended as providing a good fit with what judges actually do and say in hard cases only if we assume that a pragmatist would have noble-lie reasons for constructing and deferring to the best account of the principle underlying past cases in these situations . |
| 11 | It should be noted , however , that the group of 27 authorities who had training/development/personnel officers , all of whom were categorized as providing a higher than average amount of training , were varied in size of establishment . |
| 12 | A gearbox can be identified as providing a means of handling the power of an engine and doing so in a useful form to an output shaft . |
| 13 | The scheme was promoted as providing a more equitable and efficient distribution of legal services . |
| 14 | The passage which follows has commonly been taken as providing a basis for subsequent conceptions of the role and function of professional English teaching . |
| 15 | Thus there are clear cases of indirect assistance , such as ( 14 ) above ( where the bare infinitive sounds strange because " a sharp list " can not participate in the action of " cutting loose " , but rather must be conceived as providing a necessary condition for its realization ) . |
| 16 | The trend line drawn through the peaks of the time-series can be regarded as providing a rough estimate of the economy 's potential output during the period . |
| 17 | If the ‘ ultimate aim ’ is specified as the securing of predictive control over the future run of experience , then either this can be justified as providing a means to achieving further practical ends , or , if it stands in no need of justification , it may be possible to explain why people have it without the explanation undermining its appeal . |
| 18 | There are two main theories which have been suggested as providing a suitable basis for an award of monetary compensation : the illegality theory and the risk theory . |