Example sentences of "[subord] provide [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 2 | John Major will need to do more than provide a discreet crossing from worthy words to anti-social acts . |
| 3 | There is one area in which costing systems can do no more than provide the raw data , and that is in the treatment of overruns , variations and claims , which can often only be quantified by a detailed interpretation of the data recorded in the system . |
| 4 | It was a very low-budget British picture , shot at Pinewood studios in black and white and sought to do little more than provide an entertaining hour and a half or so , with a topic to which a great many people could relate — National Service . |
| 5 | In practice the express remedies were actually in many cases fairly limited , so that the effect of such guarantees was rather to avoid the manufacturer 's liability than to provide an additional remedy . |
| 6 | Such a definition tries to indicate an approach , an attitude , rather than provide a litmus-paper test . |
| 7 | Parents whose children were absent for reasons regarded as illegitimate by the school , can seek to avoid confrontation by providing explanations which the school would approve of ( ‘ Amy was absent because she had a stomach upset ’ , for instance ) rather than provide the real reason . |
| 8 | If there were more busts , it is difficult to see them ( in light of the heavy guilloche " and cornice pattern ) as other than insets which would be subsumed by the whole design rather than provide an independent pictorial element . |
| 9 | Rather than providing a rounded history of the revolution , historians with libertarian sympathies have concentrated on various specific themes in the revolution . |
| 10 | In the view of general manager Alan Sinclair , most agents in Britain lean too heavily towards the mass marketing of packages rather than providing a proper travel service . |
| 11 | Mr. Noyce firmly believes that the work of Outreach is even more important than providing the improved facilities at the church itself . |
| 12 | He was also a noisy eater , as if providing an orchestral accompaniment for his brother . |
| 13 | They said the plans would clear up a derelict site , while providing a new community with its own character , which would relieve pressure on housing in surrounding villages . |
| 14 | The latter , while providing a crucial guide for the understanding of the way terms are used in different contexts , does not allow for a simple explanation based on substitutivity . |
| 15 | A decision which can prove therapeutic while providing a home-grown solution for the youngster . |
| 16 | And it does so while providing a perfect fit . |
| 17 | Experience shows that there are a wide range of uses that preserve the landmark value of the building while providing a necessary investment for its adaptation . |
| 18 | The Orbital 's two-phase ( air blast ) direct injection fuelling system , which adds a finely atomised fuel charge to the cylinder only after the exhaust port has been covered , eliminates the economy and emissions problems of old while providing a high degree of control over charge stratification . |
| 19 | At school and university level history helps to keep career opportunities open while providing a valuable training in vocationally valuable skills . |
| 20 | Project English gives the experienced and confident teacher maximum scope while providing a clear and supportive framework for the less experienced teacher to try out new techniques . |
| 21 | The concept of the village is to afford local craftspeople the opportunity to establish viable business for themselves while providing an alternative range of consumer goods which should prove attractive to both locals and visitors to the city . |
| 22 | The challenge to the Lord Chancellor 's Department is to preserve the best features of the tribunal system while providing the necessary advice and support needed by claimants to ensure that all of them put their cases at their best . |
| 23 | I assume you are using a proper aquarium sea salt mix , as other salts , while providing the correct specific gravity ( 1.002 ) , will only give a neutral pH , whereas you need 7.6–8.0 . |
| 24 | The Colleges offer a wide range of specialized courses with the aim of conferring a university-level Bachelor 's or Associate 's degree while providing the best practical training for your future career . |
| 25 | This can be used as a teaching session while providing the senior nurse with some of the information required for the management of the unit . |
| 26 | Although the enumerative approach to the design of a classification scheme can be traced to the Greeks , long experience has shown that enumerative classification schemes are relatively inflexible and , whilst providing a working subject order , do not always adequately allow for all subjects . |
| 27 | Technical advances have helped them to achieve world leadership in the supply of transfers for the collectors ' plate industry whilst providing a solid foundation for |
| 28 | Anna and Jurgen , Charlotte and Horst — both sets of parents had been intent upon creating well-rounded offspring , and the holidays on Møn , whilst providing an excellent opportunity for the two young people to make music together , were designed to encourage other interests . |
| 29 | Comparable trends are not found among the second category , which includes those sites where the defences are apparently arbitrarily imposed on a straggling ribbon development or urban scatter so as to provide a small defended strongpoint astride the road . |
| 30 | But a question to be answered and the one addressed in this chapter is — can we map the innovation process in such a way as to provide a better understanding about how it might be more effectively managed ? |