Example sentences of "[noun] provides a [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 This emphasis on an aesthetics of textual pleasure provides a convenient way of confronting the adventure of meaning present in Robbe-Grillet 's oeuvre as a whole .
2 The design and testing of computer simulation models provides a valuable way of testing the consequences of an idea or theory .
3 Publicity provides a useful way of gaining a favourable public image for the organization and its products .
4 The use of a function call to incorporate the code provides a neat way of incorporating the macro within the program and allows parameters to be passed to it .
5 For farmers entering sheep in this season 's sales , NFU Mutual Lucky Penny insurance provides a sure way of boosting purchaser 's confidence .
6 The but -test provides a convenient way of illustrating this ; all the sentences in 2 are pleonastic ;
7 Raymond Williams 's terminology of ‘ dominant ’ , ‘ residual ’ and ‘ emergent ’ forms provides a useful way of mapping such qualities ( 1981:203–5 ) .
8 The actin cable provides a novel way for epidermal cells to coordinate their activities so as to close gaps , fulfilling their function as a self-repairing barrier layer .
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