Example sentences of "[noun] provided a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest Treasury review of economic progress provided an optimistic picture , with shop sales on an upward trend and overall activity apparently slightly stronger than current official forecasts |
| 2 | The GWR railway museum in Swindon provided an ideal location . |
| 3 | more public expenditure : the King 's Fund researchers provided a tentative estimate that spending would have had to be just under £400 million higher in 1987/88 if it was to match 1981/82 levels , taking into account changing demand and technology ; |
| 4 | And although we were joined by French , Belgian , Dutch , German , Danish and Finnish colleagues , the week-long Whitsun course provided a wonderful opportunity to reinforce the close links between the British Medau community and the College , directed by Jochen Medau , son of the founder . |
| 5 | Versatile midfielder ‘ super Alan Pardew ’ joined The Eagles from Yeovil Town for a mere £7,500 in 1987 and made tremendous progress with the Palace , so that he missed only one match during our 1988–89 promotion season , for which his drive , energy and cultured right foot provided an invaluable component , and just two games upon our return to the 1st Division in 1989–90 . |
| 6 | Evolutionism provided a parallel source of materialist concepts , but needed to be turned into a laboratory-based subject if it was to fit the new model . |
| 7 | Given that the re-editing of the film reduced the number of title cards from 300 to 80 , it is reasonable to assume that Woolf 's intervention considerably improved the film , and that Woolf 's commercial experience provided a valuable lesson both for Hitchcock and Balcon . |
| 8 | His advisers in S Branch provided an alternative source of economic advice to the permanent civil servants , and they were strong supporters of the Section 's approach . |
| 9 | This opportunity provided a welcome break from the purely botanical work to which I was accustomed , as well a s a chance to make the most of my botany/zoology background . |
| 10 | Cultural differences resulting from the division of labour into productive and domestic forms provided a commonsense justification for separate educational provision , focusing for girls on child care and domestic science . |
| 11 | For some Ajdabiyans the cases of Carnation Milk provided an amusing commentary on official inconsistency without having any practical consequences . |
| 12 | He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland , but a lieutenant provided a devastating insight when he filed a final report on Carlton , 37 . |
| 13 | Rooted in civil society and operating with some independence from inter-state relations , such institutions provided a potential check and counter-balance to the tendency towards anarchy inherent in a system of rival nation states . |
| 14 | The founding shareholders provided a ready supply of business , particularly bill discounting , while firm management helped the Midland to survive troublesome early years dogged by capital shortages . |
| 15 | The main duties and responsibilities of the board provided a general framework but training developers had little to go on beyond this . |
| 16 | It is now clear that the construction of the small-town defences provided an additional influence on their morphological development , depending upon the inclusion or exclusion of particular areas . |
| 17 | In August 1934 the Soviet Writers ' Congress held in Moscow provided a unique forum at which communists and non-communists could discuss positive measures to promote an anti-fascist cultural front . |
| 18 | Hunt 's laconic expertise provided a perfect counterpoint to Walker 's high-octane delivery . |
| 19 | Free tickets at the Harwich Electric Cinema provided a welcome diversion from camp routine , not to mention a painless method of learning English . |
| 20 | The advantages of using microbes for the early stages of such studies were well known and their biochemistry provided a convenient starting point for several investigators , especially in America . |
| 21 | A septate gall bladder provided a particular problem in that the lower chamber was cleared , but despite a repeat procedure , manipulation of the lithotrite into the upper chamber was not accomplished ; clearance was achieved by percutaneous cholecystolithotomy as a further procedure ( patient XIII ) . |
| 22 | Jazzy wave styled for height by Anthony Skito provided a soft frame to the face |
| 23 | The case of Sacco and Vanzetti provided a notable example . |
| 24 | Kitcher gives a good example of how a theory becomes accepted by the generality of scientists : Alfred Wegener 's theory of continental drift achieved acceptance after half a century of intermittent discussion only when the concept of plate tectonics provided an acceptable mechanism . |
| 25 | The sale of commercial aircraft provided a powerful boost to overseas sales , but , even excluding this volatile component , the increase was broadly-based . |
| 26 | Fariz provided no details of the amounts involved , but said that the accord provided a 10-year repayment period with 10 years ' grace for official debt originally due for repayment between 1991 and mid-1993 . |
| 27 | Highlander provided an educational forum where those who were interested in pursuing the idea of a ‘ participatory research ’ project on land ownership could swap experiences and ideas and together hammer out the details of what was known , what was wanted and how to collect the facts . |
| 28 | A recent study provided a careful compilation of 206 policy changes in 26 developing countries between 1977 and 1987 . |
| 29 | The prototype and test-bed for the new approach was to been seen first in some of the New Towns , particularly Harlow , where the design of the neighbourhood units provided a classic model to follow . |
| 30 | The Music Department provided a lively concert of Baroque music . |