Example sentences of "[pron] do provide a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ . |
| 2 | But , failing that , they do provide a lot of visual fun for those who will tune in each week . |
| 3 | Although within Goody 's own terms they do provide a challenge to his claims for the consequences of a shift from oral to literate culture , they do not provide an unambiguous or ‘ scientific ’ starting point from which to test those claims . |
| 4 | As a first attempt the results are no doubt crude , but they do provide a basis for further refinement . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it did provide a stepping stone for some significant figures . |
| 6 | Unfortunately a concrete path , provided by the builders , had to be broken up ; but it did provide a hardcore base for the paving . |
| 7 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 8 | Such action does not determine what economic activities should be undertaken , but it does provide a framework for discovering and solving problems common to the community as a whole . |
| 9 | Such a plan will inevitably be modified , but it does provide a framework on which to build . |
| 10 | The international community is not per se owed a duty of obedience to the claims of some of its members , but it does provide a framework for the articulation of claims and for cohesion in response . |
| 11 | But it does provide a framework to which we are all working , spreads out the major publications and pieces of campaigning work , and allows all those in the organisation to know the overall timetable being pursued . |
| 12 | This development has its opponents , but it does provide a way in which mathematics can become more meaningful to some of the children studying it . |
| 13 | Of course , this does not resolve the issue of inequality , but it does provide a mechanism through which individuals can focus their view of an acceptable ‘ trade-off ’ between redistribution ( equity ) and efficiency . |
| 14 | It does provide a means of enabling nurses with small children or other dependents to remain in employment . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it does provide a view of the bulk of the authority . |