Example sentences of "[noun] provide a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ECOVER products provide a unique range of highly effective cleaning agents for use about the home which have a minimum impact on the environment . |
| 2 | Verbatim notes provide an exact record of what has been said or what happened , but the times when you require this are extremely limited . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ Behind the once semi-wild sand dunes , pine woods provide a leafy setting for broad avenues , bustling squares and welcoming hotels . ’ |
| 5 | For the Profitboss it is an opportunity to provide a new challenge to Steve Lockhart , the graduate trainee in Personnel who 's won the confidence of the line management in engineering . |
| 6 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 7 | The GWR railway museum in Swindon provided an ideal location . |
| 8 | In the 1970s the Department of Education and Science pinned its hopes on the APU to provide a general measure of the achievement of children at schools and , implicitly , changes in standards over time . |
| 9 | Senior Corporate Manager David Peebles said the purpose of the course was to ensure that staff ‘ have the communication and human relation skills to provide a high quality of service . ’ |
| 10 | The non inverting input of the first stage amplifier is connected via a resistor to a potentiometer linked across positive and negative voltage divider chains to provide an adjustable input offset . |
| 11 | Any infringement of the owner 's exclusive rights will be resisted , and for this reason , if no other , attempts to provide a planned resolution of the conflict between farming and the environment will prove difficult . |
| 12 | Attempts to provide a similar scheme related to earnings , but as part of state provision , resulted in the 1975 Social Security Pension Act 1975 , which came into operation in 1978 . |
| 13 | Thus , attempts to provide a uniform level of social welfare in rural areas means centralisation of services in schooling , health and housing , which gives rise to migration away from isolated areas . |
| 14 | The first presents an overview of the main demographic trends in Britain during this century and attempts to provide a considered overview of these population changes . |
| 15 | It seeks to explore the effect of situation , ethnicity , life style and sex on the speech of these young people , and attempts to provide a theoretical framework for the analysis of psychological , sociological and grammatical determinants of code-switching behaviour . |
| 16 | Some early documentary photographers however , made serious attempts to provide an informed comment on some important aspect of society , which would also form a lasting account of the period . |
| 17 | It has been suggested in this section that pressure groups provide a crucial qualification to the notion of a simple relationship between electors and elected . |
| 18 | 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 ; |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Legal labels will not in this instance provide a ready-made answer ; they can only serve as the repository for the conclusion reached from a particular system of political thought . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We will place a statutory obligation on local authorities to provide a comprehensive youth service in partnership with the voluntary sector , and we will invest in leisure and recreation facilities . |
| 23 | The results of the February election provide an interesting commentary on the state of the nation after four years of Heath 's rule . |
| 24 | The full year financial results announced by the two major auction houses provide a telling demonstration of just how difficult conditions continued to be in 1992 . |
| 25 | The discount houses provide an important service to the banks by allowing them to hold extremely liquid assets ( money at call ) which nevertheless earn interest . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The Prime Minister has been pressing the Saudis to provide a pre-election boost by increasing the Al Yamamah commitment through an inter-governmental agreement . |
| 28 | In many gardens ornaments provide an essential part of the distinctive character of the place . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As well as using the grant to provide a new cafe and shop , the association is also planning to stage a new exhibition at Thiepval using the latest state-of-the-art audio-visual technology to tell the Ulstermen 's story . |