Example sentences of "[conj] provide a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |
| 2 | More often it will be to establish some intermediate way point in the development path of a system ; in order to carry out a review , for example , or to provide a frozen issue for prototype system testing . |
| 3 | The choices facing the administration were to acquiesce in Soviet domination of Korea , to provide aid for south Korea without assuming excessive commitments , or to provide a full guarantee of defence and support for south Korea . |
| 4 | The government does not encourage investment in industry , even in training the workforce or providing a long-term investment bank . |
| 5 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 6 | You had an anonymous female voice , which I assume belonged to Brenda Kelly , the producer , occasionally asking a question or providing a short commentary , but usually the people who appeared on the programme spoke for themselves , to camera , about their music . |
| 7 | In most cases it is also useful to develop a statement of the primary task of the enterprise , based on a neutral assessment of what is actually happening or is being achieved ( such as making motor cars , or providing a specified service and so on ) . |
| 8 | The advent of more examples of non-medical clinical directors may well reduce this concern , as will the development of specific service contracts where each group will have committed to buying or providing an agreed package of care and support . |
| 9 | Griffith-Boscawen introduced in 1912 a Bill to make improvement grants for rural housing , a proposal that provided a Unionist response to Lloyd George 's Land Campaign . |
| 10 | I was watching from a deck chair by the pool of my health club , on the top floor of a highrise that provided a panoramic view of all Paris . |
| 11 | The interests that provided a consistent source of inspiration throughout his career , botany and oriental art , developed while he was still at the School of Design . |
| 12 | But Aberdeen 's persistence was eventually rewarded with Paatelainen 's golden strike that provided a welcome victory . |
| 13 | Rank , however , seems to have been taken unawares by a move that provided a disastrous demonstration of how ineffective he was in protecting the interests of the American companies . |
| 14 | General courses have so far been defined in mainly negative terms , as ones which are neither geared to a specific external profession or occupation nor provide a specialized preparation for postgraduate research and , implicitly , an academic career . |
| 15 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 16 | John Major will need to do more than provide a discreet crossing from worthy words to anti-social acts . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It replaces arms that provide a simple resistance ratio , with much advantage . |
| 20 | Technology that can liberate the handicapped Paul Bray on the range of keyboard devices that provide a new lease of life |
| 21 | Tests to determine drug concentrations are expensive and take time , but cheap , rapid screening tests are now available that provide a qualitative answer within one hour — for example , by fluorescence immunoassay on a urine sample . |
| 22 | What is interesting for our purposes , however , is to highlight those factors that provide a common thread within this body of work and which serves to identify the writers as working within a tradition of liberalism . |
| 23 | The human eye , which is but an extension of the fingertips , enjoys travelling not only along a line but also between two that provide an open roadway . |
| 24 | Such a definition tries to indicate an approach , an attitude , rather than provide a litmus-paper test . |
| 25 | Rather than providing a rounded history of the revolution , historians with libertarian sympathies have concentrated on various specific themes in the revolution . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Initial experiments by Heather Reed , an ex-PhD student funded by MAFF , showed that providing a single nest site for a group of four birds was insufficient . |
| 28 | Capital expenditure creates an asset that provides a lasting benefit such as a school or a house . |
| 29 | WWF are pleased to announce a Membership Scheme that provides a wide range of benefits designed for teachers by teachers . |
| 30 | Far from overruling the TAC 's views , these much smaller committees are concerned to work closely with a committee that provides a broad base for their own more limited discussions . |