Example sentences of "providing some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consortium responsible for looking after the women 's housing and financial affairs , as well as providing some monitoring of the quality of service , had temporarily to reduce its operations because of staff shortages . |
| 2 | Electricity demand responded ( rising only 3.7 per cent in 1952/3 compared with 8.4 per cent in the previous year and 12.4 per cent in the year before that ) , thus providing some respite in the BEA 's struggle to keep up . |
| 3 | This practice continuously compares budgeted amounts with actuals and as such is providing some measure of performance against a predetermined standard . |
| 4 | For we have already seen that there is no reason why , along with the mature elements of the superego which serve the interests of adjustment to reality , immature , primitive elements should not also become externalized in those aspects of the state which represent it as nurturing , protecting and providing some measure of wish fulfilment for the most regressive desires . |
| 5 | However , where the theoretician can help managers is in providing some framework into which they can put their observations about goals . |
| 6 | Some are obviously unavoidable but others could , providing some thought and planning was implemented , be easily overcome . |
| 7 | Finally , the chapter concludes by providing some reflections about the prospects during the decade ahead . |
| 8 | During the autumn and winter keep the compost from drying out completely , which means providing some kind of protection over the plant . |
| 9 | It is , surely , a way of giving legitimacy to what we say or do , of providing some kind of backing or security . |
| 10 | Indeed , some verbs seem to have no lexical content beyond one which is aimed at providing some kind of reservation about applicability of the adjectival property , examples being become and turn which place a temporal restriction on the adjective 's applicability ; the subordinate property only holds after the time indicated by the tense of the verb . |
| 11 | It is particularly useful in providing some boundaries and interfaces to the organisation . |
| 12 | The Orang-utan is especially welcome for stressing the conservation problems and providing some answers , for collating so much biological information on this fascinating ape ( some results expected , others not ) , and for clearly posing problems for future field and laboratory . |
| 13 | The curve illustrates costs per capita ; as more people live in the locality , there is a reduction in the share that each resident pays of the total cost incurred by providing some service level of the good in question . |
| 14 | It could be argued that the myths of Ulster protestantism and the institution of the Orange order take the place of the more centralized clerical organization of Roman catholicism in providing some element of overall religious unity among protestant loyalists . |
| 15 | We thought it might be a good idea to spend an evening aimed at providing some entertainment and some food for thought , not to mention some sustenance of more tangible nature . |
| 16 | The first is the large difference between the cost of providing some services and the amount of benefit which under the Bill would be held to be received . |
| 17 | This allows for changes of physical location without changing the index , thus providing some level of data independence . |
| 18 | What I want to , for you to do , is to pass this and for the C E C to look at providing some education specifically to the administration and the running of branches . |
| 19 | Next is a desire to maximise fixed interest rate financing thereby providing some degree of certainty as to the project 's financial cost . |
| 20 | Even large Apple Snails will not harm free-swimming fry , so Ampullaria may be used in fry tanks as scavengers , also providing some infusoria between meals . |
| 21 | This underlines the fact that in nuclear matters , as in the laws of war generally , domestic law may be very important both as a source of the law and as providing some sanctions . |
| 22 | A compromise of allowing her to reduce her scheduled hours and time of working should be offered , thus providing some income and retaining her entitlement to annual leave when it will be of personal benefit to her . |
| 23 | So you re you regard that as providing some flexibility ? |
| 24 | The major investigations of the early 1970s were all carried out with the hope of providing some suggestions for improvements to be applied in automated catalogues . |
| 25 | By exaggerating operating difficulties or temporary adverse market conditions , for instance , managers can shape board decision making , providing some leverage against the imposition of rigorous profit-maximising targets , or may attract funds for divisional growth to a greater extent than is justified by the profit potential . |
| 26 | Stones drummer Charlie Watts showed another side of his percussive skills by providing some Charlie Parker inspired be-bop with his own quintet . |
| 27 | By providing some continuity . |
| 28 | In Britain in 1986 an estimated 1.3 million carers kept dependants out of institutions , providing some £7.3 billion worth of informal care . |
| 29 | I will be providing some advice ( later on ) about how to manage some of these situations . |
| 30 | The peasant might be at the bottom of the pile , but he still had rights to own or work common land and thus the certainty of providing some food for the survival of himself and his family . |