Example sentences of "it [modal v] provide " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your local social services department should be able to advise you about help which it may provide or know about . |
| 2 | Not only does the technique have potential in the perfume industry , but it may provide clues about how we perceive smells . |
| 3 | Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment . |
| 4 | It may provide a school with a sports strip , probably indicating sponsorship by having the firm 's name on clothing , or donate some surplus machinery to a college . |
| 5 | The real difficulty about this type of individual help is that it may provide immediate relief but not necessarily the understanding to cope with the same or similar situations in the future . |
| 6 | If the same anticorrelation can be applied to the longer-term decline in the Sun 's diameter , it may provide a clue to the dearth of sunspots during the height of the Little Ice Age , 300 years ago . |
| 7 | It may provide a government , as do European parliaments , or just legislate and oversee one , as in America . |
| 8 | But in truth the need for this reform is so much greater in such times that it may provide the most appropriate occasion for it ’ ( Keynes , 1940 , p. 32 ) . |
| 9 | On the one hand , it may provide confirmation for the " hunches " or insights we have about style . |
| 10 | Alternatively , it may provide a means of translating atrocity stories from simple acts of individual testimony into public iconographies , monuments in the living museum of collective memory . |
| 11 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 12 | Although it is lower in fibre it may provide more calcium in the body . |
| 13 | However , it may provide a part of a general theory , which might relate the mode of fertilization , the kind of parental care , and the system of mating , to explain the several general types of reproductive system . |
| 14 | If similarly authorised , it may provide , by coupons attached to the warrant or otherwise , for the payment of future dividends . |
| 15 | It may provide protection for its members as with a trade union . |
| 16 | A focus upon energy flows is certainly appropriate for physical geography and Simmons ( 1978 ) has considered how it may provide a more generally applicable theme but has cautioned ( Simmons , 1978 , p. 320 ) : |
| 17 | Relatively little is known of the systematic knowledge which local peoples have of forest species and dynamics , and of the various patterns of traditional extraction and their consequences , yet it may provide vital information for those concerned with effective forestry , medicine , nutrition and plant product development . |
| 18 | More important , it may provide useful predictions . |
| 19 | Since this strategy enables the elimination of many word strings as the transition probabilities between successive words are calculated , it may provide a solution to the problem of the large number of word strings that are derived when words are hypothesized from a mid-class input . |
| 20 | The difficulty with the argument is that it may provide a rogues ' charter . |
| 21 | It should provide quick reference on the important events and trends , including motive power , traffic , vehicles and safety , in the eighties . |
| 22 | Little thought has gone into what kind of service it should provide . |
| 23 | It should provide the basis for costing alternative courses of action so that the resource implications of decisions can be assessed . |
| 24 | However , the unit is intended for use out-of-doors when it should provide ‘ hum-free ’ operation . |
| 25 | If the family wants complete peace of mind , it should provide Customs with all the facts once the new activity has started and ask for a written ruling . |
| 26 | It should provide : |
| 27 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 28 | It should provide a place where children can meet and talk with adults who live in and serve the local community — the fireman , the nurse , the secretary , the shopkeeper , the police officer , the craftsman and craftswoman . |
| 29 | The last is particularly important as it should provide good long term revenue prospects . |
| 30 | A CCETSW spokesman said : ‘ Now we have our kitemark , it should provide a guide . |