Example sentences of "[noun] is to provide a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Here the three criteria of ( *a ) explainability , ( *b ) comprehensiveness and ( *c ) positivity intertwine , as I indicate by means of the asterisks : The problem for the atheist is to provide a convincing account ( *a ) of religious experience , and with it of the entire ( *b ) religious history of mankind , which will do justice ( *c ) to its character and effects .
2 One of the aims of the ANLT is to provide a general purpose system which may be easily adapted for new tasks .
3 The purpose of a system of budgeting is to provide a reasoned framework for the financial decisions of a future period .
4 The aim is to provide a general framework in which existing experimental results can be interpreted and new experiments formulated , but which will also explain the wealth of informal , intuitive observations that any reader or conversational participant can provide .
5 The aim is to provide a two-way referral service with legal firms abroad when clients need specific advice , whether they are seeking a business partner , investing capital abroad , buying property , hiring staff or are involved in a dispute .
6 The scheme for managerial pay set out above essentially refers to the pay framework for a manager in a plc , but my aim is to provide a comparative analysis .
7 ‘ The aim is to provide a bigger market place .
8 The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular .
9 The aim is to provide a theoretical account of how people develop shared understanding , as exemplified in the process of teaching and learning .
10 Dennis Younger , chairman , said : ‘ Our aim is to provide a social platform so people can meet others who are in the same boat .
11 One of the functions of that difficult process is to provide a ritualistic framework within which people can function .
12 The idea of special education is to provide a special form of education for children who are severely mentally handicapped , as opposed to the form of education they would receive within the established system .
13 A simple extension is to provide a particular value of the tag field which does not specify a data format , and which always causes an error condition to be signalled whenever an operand is accessed with this value in the tag field .
14 Labour Party policy is to provide a general right of access to uncultivated land for walkers — a policy that specifically includes river banks and canal towpaths .
15 The Government 's strategy is to provide a criminal justice system which maintains the rule of law and creates in Northern Ireland the conditions for a fair and just administration .
16 But this question assumes that the task of stylistics is to provide a hard-and-fast technology of analysis , which is not the case .
17 A better method is to provide a special supervisor call instruction which causes a distinguishable interrupt into the supervisor to be generated .
18 The competition is to provide a better service for all — children , parents , school staff and community .
19 The primary aim of the project is to provide a critical analysis of the public sector 's role and philosophy as far as leisure is concerned .
20 The aim of the research project is to provide a detailed examination of the geographical structure of arms transfer to the Third World for the period 1970-1980 .
21 The first aim of this project is to provide a national overview of changing patterns of ordinary family culture and relationships in Britain and France , through in-depth life story interviews with members of a random sample of 100 families in each country .
22 The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive guide for smallholders ; for beginners and those with some experience , as well as for those who are just thinking about it .
23 Part of the purpose of presuppositions is to provide a coherent explanation of the whole circle of life and reality which we perceive .
24 Nevertheless , commentators have argued that the function of these legal rules is to provide a standard set of terms to govern the relationship between the shareholders and the directors , the object being to reduce the transaction costs involved in the parties negotiating a private bargain .
25 The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for practical and theoretical study in Art and Design .
26 It was once used as storage space and curator of European Glass , Ceramics and Furniture says the idea is to provide a straightforward display of things which the public would enjoy looking at .
27 The object of job evaluation is to provide a systematic approach to defining the relative worth of different jobs .
28 The object of this section is to provide a common structure for proposals from suppliers .
29 This is a relatively small garden measuring 33ft by 36ft ( 10m by 11m ) and our main task is to provide a real feeling of space and movement as well as rationalising the steep slope that drops down away from the house .
30 His task is to provide a safe atmosphere of love for the mask to be dropped .
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