Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to provide a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At stake are not only the interests of potential motorway users and of persons whose land might be compulsorily acquired to provide a route for the motorway ; also involved are the inhabitants of villages and towns which will be relieved of through-traffic by the motorway ; British Rail may have an interest in inhibiting the development of alternative means for the transport of goods ; improved transport and communications facilities provided by the motorway may benefit some businesses at the expense of others ; and motorways have , of course , serious environmental effects which lovers of the countryside and people who live near the proposed route will be anxious to avoid . |
| 2 | The literature on electronic publishing does not appear to provide a framework for studying the subject . |
| 3 | THERE are signs that we are beginning to acknowledge our need for community support , encouraged , ironically , by a welfare state that can no longer pretend to provide a substitute for friendship . |
| 4 | The association of local spaces can be further developed to provide a basis for the study of the motions of moving parts within a system . |
| 5 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
| 6 | A letter by King Areus of Sparta to the Jews , which would date the discovery of the family connection in the first half of the third century B.C. , was probably forged to provide a background for the authentic correspondence of the second century ( cf. 12.7 ) . |
| 7 | The incident also appeared to provide a pretext for the government to institute harsher measures against the student demonstrators . |
| 8 | Sometimes we do not even need to provide a substitute for a word or phrase which has already been said . |
| 9 | A storehouse of old things , partially cleared to provide a space for the trains . |
| 10 | But the Buid also view themselves as constituting a sort of animal ultimately destined to provide a feast for a class of spirits after death . |