Example sentences of "[modal v] provide [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , since ants , like other insects , have a variety of these illuminated chemical communicators , each meaning different things , their highways — especially within their nests — must provide them with a variety of ‘ colour-pattern ’ coding and meaningful messages .
2 If you are weekly tenant your landlord must provide you with a rent book otherwise he/she may be guilty of a criminal offence .
3 You should provide them with a list of topics of general interest and also a list of any specific cases in which the firm is involved .
4 Instead we should provide them with the means of taking charge of their own lives ; then — if and when they are ready — help them to understand their payoffs and hidden agendas , so that they can choose to stop playing this destructive game .
5 Do n't worry if at first you are hard-pressed for inspiration , as looking through old books of sampler designs , needlework and embroidery books should provide you with a wealth of ideas .
6 In any case the education authority should provide you with an indemnity form for each student on Work Experience .
7 This should provide you with the incentive to train harder and achieve even more .
8 ‘ You are quite sure that he said nothing to you which might provide us with a clue to the killer ? ’
9 If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back .
10 I said I wish I could provide you with a bed , I ca n't .
11 By Hilary Applegate IF YOUR garden suffers from slow-draining surface water , slow plant growth or shallow rooting , it could pay dividends to find out whether a soil profile could provide you with a diagnosis .
12 If so , a Raleigh International overseas expedition could provide you with the opportunity of a lifetime .
13 The panel that he envisaged would be made up of their representatives and would provide them with a forum to air concerns .
14 At this time when women could not hold property after they married , typically daughters were left trust funds which would provide them with an income , while sons received land , property and liquid assets ( Davidoff and Hall , 1987 , pp. 205–7 ) .
15 Whilst an exclusion clause in the manufacturer 's contract of sale could provide the manufacturer with a good defence to a claim by the wholesaler , it would provide him with no defence to a claim in negligence by the consumer .
16 But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese .
17 Well aware of English fears , Napoleon III decided that a joint Anglo-French approach to the problems of the Near East would be popular in Britain and would provide him with the lever he sought to hoist France into place in the European system .
18 Hopefully , they would provide him with the opportunity to make contact with the pilot Vologsky .
19 At best it would provide him with the opportunity to strike elsewhere while my back was turned , and at worst — and he 'd see it plain enough — with an excuse to raise the whole royal power against me .
20 If the hon. Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) had any confidence that he would be in government , he would know that the Bill would provide him with the power to decide when to establish the council .
21 His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years .
22 They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm .
23 I should be grateful if you would provide me with a list of your professional advisers as soon as possible .
24 I am writing to you now to ask if you would provide me with a list of your affiliated clubs .
25 I started by assembling a collection of objects that would provide me with the type of image I had in mind .
26 And if a developer could not immediately secure rent from premises it builds at the dock , the Private Finance Initiative would provide it in the short-term , until the property market improves .
27 I think if we had a if we if we tried , as you say , labelled the leads and tried to keep the leads together with the video recorders and perhaps stick a think on the video recorder saying which leads belong to this particular thing then the problem would be 'cos this would provide you with a checklist whenever you lent it out as to whether it was coming back , or provide the leads in other words
28 We were given crêpe paper to make hats , lanterns and crackers , and Mrs Archer would provide us with a sweet or a nut to put in the cracker .
29 The small producer will be drawn into a socialised enterprise , not by means of non-economic coercion , but chiefly by the economic advantages which will provide him with a tractor , electric light bulbs , agricultural machinery and so on .
30 Reliving the experience ( even if only in his imagination ) will still take away his feelings of foolishness and will provide him with a reason for his phobia .
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