Example sentences of "provided the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | It could perhaps be said that Miss Cotrubas came truly into her own with the operatic excerpts that provided the second half of her programme . |
2 | Its sound provided the first syllable of Poirot 's name ‘ poir ’ , and for the second one need look no further than the French word ‘ perdreau ’ , meaning ‘ a young partridge ’ . |
3 | MacCulloch ( 1819 ) , and later , Murchison and Geikie ( 1861 ) , provided the first accounts of the geology of Lewis and Harris and the other islands which constitute the north east-south west chain of islands called the Outer Hebrides , which lies some 70 km west of the northern Scottish mainland . |
4 | A report by a Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food provided the first official acknowledgment that lead fall-out from cars contributed significantly to the lead content of food . |
5 | Nevertheless physicists have known about these effects for a long time ; indeed , measurements of splitting using radio frequency techniques ( with correspondingly low-energy photons ) provided the first direct evidence of non-spherical nuclei . |
6 | Dr. Macilwain , who moved to the area in the early 1950s , provided the first surgery at the end of Park Street . |
7 | The second point of considerable interest is that this court case provided the first occasion anywhere in the world where a sign language interpreter was appointed by a court to assist in the questioning of , and providing answers from , a deaf person . |
8 | One of the numerous tradesmen 's debating clubs of market-town life , the White Hart Evening Club , provided the first forum for what became an increasingly devastating critique of the corruption of English government , and Paine was the most frequent recipient of the Headstrong Book , given to the most obstinate debater at each meeting . |
9 | Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children . |
10 | For 1993 , however , Marconi Marine , of Chelmsford , provided the first satellite communications terminal ever used on Everest . |
11 | The private view of the inaugural exhibition in the new Arts Centre provided the first event of their calendar for 1992 . |
12 | Although British Aerospace , with France 's Matra , provided the first batch of Eutelsat communications satellites , the second round was awarded to an Aerospatiale/Alcatel Thomson Espace/MBB consortium , with the British GEC in a modest supporting role . |
13 | Unfortunately , as Kummer knew , p = 23 provided the first instance ( of infinitely many ) of the failure of unique factorisation . |
14 | But for many of the poor , CAP provided the first opportunity to participate in decisions which vitally affected their lives . |
15 | Mrs Baggley 's evidence provided the first unshakeable facts about Paul 's whereabouts after he had left his home on the evening of his murder . |
16 | Plastic pipe can be used for hot and cold supplies and for central heating systems — provided the first length of pipe connected to the boiler is copper . |
17 | The highly charged atmosphere created by the boycott and the Bensonhurst trial provided the first severe test for the city 's first black mayor , David Dinkins . |
18 | The tour provided the first opportunity for many years for people to call openly for the restoration of human rights , legalization of political parties and the scrapping of the Tinkhundla ( chieftancy ) system [ see p. 38048 ] . |
19 | LiPuma et al provided the first evidence that person-to-person transmission may occur . |
20 | Aideen Rodgers , the baby of the Irish team , provided the first point while Irish champion Eavan Higgins came up with half a point , finishing all square with Scottish No 1 Catriona Lambert in the top match and Eileen-Rose Power finished birdie , birdie par to win her match by one hole . |
21 | Threadgill led Middlesbrough and Cleveland to team victory , following on from the junior boys team success , when the club provided the first four runners home , spearheaded by Alan Aitchison . |
22 | Provided the third parties accept this ( through ratification of the Protocol ) there is no reason not to accept this device . |
23 | ‘ So , provided the next urine test is OK , I see no reason why she ca n't be discharged as well , ’ said Lindsey . |
24 | The Scottish heat provided the next three places in Dave Walker and Sheila Adamson of Edinburgh , Angela Forsyth and Ian Crorie ( Stirling and Edinburgh ) and Jill Arthur and James Forbes ( Dunblane ) . |