Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [modal v] provide [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reclamation of the foreshore to seaward of the Imperial Dock was extended to the Eastern Breakwater to complete a scheme which had been in progress for several years and which would provide additional space for industry . |
| 2 | It was a greenfield site which allowed R.S. to construct buildings which suited its commercial needs exactly and which would provide excellent facilities for staff ; |
| 3 | A gaudy earring on one ear can help the effect and you can provide two pistols and a bag for booty . |
| 4 | We must have properly trained staff and we must provide some incentive for the prisoners themselves . |
| 5 | And they may provide financial help towards the cost of an increased mortgage resulting from a move from an area of low cost housing to one where prices are considerably higher . |
| 6 | The bones are still exposed at the time of writing this ( November , 1988 ) and they should provide additional data as time progresses . |
| 7 | Hospitals and financial services organisations are ones in which trust lies at the heart of the relationship and they will provide rich ground for exploring a variety of trusting relationships and testing out practical ideas about how trust is developed , maintained and improved . |
| 8 | Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment . |
| 9 | And it will provide medical equipment to care for the 120 children there . |
| 10 | Our silence offers God an opportunity to speak to the soul and it can provide blessed relief from over-activity and the torrent of speech and song with which we assail both his ears and our own . |
| 11 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 12 | You must provide your manager with a self — or a medical certificate , depending on your illness for the first 7 days you are off but you must provide medical evidence if you are ill for longer than this . |
| 13 | It is easy for the Liberal Democrats to do a demolition job on the way that the economy has been managed and the way in which unemployment has crept up , but we must provide some analysis of remedial and positive measures to tackle the problem . |
| 14 | No books or videos are likely to be totally adequate to prepare one , for example , for the first day at ‘ big ’ school , but they may provide some insights and ‘ structures ’ so that the experience is not overwhelming . |
| 15 | The researcher could not draw any generally valid or reliable conclusions from such discussions , but they should provide useful guidelines as to what areas should be followed up in the main enquiry . |
| 16 | If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there . |
| 17 | Not only will the material have uses in banks , prisons , security vehicles etc , but it could provide unbreakable windows for ordinary cars to prevent break-ins without increasing the weight of the car . |