Example sentences of "provide a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone agreed that the loss of eyesight was a consequence of the animals taking up residence in an environment with no light , but the Lamarckians argued that the inherited effects of disuse provided a better explanation of the process than natural selection . |
| 2 | Initially , the steel toecaps of industrial boots provided a good way of savaging your opponent . |
| 3 | In the old large hospitals it was sometimes difficult to detect the strong mutual , informal relationships which developed amongst patients and provided a good deal of support , and , unfortunately , often little account was taken of these relationships when patients were moved from the hospitals into the community . |
| 4 | Such publications must be treated critically ; Namier provided a good example of the deflation of a quasi-official authoritativeness in his review of the Survey of International Affairs , 1938 published by the authoritative Royal Institute of International Affairs ( Chatham House ) . |
| 5 | Education provided a good example of the accommodation feminists had to make in regard to scientific theories of sexual difference and the ambivalence many of them felt about the whole issue . |
| 6 | Comparisons of species represented in pitfall traps and artificial traps show that the former provide a better sample of small mammals in an area . |
| 7 | On the contrary , he maintains that such a study might well lead to the extension of one 's regard for one 's own religion to other religions , and at the same time , provide a better understanding of one 's own faith . |
| 8 | In addition to descriptive data , which provides greater clarity on how to differentiate among families experiencing a variety of types of abuse when providing the treatment , the studies also provide a better understanding of how to deliver such services to both the adults and the children who have suffered . |
| 9 | The general application of such an assay will probably in itself provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of AIDS . |
| 10 | It is therefore possible that measurements of hepatic venous pressure gradient provide a better estimate of the degree of architectural distortion in acute liver failure than morphometric analysis of liver biopsies . |
| 11 | Even if an NHS trust can be demonstrated to be in the interests of patients to reduce waiting lists and provide a better quality of service , they would reject it because they put politics before patients . |
| 12 | Paramo 's Nevada jacket and Prima trousers provide a good way of beating the rain . |
| 13 | Alnair and Al Dhanab provide a good case of colour contrast . |
| 14 | I try and provide a good selection of music , and sometimes do my own calling . |
| 15 | Not all types of tree provide a good pattern of tree rings , however . |
| 16 | Constructive dismissal cases ( examined in Chapter 15 ) provide a good example of situations in which it is vital to have evidence of conduct on your employer 's part which you find objectionable . |
| 17 | The scheme was not adopted and the results of the feasibility study provide a good example of some of the difficulties that the state has faced in attempting to change the pattern of welfare . |
| 18 | Castes also provide a good example of the process described by Weber as ‘ social closure ’ . |
| 19 | The personal social services provide a good example of a transfer of responsibility for provision from the state to the commercial , voluntary and informal sectors . |
| 20 | The vagaries of currency exchange rates provide a good example of interdependence — given the tendency for changes in value of the American dollar or the German mark to provoke a sterling crisis in Great Britain . |
| 21 | This concentration on long-term mortgage lending means that societies provide a good illustration of the degree of maturity transformation that is possible . |
| 22 | Women 's hairstyles were copied so rapidly that , for the modern historian , they provide a good indication of the date of a portrait . |
| 23 | The very high quality of the data in terms of capacity to provide a good sample of everyday language is of course the major advantage of a participant observation method . |
| 24 | Is it really feasible that at the sort of level that 's being talked about , be it your level or the level being put forward by some of the objectors to the structure plan , the new settlement could actually hope to provide a good level of comparison shopping , for example ? |
| 25 | They are a development of the system of weirs and flash locks where a stretch of water was impounded to provide a good depth of water to flush or ‘ flash ’ a boat along its way . |
| 26 | This is because a major aim of public sector housing policy has been to provide a good standard of accommodation usually for the less well-to-do who can not or do not wish to buy their own homes . |
| 27 | The consequence was that many authorities were too small and too poor financially to provide a good standard of service , to employ the requisite staff and provide the necessary specialized units . |
| 28 | Sometimes the photographers will organise this for you , but if there are a large number of photographs to take then you should consider using a specialist photographic accessoriser whose job it is to provide a good selection of suitable props from which you and the photographer can choose on the spot . |
| 29 | English , as distinct from British , culture seems to provide a good example of such a tendency ; it is a culture largely undisturbed by invasion or revolution , difficult for foreigners to plumb , subtle and rich in social allusion at every level . |
| 30 | Thus , open tipped tubes and intraluminal solid state pressure transducers appear to provide a good estimate of the amount and characteristics of contractile activity . |