Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] provide a " in BNC.

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1 The pattern of change of many of the houses built before 1700 , and the fluctuating fortunes of their owners provide a pretty good history lesson .
2 Staff have been given the effective reward of being valued through a positive acknowledgement of their competence providing a greater sense of identity and improving self-esteem .
3 One of its shafts provides a bass drone and the other the melody .
4 Symbolic interactionists were trenchant in their attack on variable analysis largely because of its failure to provide a sense of the processual and negotiated character of social life .
5 The seventeen volumes of his survey provide a remarkable survey not only of poverty but of employment and religious observance in London .
6 The 500th anniversary of his birth provides a convenient moment to consider whether he deserves wider recognition .
7 These include land designated for compulsory purchase , or allocated or defined by a development plan for any functions of a government department , local authority , statutory undertaker , or the National Coal Board , and land on which the secretary of state has given written notice of his intention to provide a trunk road or a ‘ special road ’ ( that is , a motorway ) .
8 After taking breath specimens , neither of which contained more than 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath , the only indication by the constable given to the driver of his right to provide a replacement specimen was in these words :
9 Erm so so that is possible it it actually does mention on the fourteen pen it does erm where you can surrender part of your pension to provide a a pension for your spouse or dependant after death .
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