Example sentences of "but [pers pn] provide [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These periodic moral flashpoints may edify or entertain , but they provide scant control over the booming business of sexual delectation . |
| 2 | But they provide real hope for the future : wind farms could help slow down global warming ( because they do n't give off any toxic emissions ) and they do n't use any of the planet 's precious resources . |
| 3 | But they provide simple correctives to the gender bias which psychology itself recognizes in its methods , and they recall a recognized minority tradition in psychological methodology . |
| 4 | Not only are these mosaics of great beauty and rich colour but they provide accurate data of the costume and appearance of Justinian 's period and illustrate the hieratic splendour of the Byzantine court . |
| 5 | Travelling by bus at night in winter could be a chilling experience , so my mother made me anklets from the fur cuffs of an old coat ; these stayed on by means of snap fasteners , and I must have looked like a poodle , but they provided considerable comfort . |
| 6 | It was Lennon 's first straight acting role and was coolly received , but it provided another vehicle for promoting his vision of a world free of war and nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals . |
| 8 | The competition was fished on the River Glem which looked uninviting , running gin clear and low , but it provided excellent match for the hard working delegates . |
| 9 | The index to the calendar is useful for those who are working on local and genealogical history , but it provides little help to those who are interested in topics of wider historical significance . |
| 10 | This is an identical result to the one just described ( Fig. 3.1 ) for the maximum bone count , but it provides additional information that there is considerable bone loss more or less evenly spread across the mammalian skeleton ( except for the phalanges and metapodials ) . |