Example sentences of "it provide a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But Nagel himself is content to take for granted that other creatures do have experiences , and he does not require of an objective phenomenology that it provide a philosophical proof of this presupposition . |
2 | It provided a genuine incentive for the worker to intensify his labour and thus raise his productivity , a guarantee against slacking , an automatic device for reducing the wage-bill in times of depression , as well as a convenient method — by the cutting of piece-rates — to reduce labour costs and to prevent wages from rising higher than was thought necessary or proper . |
3 | Up to this point the only political significance of racism had been that it provided a divided work force for employers . |
4 | The transitive verb meant ‘ to make suitable ’ and when translated into human terms this indicated a solution to a number of perceived difficulties in the juvenile labour-market : at the very least it offered a safeguard against redundancy through technological change ; it provided a necessary companion for ‘ intelligence ’ , one of the qualities demanded by ‘ modern ’ industrial conditions ; and it seemed to imply a degree of social contentment , integration , and stability , which were important , if only in so far as they could serve as protection against the ravages of unemployment and , in extreme cases , unemployability . |
5 | In a way , he was able to vent his frustrations in his boxing and his sport became like a cathartic experience ; it provided a perfect outlet for his aggression . |
6 | Although requiring constant attention to water management , it provided a geographical base for the infant kingdom superior to that offered by the bleak , intermontane valleys inland , across the high limestone ranges of the Velebit mountains . |
7 | I believe it provided a turning point . |
8 | Few communities adopted it in toto , but it provided a useful source of material , even if those responsible for it fell into the common trap of producing texts which were not necessarily Appropriate for musical setting . |
9 | It provided a new slant on his character . |
10 | Lasswells model was speedily recognised to be flawed — it assumed that the communicator had the intention of influencing the receiver and made no allowance for a feedback element in the communication process — but it provided a new method for the study of communication and was the stimulus for further analysis . |
11 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
12 | This discovery gave fresh impetus to research aimed at developing new drugs which , like aspirin , would relieve pain and control inflammation , and also it provided a new basis for testing candidate compounds . |
13 | However , the Law Commission recommend the retention of strict liability for this type of harm on the ground that it provided a simple method of allocating liability for what were usually comparatively small damages . |
14 | But at least it provided a possible explanation for the delay in charging Sykes . |
15 | Uniformitarianism triumphed because it provided a general theory that was at once logical and seemingly " scientific " . |
16 | It provided a subtle bridge to the promised land of successful survival : not overtly trumpeting the triumphant rebirth of conspicuous consumption , but nevertheless easing in an almost unconscious separation from raging youth . |
17 | The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme . |
18 | It led to a vast improvement for everybody in Baldersdale because it provided a regular income . |
19 | Perhaps the most important document on higher education in the postwar period , it provided a detailed blueprint for the development of higher education into the early 1980s . |
20 | Peter thought it best to start with the diary because it provided a chronological framework . |
21 | Adorno , says Susan Buck-Morss , argued that " aesthetic experience was in fact the more adequate form of cognition because in it subject and object , idea and nature , reason and sensual experience were interrelated without either pole getting the upper hand in short , it provided a structural model for " dialectical " , " materialist " cognition " . |
22 | Secondly , it provided a common vocabulary for describing a variety of complex systems . |
23 | It was the longest operational tour flown by RAAF aircrews but it served as a classroom as it provided a huge fount of experience amongst crews that , in effect , provided a base for future RAAF units operating in South East Asia in the 1960 and 1970s . |
24 | It provided a discordant note , for example , in the Pop Art exhibition organised by Norman Rosenthal for the Royal Academy and widely seen in other countries . |
25 | It provided a fitting accompaniment to the voice of the headmaster . |
26 | It provided a national minimum , not an allocation of relief on the basis of need . |
27 | It was an historic statute since for the first time it provided a statutory power for the banning of marches and processions of protest and demonstration . |
28 | For others it provided a safe environment in which they could recognise the insecurities that were messing up their lives . |
29 | For it provided a continuing source of private regulation — and the political will for further coercive measures — in an area where government remained cautious about direct involvement . |
30 | The aim of the meeting it to provide a wide awareness of the problems industry faces and to illustrate how these can be dealt with positively . |