Example sentences of "would provide a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This in conjunction with previous research would provide a continuous monitoring of the industry from the early sixties .
2 The book and cassette together would provide a good home refresher course but could be used equally well during a day or evening class revision course .
3 If we could observe them , it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe .
4 If A had an honest doubt whether there was a contract at all between B and C it has been held that this would provide a good defence but if the doubt is whether A 's rights or C's under two inconsistent agreements should prevail and A chooses to adopt a course which on one view of the law will undoubtedly interfere with C 's rights , it has been said that he must at least show that he was advised and honestly believed that he was entitled to take that course .
5 One of these areas was an arable field that had been rolled flat , and I felt that this would provide a good opportunity to experiment with the machine 's settings .
6 She had seen a leaflet about the YCs and thought that this would provide a good way of getting to know people .
7 The Shah suggested , and the White House agreed , that the visit would provide a good chance for Carter to talk to King Hussein , whom both men wanted to encourage into the Israeli-Egyptian peace process .
8 It is suggested that the Commissioner would provide a good model for the establishment of similar posts in other areas of dispute .
9 If CBOs can be developed as a market , junk bondsters hope that it would provide a new source of demand .
10 Muggeridge had been percipient in recognizing that the monarchy would increasingly have to live in a goldfish bowl and that would provide a new challenge for the image-makers .
11 For example , if only 10 per cent of crime is recorded in the statistics , but this nevertheless accurately reflects the full range of crime and criminals , then the statistics would provide a representative sample .
12 The advertisement was particularly ironic , inasmuch as in the nineteenth century the public library movement was undoubtedly supported by many reformers in the expectation that libraries would provide a healthy alternative to drunkenness among the working class .
13 His plan for social insurance envisaged a single weekly flat-rate contribution which would provide a comprehensive system of social insurance ‘ from the cradle to the grave ’ , including unemployment benefit , sickness benefit , disability benefit , workmen 's compensation , old age , widows ' and orphans ' pensions and benefits , funeral grants and maternity benefit .
14 However , it appeared that the other proposals would provide a comprehensive framework for accounting for shares , debts and the costs relating thereto , and so there seemed no need to proceed with this proposal .
15 Each funded several different but related enquiries which together would provide a comprehensive review of contemporary child care .
16 They assumed he would provide a technical input but underestimated the degree of creative guidance he would proffer .
17 But no minister should suppose that this would provide a painless solution , for the government would have to raise its own taxes dramatically .
18 As Oates ( 1979a ) notes , in Fig. 11–1 , if and were close , then would provide a close approximation .
19 The dating of an artefact to the span of a single generation would be to a degree of accuracy which would provide a powerful tool for the study of Anglo-Saxon society .
20 Their approach was to run a business similar to a small City firm of solicitors , maintaining close relationships with a few senior people for whom they would provide a personal service and gain good repeat business .
21 Project B remits larger cash inflows spread over a five-year period as opposed to the three years of cash inflows from Project A. Discounted cash flows would provide a rational basis for comparing these two projects on an equitable basis .
22 Hatta , as Vice-president , announced the KNIP would provide a Working Committee to ‘ share responsibility for the fate of the Indonesian people ’ .
23 Readers sometimes imagine that the various tanks in our office would provide a fascinating array of exotic fish and equipment .
24 At present the parochial church council are awaiting the result of a planning application to install a Portakabin , which would provide a temporary home for the youngsters , as well as creche facilities .
25 The Government was unwilling to spend money on taking over the house , but for a long time courted various businessmen in the hope that they would provide a major part of the funds .
26 Bush further justified ‘ Operation Just Cause ’ ( the Bush euphemism for the invasion ) with claims that overthrowing Noriega would provide a major victory in the war on drugs .
27 Ken Murray , chairman of Aberdeen Enterprise Trust and of the fund , said yesterday that Mr Salvesen 's substantial personal commitment would provide a major boost to small and medium-sized businesses in the area .
28 The investigations by social anthropologists of the conventions of other societies for detaching utterances from their immediate context would provide a useful model for such an inquiry .
29 The members had set down seven proposals which would provide a useful starting point for the task force .
30 If , as one can hope , this pottery still exists in the Verulamium Museum , it would provide a useful study of the types in use here at this period and the very quantity might offer the possibility of useful statistical analysis .
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