Example sentences of "[noun sg] can provide a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The association can provide a list of test laboratories . |
| 2 | Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking and will make a favourable impression at an interview . |
| 3 | Family , friends and colleagues at work can provide a buffer against some of the stressful effects of change . |
| 4 | ‘ BR is a relatively efficient railway , ’ public transport minister Roger Freeman told ACCOUNTANCY , ‘ but where the private sector can provide a service , it will be more responsive to the needs and demands of customers . |
| 5 | The Pension Loan takes advantage of the fact that your pension plan can provide a cash lump sum at retirement ( as well as a regular income ) . |
| 6 | ( The Director can provide a copy of the response on request ) . |
| 7 | The group can provide an opportunity for socialization , and for sharing problems and feelings with others who might be experiencing similar difficulties . |
| 8 | Two minutes of video can provide an hour of classroom work , or it can be used to introduce a change of activity for five minutes . |
| 9 | The same letter informs them that the Official Custodian can provide a leaflet giving a list of common investment funds . |
| 10 | For species that can not afford to spend million of years perfecting their architectural designs , RANDOM ACCESS can provide a range of CAD systems which certainly add creativity as well as speed to the design process . |
| 11 | School librarians can help their users to prepare for the complexities of the future and using viewdata in the school library can provide an introduction to the concepts of organization and interrogation of information which will play a part in the future working and domestic lives of today 's pupils . |
| 12 | Now that the EC Second Banking Coordination Directive is in force ( from 1 January 1993 ) , EC credit institutions which are authorised in their home state can provide a range of banking and investment services in all other member states on the basis of that authorisation . |
| 13 | Helping disabled people to ensure an integrated role for disability arts and culture in the nation 's repertoire of cultural life can provide an opportunity to challenge narrow thinking , elitism and dependency on others . |
| 14 | This example draws on the ideas of the New Industrial Economics of Chapter 10 to show how strategic international competition can provide a rationale for strategic industrial policy . |
| 15 | Some changes in land-use can provide a sink for carbon — for example , when farmland is allowed to reforest or when afforestation programmes are pursued . |
| 16 | If you have a piano in the Home and a pianist , music can provide a chance for a sing-song — so do popular records . |
| 17 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 18 | A vidicon TV camera can provide an input to such systems , and the image from the TV camera is stored in a memory bank just as if it had been read from a disc file ( as would be the case with a remotely-sensed image ( Chapter 5 ) ) . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the figures do illuminate the extent to which employment can provide a frame of reference for thinking about what to teach . |
| 20 | Few nowadays hold to the ‘ medical ’ or ‘ treatment ’ models of punishment , or claim that science can provide a cure for all criminality . |
| 21 | An exclusion clause in a contract of sale can provide a defence only to the seller and only against a claim by the person to whom he sold . |
| 22 | For schools looking to develop a whole-school approach this diagram can provide a starting point for each department to articulate its position and , from these deliberations , find and build common bridges across subject departments to meet individual needs . |
| 23 | Perhaps the old Templar chapel can provide an answer . ’ |
| 24 | working towards a certificate can provide a structure for an exchange visit or work experience programme |
| 25 | Alternatively the Board can provide an invigilator , at the request of the tutor , in which case the date of the examination will need to be confirmed by the Foundation Test Secretary . |
| 26 | This source can provide an approximation of the number of firms in Britain but can not allow a differentiation of firms according to their standing in the senior recruitment market . |