Example sentences of "may provide [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The counsellors may provide displaced executives with ‘ mini-offices ’ — their own office space and secretarial back-up that can be used on a daily basis . |
2 | Computers for use in both areas ( such as the IBM 370 range ) may provide two sets of instructions : a one address set for word operands ( using an accumulator ) , and a two-address set for character string operands . |
3 | Another possible explanation is that , while time limits may provide one standard of excellence , the attention which they focus on the speed of work diverts attention from the possibility of doing work which is creative or innovative , thereby reducing achievement incentive . |
4 | Snobbery may provide one answer : in his supposed solidarity with his own kind , he may not have wished to suggest that a tenant farmer could prove more generous of spirit than the laird . |
5 | Kin already established in the countries of immigration or in the city may provide all kinds of assistance to related newcomers , whether in terms of accommodation , short-term financial loans or in finding work . |
6 | More important , it may provide useful predictions . |
7 | While this indicates that the language young children hear may provide useful input for learning the rules of grammar , it does not , of itself , rule out the need for an innate ability to process speech sounds ( Gleitman and Wanner 1982 ) . |
8 | ‘ Odd ’ statistics may provide useful clues . |
9 | There is thus no evidence to suggest that definition expansion may provide useful information when applied selectively to highly distinctive words . |
10 | 1982 ) , these measures reflect the potential rate of genetic change and may provide little indication of actual rates of change in established populations . |
11 | Two two three , the new highway schemes may provide major development opportunities and for the two thousand and six town plan , the county will allocate sites which could benefit from new road access . |
12 | But cluster sampling does have value when distance may provide real obstacles to conducting enquiries . |
13 | This may provide calmer sailing but is it worth the trouble ? |
14 | For patients who are bleeding acutely technetium-labelled red cell isotope scans or technetium-labelled sulphur colloid scans may provide additional information but when the rate of bleeding is slow , as in most patients with iron deficiency anaemia , these investigations are not helpful . |
15 | A domain-specific dictionary may provide good performance within its own particular domain , but outside this its performance is brittle and inflexible . |
16 | For viewers of video the location of a scene may provide many clues as to the content of an interaction , for example a shop . |
17 | The rhenium-osmium system may provide new constraints on the relative importance of plume and sub-continental lithospheric mantle ( SCLM ) in basalt genesis : samples of SCLM brought to the surface as xenoliths commonly have low 187 Os/ 188 Os ratios , whereas ocean-island basalts tend to have higher than chondritic 187 Os/ 188 Os , and old continental crust has even higher ( more radiogenic ) ratios . |
18 | Individual circumstances differ but corporate ownership of major capital assets may provide worthwhile advantages . |
19 | If a school can tailor its in-house courses and make them relevant to the needs of the whole school staff , then the dynamics of that collective and shared experience may provide greater rewards . |
20 | They only occupy 2% of the total agricultural area however , and a large number of them are part-time or retirement farms and constitute no great economic problem whilst many , particularly in southern France , are quite intensive and may provide reasonable family incomes . |
21 | Those moving from rented property who choose to buy property in the new location , receive : the cost of moving to the new area ; a disturbance allowance of one month 's salary plus £150 ; legal and any other fees and the company may provide financial assistance in the form of temporary mortgage facilities . |
22 | Families in the rural areas or in the countries of emigration may provide financial assistance for some of their unmarried males to travel many hundreds of miles to seek employment . |
23 | A long term sickness benefit scheme may provide financial assistance to employees who are absent through injury/sickness for periods in excess of 26 weeks . |
24 | If they support the work they may provide financial help towards the cost . |
25 | And they may provide financial help towards the cost of an increased mortgage resulting from a move from an area of low cost housing to one where prices are considerably higher . |
26 | Third parties may provide technical advice but the responsibility must stay with the user . |
27 | Excess mortgage allowance schemes which have the approval of the Inspector of Taxes may provide tax-free payments to employees under the Inland Revenue 's Statement of Practice ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
28 | Labour-only sub-contractors supply their labour and , in addition , may provide small tools and plant , but they will not be responsible for the provision of materials . |
29 | If such schemes can successfully be developed they may provide future services better suited to the needs of the elderly at lower costs than the continued use of social and health services on current levels . |
30 | MAS 's performance at this stage and at subsequent meetings represents an opportunity to raise the profile of MAS which , if we impress sufficiently , may provide future work for MAS and KPMG in general . |