Example sentences of "it [modal v] provide [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 More important , it may provide useful predictions .
2 The real difficulty about this type of individual help is that it may provide immediate relief but not necessarily the understanding to cope with the same or similar situations in the future .
3 Although it is lower in fibre it may provide more calcium in the body .
4 Clearly such use has its attractions : it is quite similar to the original use , and it may provide local employment .
5 Relatively little is known of the systematic knowledge which local peoples have of forest species and dynamics , and of the various patterns of traditional extraction and their consequences , yet it may provide vital information for those concerned with effective forestry , medicine , nutrition and plant product development .
6 The fundamental design concept of a microcomputer is that it should provide real computing power to tackle the same kinds of task that larger computers handle but in a machine which is almost as easy to use as a calculator and typewriter .
7 It should provide clear principles , but it does not remove the need for individual judgement , ’ he said .
8 Based on detailed interviews with unemployed people who have attended courses , it should provide valuable information about the effectiveness ( or otherwise ) of the provision and the extent to which the liberal model , the social purpose model and/or the socialist community action model are implemented in practice .
9 It should provide quick reference on the important events and trends , including motive power , traffic , vehicles and safety , in the eighties .
10 Although it was being carried out at Winnington , home of ICI 's Alkali Division , it was being sponsored in part by the company 's dyestuffs interests , in the hope that it might provide new routes to organic chemicals used as intermediates .
11 If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there .
12 It could provide additional security against France and underwrite the Dreikaiserbund ( the latest form of the Holy Alliance ) .
13 This is seen as using RDS as a data channel of very limited capacity in conjunction with a speech synthesis chip or possibly some form of printer in the car ( it could provide automatic translation when travelling abroad ) as a means of sending ‘ traffic telegrams ’ to cars without interrupting the radio programmes .
14 Not only will the material have uses in banks , prisons , security vehicles etc , but it could provide unbreakable windows for ordinary cars to prevent break-ins without increasing the weight of the car .
15 This potential demand is estimated to be of the order of 600,000 , and if it becomes clear that the housing market has bottomed out and house prices are rising once more , it could provide significant support to the housing market .
16 He maintains that it would provide greater certainty for economic agents as to the governments likely policy reasons ; the government could establish/maintain a reputation for consistency and commitment .
17 DEC also said it would provide R4000-based daughter cards to upgrade existing R3000 DECstations and DECsystems , but would give no indication as to whether it would proceed with MIPS beyond the R4000 , or concentrate on Alpha .
18 It would provide better value for both the taxpayer and the passenger .
19 Since the swells were still partially coming over the reef and the wind holding at 15–20 knots , we also set the CQR down once again and streamed out 120ft ( 36m ) of ⅜″ chain : at least it would provide additional weight on the bottom , and should we drag we would hear the chain scraping over the rocks .
20 Does he accept that one of the reasons for the United Kingdom 's continued possession of a strategic deterrent was the fact that it would provide another centre of power , and thus create disequilibrium in the mind of a potential foe ?
21 Furthermore , the association of low γ Os with low Nd in mantle xenoliths seems to be a unique isotopic signature ; if this signature were found in basalts , it would provide compelling evidence that SCLM was involved in their genesis .
22 Onsite says it will provide localised versions of Onsite System V.4.2 in German , English and French .
23 It will provide updated device drivers for the next release of Windows For Workgroups .
24 It will provide spacious accommodation for the journey home and spare you the expense of my fare . ’
25 It will provide little help to many Tories , particularly in London , who will be fighting local elections next May .
26 It will provide useful information for both the academic community and for practitioners about the role that governments play , or might play , in improving industrial performance .
27 ‘ We have inspected the course and are convinced that it will provide outstanding racing for thousands along the route and millions watching on television . ’
28 Netwise says that it will provide future migration support to DCE as well as a new product , scheduled for announcement next quarter , to provide interoperability between ONC and DCE applications .
29 It will provide practical advice on preparing press statements and successful TV and radio interview techniques .
30 It will provide harmless fun for millions and give valuable funding to the Arts and sports .
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