Example sentences of "has provided a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 By the 11th Summerchild has given the new formation a temporary designation , which will prove to be permanent , and has provided a wealth of possible addresses , colleagues and procedures .
2 But the last week or so has provided a couple of classics , little exchanges that appear to have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with ego , bitterness and vendetta .
3 God has brought them to himself , and in the shed blood has provided a way for them to live and walk with him .
4 The difference between these nodes is the degree to which the reader thinks the author has provided a text from which some meaning is recoverable .
5 The Strathclyde Elderly Forum has provided a voice for pensioners in the way local services are , or are not , provided .
6 The tercentenary of the first Bill , passed in 1688 , has provided a stimulus for some earnest reflection .
7 Thus far , Gould has provided a restatement of the collateral or preliminary fact doctrine .
8 Our integrated health programme has provided a catalyst for slum families to have a hand in controlling their environment and working together to benefit each other .
9 Against this , the nuclear industry has provided a wall of obfuscation — juggling figures to suit its needs , making wildly exaggerated claims for nuclear performance whilst minimizing its costs — and all in the optimistic hope of making the ‘ cheap ’ label stick for as long as possible .
10 Warburg , whose scholarly tradition was transferred to London in 1933 when the entire library was moved there , has provided a link between London and Hamburg which shows every sign of strengthening over the coming years .
11 But the popular health system has provided a framework for addressing people 's health needs and finding solutions that validate and reaffirm their contribution to the health process .
12 The project seeks to clarify how the EMS has provided a framework for counter-inflationary policy by investigating the ways in which wages and prices are formed in the different economies .
13 It could be said that the existence of a legal right has provided a focus for political organisation — but does such a focus strengthen the movement or weaken it , for example , by diverting resources to legal rather than other struggles ? ( cf. the debates on ‘ legislation ’ , Teubner , 1985 ) .
14 Over the years , the IMF has provided a forum for many important discussions affecting the international monetary system , and the process of debate and collective decision-making has encouraged cooperation in this area .
15 On the other hand , legal strategies have been employed by the peace movement to challenge the authority of state agencies , whether by setting up Nuclear Free Zones , challenging the sale of National Trust land to the Ministry of Defence , or the siting of a shooting range in Berlin ( Guelen , 1985 ) 1 and suing the President of the United States of America for breaches of International Law.2 In other contexts , law has provided a forum in which the rights of individuals in the peace movement and the demands of the state have been adjudicated , for example in deciding on the validity of withholding tax contributions for military spending .
16 At the same time it has provided a setting for counter-inflation policy during a period when the emphasis of policy shifted , world-wide , towards the control of inflation .
17 Building on the work of Halliday ( see Chapter 3 ) , Tough ( 1976 , 1977 ) has provided a set of broad descriptive categories for classifying young children 's language uses , together with illustrative strategies ‘ by which the child reveals the purpose of his talk ’ ( Tough 1976:81 ) .
18 ‘ It has provided a mechanism for formalising everything in writing so people are very clear about what is expected of them .
19 In this example the teacher has provided a collection of shells for the children to explore .
20 Darlington council has provided a site for the day care centre while the county council has given £15,000 from the budget of the social services committee .
21 A constructed exchange control index is used to provide support for the hypothesis that financial deregulation has provided a boost to foreign portfolio investment .
22 If the initiating member has provided a list of foreign prospective purchasers which contains KPMG clients , client service partners may remove their clients ' names from that list when they deem it advisable .
23 In these circumstances the same output of OX 1 is provided after the central government has provided a cut in taxes which affects the median voter .
24 David Lee has provided a textbook for undergraduates which focuses primarily on the " world-view " of texts .
25 THE GREEN bandwagon has provided a fillip for many companies concerned with tackling environmental problems .
26 In Scotland the most obvious example of this — the Scottish Development Agency ( SDA ) — is not strictly a local government but a regional organization , yet in many ways it has provided a model for initiatives which have since been developed elsewhere at local level .
27 The English primary school ( which at its best has provided a model for educationalists across the world ) has one unique characteristic .
28 The Belfield Reading Project has attracted considerable interest and has provided a model for many schools in this country and abroad .
29 The collapse of several large carriers , including Pan American , has provided a pool of very experienced pilots to meet the needs of surviving airlines , who in turn have not been hiring staff from traditional sources such as regional airlines .
30 Michael Bates , Conservative candidate for Langbaurgh , says in the education section of his manifesto : ‘ The MacMillan City Technology College has provided a beacon of excellence in Middlesbrough and is hugely popular with pupils , teachers and parents . ’
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