Example sentences of "to provide [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also to incorporate the sabra or prickly pear , the cactus which is a symbol of Israel , to provide hope for the future not only for Jews but also for all the persecuted people of the world . |
| 2 | The decoy system was once used to provide birds for the table . |
| 3 | The point was that the plaintiffs ' interest in Jarrad exceeded their interest in Jesner , and they contended that the object of Jarrad had been to provide money for the family and not to have its assets syphoned off to prop up Jesner . |
| 4 | The principal objective of the system of supervision with the Appointed Actuary is to give emphasis to the importance of providing fair value for consumers of life assurance products and ensuring their security , rather than to provide protection for the insurance company . |
| 5 | At the conclusion of the programme , the Minister of Conservation will reassess the regulations required to provide protection for the downunder dolphin . |
| 6 | Funds from the IMF and the World Bank , needed by the government to provide part of the collateral , would also be jeopardized if Brazil missed a second consecutive set of quarterly targets under its IMF-approved economic programme [ see pp. 38719-20 for terms of January IMF agreement ] . |
| 7 | Pre-dating the National Health Service by over thirty years , in 1916 the Venereal Disease Regulations were passed instructing all local health authorities to provide clinics for the diagnosis and treatment of the venereal diseases . |
| 8 | The London governors were by now contemplating extreme measures but they could not persuade the Royal Agricultural Society of England to provide support of the kind Dick was getting in Scotland and their veiled threats in the petition were likewise unsuccessful . |
| 9 | At Straiton , however , a combination of the grout injection method and the placing of a heavy-duty geotextile membrane at rockhead level was used to provide support to the road embankment over the limestone and Pentland oil shale workings . |
| 10 | A constructed exchange control index is used to provide support for the hypothesis that financial deregulation has provided a boost to foreign portfolio investment . |
| 11 | The Indians attempted to provide support against the LTTE by arming and training a Tamil National Army ( TNA — a coalition of three pro-IPKF Tamil militias ) . |
| 12 | The local authority may also be able to provide literature on the subject if your Home is run by one . |
| 13 | Sheringham finally completed his move from Nottingham Forest yesterday and will be out to provide Spurs with the firepower that has been missing since Gary Lineker left . |
| 14 | The team , led by Margit Laimer , injected a gene into apricot tree cells which earlier work had shown to provide resistance to the plum pox virus which causes Sharka disease affecting , among others , apricots , peaches and plums . |
| 15 | There is no Building Control requirement to provide toilets for the public , but if they are provided , then at least one must be suitable for use by the disabled . |
| 16 | Quarterly returns allow the CIA to monitor trade in these substances and to provide data for the Department of Trade and Industry , the Home Office and Customs & Excise . |
| 17 | The manpower database for each health authority should be able to provide data on the number of staff residing in each location of the staff catchment area . |
| 18 | The main aim of this chapter is to provide guidelines for the introduction of a microcomputer into the school library or the extension of microcomputer work involving microcomputers in the school library and in the classroom . |
| 19 | Fairburn had a busy quarrying industry at one time , and to provide transportation of the stone from the quarries to the River Aire a tramway was constructed early in the nineteenth century to link up with a short section of canal to the river . |
| 20 | The UK government was said also to have agreed to provide aid for the repatriation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan . |
| 21 | A SCOTLAND-WIDE effort to provide aid to the starving in the famine-stricken countries of Africa was begun yesterday by the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund , writes Gary Duncan . |
| 22 | Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day . |
| 23 | Jobs which are designed to give the worker autonomy will produce the experience of responsibility , and designing in mechanisms to provide feedback from the job provides knowledge of the actual results of the work activities . |
| 24 | The purpose of this section of the Personal Accident and Sickness manual is to clarify some of the ‘ grey ’ areas that can , and have , proved contentious in the past and to provide guidance for the handling of such situations in the future . |
| 25 | It is intended to provide guidance for the chemist or technician in the laboratory . |
| 26 | The UKCC has failed in its organisation of the election to provide candidates with the opportunity to address their constituency . |
| 27 | The contras claimed that their action was intended to focus attention on the government 's failure to provide funds for the resettlement of former contras and their dependents . |
| 28 | The government was urged to provide funds for the training of staff and additional support for dealing with the more difficult pupils . |
| 29 | Secondary surveillance radar has made it very much easier to provide recordings of the radar situation at any time . |
| 30 | Friends of Elizabeth Patterson have contributed handsomely to the Fund in her memory , one object of which is to provide books for the Library on the History of Science . |