Example sentences of "provide a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equity inter-dealer brokers provide a service for market makers to deal with each other , largely to keep large transactions between market makers hidden from the market by non-disclosure of the participants names . |
| 2 | It is not something peculiar to the Royal Family — people have very humdrum existences and the Royals provide a bit of excitement . |
| 3 | For example , the irregular sample surveys conducted by the Forestry Commission ( 1983b ) provide a mass of information on woodland age structure , species composition and ownership as well as the increase in the forested area from 6.2 to 7.3 per cent in England , from 6.8 to 11.6 per cent in Wales , and from 7.2 to 12.6 per cent in Scotland , between 1947 and 1980 . |
| 4 | He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas . |
| 5 | It would be a bold person who claimed that these channels and mechanisms , comprehensive as they are , provide a guarantee of reliability in all contingencies . |
| 6 | Yet ironically , very often the hospitals provide a density of building on a particular site that would not be permitted by planners nowadays . |
| 7 | As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills . |
| 8 | ‘ However , rural schools provide a kind of heterogeneity rarely found in urban or suburban settings — heterogeneity of social class . |
| 9 | It is the heart and lungs which provide a person with stamina . |
| 10 | These community groups themselves provide a range of welfare and cultural services and can help reduce the isolation which so many refugees experience . |
| 11 | When one gives the learner feedback on her ability these skills provide a framework for assessment . |
| 12 | Thus sociality , together with indigenous theories of human nature , provide a framework for comparison between different societies and cultures , including the various ‘ peaceful societies ’ described in this volume . |
| 13 | The dictionaries and reference works devoted to surnames are useful to the local historian in that they provide a framework of knowledge on which more specific researches may be built . |
| 14 | However , such campaigns provide a measure of participation and control of party and state bureaucrats , a movement which reached its peak during the Cultural Revolution . |
| 15 | Both provide a measure of chain stiffness in dilute solution . |
| 16 | Provide a sense of seclusion and an attractive feature in a garden which is lacking in privacy by building yourself an arbour . |
| 17 | The powerful closing scenes provide a sense of drama lacking from early sections of the play . |
| 18 | This would enable positive action , guided by human judgement to be used to limit the spread of fire and provide a possibility of extinguishment in the case of failure by the purely automatic system to control the fire in its initial stages . |
| 19 | While their aims and activities differ slightly , all are clubs in the sense of recruiting members and most provide a variety of discount opportunities . |
| 20 | For the Roman period , they provide a wealth of information about the names of festivals and magistracies , as well as the names of the people who held them . |
| 21 | They provide a diversity of colour and shape not encountered in any other group of coldwater fish . |
| 22 | Fertilisers provide a case in point . |
| 23 | These variations in media use suggest that radio and the press provide a choice of detail which matches the demands of different sectors of the public — in keeping with the Libertarian Ideal . |
| 24 | As the result of a planned diversification , they now provide a blend of teacher-training and general education courses with , as yet , a small number of vocationally oriented courses in such areas as business management . |
| 25 | Geminis provide a contrast to Drago with a more relaxed cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 26 | They may serve as very essential periods of repose , or provide a contrast in mood . |
| 27 | They provide a way for Topic Criteria and more general processes to be assessed in context . |
| 28 | A further implication is that , although standards and routines provide a basis for self-reward in housework , they also make possible less happy outcomes . |
| 29 | Social action would be linked with adult education in order to give a much wider perspective and provide a basis for life . |
| 30 | These budgets provide a basis for responsibility accounting . |