Example sentences of "trying to provide " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile behind him John Thorne was desperately trying to provide some company , for Spartan Missile was running on at a tremendous rate . |
| 2 | It is of course not easy and there are few ready-made answers for a church group trying to provide bereavement care for all those with whom they come in contact , some of whom will have family members who have committed suicide . |
| 3 | I , too , felt our meeting in Henry 's office was useful and I look forward to trying to provide you with a resource which you will find relevant . |
| 4 | If knowledge workers have problems providing usable information to executive decision makers , what hope for librarians and information scientists trying to provide a similar service ? |
| 5 | Business people are trying to provide these things which we want . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been a matter of trying to provide the equipment to match the increase , ’ said Tom Salway , the company 's financial director . |
| 7 | We will go on trying to provide the best and I would just like to say ‘ thank you from myself and my wife Eliza to the vast majority of those with whom we have had contact . |
| 8 | It 's not trying to provide any answers . ’ |
| 9 | In trying to provide some answers to these questions I shall demonstrate the ways in which anti-racist and anti-sexist policies frequently mirror each other in rhetoric and analysis . |
| 10 | Only a richer conception of what they are trying to provide will enable us to make a sensitive assessment of their achievements and potential . |
| 11 | But I mean we also , we , I mean we 're providing a service for them to allow them to come on off the street , use the bus , right , but at the same time were trying to provide services for them because one of the things that came out in a consultation was , young people did n't feel that there was enough information for them in the town . |
| 12 | Nevertheless the relationship between the money supply and price has received continued attention , with the monetarists trying to provide theoretical and empirical support for the argument that changes in the money supply cause fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 13 | Bush 's White House spokesman explained his belief in ‘ trying to provide opportunities for them ( the Chinese ) to improve our relationship ’ . |
| 14 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 15 | So in the midst of all this apparent optimism we have independent community initiatives , run by people who live in the community , groups who are trying to provide work , wealth , education , advice and community support — groups which are under fierce attack for so doing ! |
| 16 | In trying to provide answers to the questions why have social policies failed significantly to reduce social class inequalities , it is best to look at each of the three steps in the process separately — access , use and outcome . |
| 17 | But I think another Warning sticker might be appropriate here — to remind the reader that there are many dedicated women and men out there trying to provide poor people with the means to choose the size of their families . |
| 18 | It does this by altering the supply of Treasury bills on offer , at times when it is trying to reduce liquidity ; or by altering the amount of bills ( eligible commercial bills and local authority bills as well as Treasury bills ) it is prepared to buy , at times when it is trying to provide more liquidity . |
| 19 | Oxfam is working with the mining communities in San Pedro , the poorest part of the city , trying to provide basic facilities for a community where 27 per cent of the community have no access to fresh water . |
| 20 | They are trying to provide a mixed economy of welfare so frustratingly , paradoxically , we ca n't spend on our own services . |
| 21 | She added that her members were ‘ tired ’ paying for the government 's economic mistakes and trying to provide services under ‘ virtual siege conditions ’ . |
| 22 | To have been the driver of a lorry trying to provide desperately needed aid to besieged people . |
| 23 | In the meantime , the council is trying to provide a boat for the summer season , either by chartering a vessel , or juggling their fleet of inter-island ferries . |
| 24 | Which is what we 're trying to provide . |
| 25 | They lead a totally different life and we 're trying to provide a resource for people that do n't want that resource . |
| 26 | We do we have made a start in the County , in the way of trying to provide erm workplace nurseries for erm women employees in the County . |
| 27 | erm And , of course , that was a symbol of all the problems of money that the king had , and the ordinary citizens of Oxford had in trying to provide him with it , mostly very reluctantly and unwillingly . |
| 28 | Jordan is facing immense difficulties trying to provide food and shelter for the evacuees . |
| 29 | The bus industry as a whole was very conscious of the problem of pollution , and were trying to provide solutions as far as it could . |