Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [adv] provide " in BNC.

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1 The frontispiece can sometimes provide another piece of valuable evidence in determining the edition or issue of a book .
2 Whereas biochemical studies can measure enzyme activities , immunohistochemistry can only provide information on enzyme protein , some of which may be inactive .
3 For organizations and clubs first timing it in this area Kinloss Canoe Club can always provide an experienced canoeist guide ( usually an instructor ) to join your flotilla and paddle along to give up to the minute on the spot information , or if you wish , to lead on the water , all at not cost , especially on the Findhorn .
4 The snare is that clauses let us see the fullest possible type of syntactic structure ; therefore , any syntactic relationship or any other type of phrase whatever can always be seen as part of a potential clause , of which the grammarian can helpfully provide the " deleted " or " understood " remainder .
5 The application vendor can clearly provide a language version of the binaries if desired , but there appear to be no facilities for multi-lingual binaries .
6 Accommodation in College for Old Somervillians : We also warmly welcome graduates visiting Oxford , out of term , who would like to stay in College ; the Domestic Bursar can usually provide bed and breakfast at moderate rates , though not always at short notice .
7 A self-help group can also provide back-up support for new coronary patients by visiting them in hospital and after discharge .
8 The pressure to self-screen can also provide an explanation for the results of Benabou and Laroque ; there are two types but actions are a continuum .
9 Flooring can also provide pattern ; either by a design woven into a rug or carpet , or in an arranged pattern , formed by the way the floor is laid , like parquet .
10 Cell behaviour can thus provide the crucial link between genes and animal structure and form .
11 Meeting together at a disability arts event can also provide rare opportunities for disabled people to exchange ideas .
12 The trader can easily provide a delivery service ( most customers will live close by )
13 Unfortunately a tagger can only provide gross syntactic categories ; the ANLT requires very detailed grammatical information .
14 Surface magnetization or an ionosphere can also provide a magnetosphere .
15 The theme underlying much of this work is that broadly satisfactory , and reasonably simple , models exist for the huge variety of nonlinear optical processes which have been discovered since the advent of the laser : there is optimism that nonlinear optics can similarly provide simple systems showing the full range of chaotic behaviour .
16 Analysis of the diffraction pattern can thus provide detailed information about the spacing between layers in a crystal .
17 Within the pattern of large-scale commercial farming , the independent smallholder can still provide more than his share of surplus food for the urban population , yet keep as top priority the conservation of his main capital — the soil .
18 It seems incomprehensible that a chassis with such a marked front weight-bias and an inside-rear tyre that can jump six inches clear of the ground can also provide such superlative behaviour .
19 The Hotel Manager can also provide automatic wake-up calls .
20 Formal distinctions of rank can sometimes provide a very rough index of the resistance of status society to market society in the Europe of 1880 , but the line between them was already blurred .
21 Such a strategy can also provide ideological uniformity in tackling government problems across different departments , and foster a clan -like cohesion across national government , which organization theorists emphasize facilitates policy co-ordination in non-routine operations ( Ouchi , 1980 ) .
22 A change in the weight or fineness of a coinage can occasionally provide a link between an undated and a dated coin .
23 Magnetic polarity can clearly provide one co-ordinate of a map sense ; various possibilities have been offered as to how magnetism might provide a second co-ordinate , to complete the map .
24 How different the world may have been if long ago those missionaries who set out to convert the world to belief in an all-providing benevolent ‘ god ’ , had themselves been aware that the human race , sooner or later , would have to control its rate of procreation , for the world can never provide for unlimited human life .
25 The Bureau can also provide a wealth of information and ideas to help you enjoy your stay , together with a wide range of maps , guides and souvenirs .
26 If the London Bureau can only provide circumstantial evidence , let us head north of the border to Edinburgh University and the chair of Britain 's first Professor of Parapsychology .
27 Insisting that religious faith must be absolutely certain and secure , it decides that history can never provide such security and thereby loses interest in history altogether .
28 For clubs in decent pitches though , offices or leisure complexes on part of their land can also provide cash .
29 Certain conditions can be described specifically e.g. broken limb etc , which when allied with the claimant 's occupation can generally provide a good indication of the potential duration of a claim .
30 Conversation can also provide them with one of the most effective means for trying out ideas and modifying them in the light of the feedback received .
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