Example sentences of "it [modal v] provide a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should provide a readable condensation of the recent literature : a critical appraisal , not a mere catalogue . |
| 2 | It might provide a temporary suspension of concern about school work , being bullied , or growing up ( or feeling one is not growing up ) . |
| 3 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
| 4 | Still fresh and green at the back end , it could provide a juicy supplement to the diet of a early calving cow , or for the smallholder 's animals newly brought in to the byre for the winter . |
| 5 | On Nov. 24 , the UK government announced that it would provide a second year of training for the new Namibian Defence Force , following a visit to the UK in April by Foreign Minister Gurirab , and a visit to Windhoek by UK Defence Secretary Tom King in July . |
| 6 | The new company promised it would provide a better service to the North , including a news service specifically for South Durham , Teesside and North Yorkshire . |
| 7 | If CBOs can be developed as a market , junk bondsters hope that it would provide a new source of demand . |
| 8 | If we could observe them , it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe . |
| 9 | If , as one can hope , this pottery still exists in the Verulamium Museum , it would provide a useful study of the types in use here at this period and the very quantity might offer the possibility of useful statistical analysis . |
| 10 | It would provide a low-cost point of entry into the client-server world . |
| 11 | It would provide a low-cost point of entry into the client/server world . |
| 12 | A true switching language would permit the translation of natural language concepts expressed in , say , German , into a classification notation ; from that notation it would provide a natural language expression of those same concepts in , say , French . |
| 13 | The inclusion of representatives from local groups of disabled people in the debates at Ashdown is not likely to provide simple solutions to the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents , but it would provide a different perspective which could help ensure that the interests of the students as young disabled people were pursued . |
| 14 | It is not a master plan for member states or for the development of Europe , but it will provide a useful reference for member states and others to enable them to take decisions with due regard to the European dimension . |
| 15 | ‘ It will provide a new sensor system to determine the intensity of odorants and perfumes , ’ they say . |
| 16 | It will provide a high-powered focus for research into the genetic component of conditions including cancer , high blood pressure and Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 17 | It will provide a suitable test for triple British Open champion , Faldo , and the likes of US Masters winners , Ian Woosnam and Bernhard Langer . |
| 18 | It will provide a fascinating insight into Crewe 's development as a successful ‘ railway ’ town and celebrate its enormous contribution to the nation 's railway heritage . |
| 19 | My guess is that , if business e-mail is managed and retained , it will provide a fuller account of the development of successful ideas . |
| 20 | It will provide a systematic analysis of the issues involved in three ways . |
| 21 | FISA has been invited to design its F1 circuit within the complex and it is Pook 's belief that it will provide a permanent home ‘ for one of the grands prix in the US ’ . |
| 22 | It is hoped that it will provide a flexible structure which can be refined and developed and which may help to break down the monolithic structure and mystical nature of the subject . |
| 23 | If it does go through it will provide a double benefit for the UK-based telecommunications group and is also likely to be seen as a significant plus for Hong Kong 's stock market . |
| 24 | EUP also has a Scottish role to fulfil , as the sole remaining non-commercial academic publisher north of the border , says David Martin , and it will provide a continuing output for scholarship in Scotland . |
| 25 | Secondly , it will provide a single corporation or a small body of persons charged with the duty of watching the debentureholders interests and of intervening if they are in jeopardy . |
| 26 | It will provide a single point of control over Novell networks , enabling users to maintain integrated system management security across host systems and the NetWare network computing environments , CA claims . |
| 27 | If an economic power can sufficiently dominate the international economy , it can provide a hegemonic stability which enables other states to co-operate with it and with one another . |
| 28 | It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class . |
| 29 | Although inflation was invoked to make the universe smooth , it can provide a certain degree of clumpiness . |
| 30 | It can provide a young person with a good understanding of what work is like and what a particular career can offer as well as bringing confidence and enhancing their personal aspirations . |