Example sentences of "do provide a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are obvious problems in applying principles derived from American commerce and industry to British schools but these criteria do provide a basis for analysis . |
| 2 | Nevertheless they do provide a rough scheme for organising the multitude of empirical facts concerning the growth of unions . |
| 3 | As a first attempt the results are no doubt crude , but they do provide a basis for further refinement . |
| 4 | The vast majority of chartered accountants do provide a very high standard of service : as a result , public expectation is high which is why when the relatively few failures do occur , they lead to so much concentrated and adverse publicity . |
| 5 | Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ . |
| 6 | Some chapters do provide a good reference resource while others trace the history of particular service models or provide an account of initiatives in particular areas . |
| 7 | Evidence from recent empirical research suggests that siblings do provide a source of support in adult life , although this is of less importance between parents and children . |
| 8 | Although within Goody 's own terms they do provide a challenge to his claims for the consequences of a shift from oral to literate culture , they do not provide an unambiguous or ‘ scientific ’ starting point from which to test those claims . |
| 9 | erm but they do provide a regular and safe income . |
| 10 | The relatively low percentage of graduates from such courses who do eventually make their way , via postgraduate and often in the sciences post-doctoral research , into the academic professions , should not disguise the fact that academic courses do provide a preparation for such work . |
| 11 | Here one has to rely on the indices produced by survey techniques , which do not provide ambiguous definitions and which are open to a variety of interpretations but which nonetheless do provide a starting point for analysis . |
| 12 | It has frequently been argued that temporary jobs , although possibly less desirable than permanent jobs , do provide a form of work for otherwise unemployed people and , furthermore , one that enhances their chances of subsequently obtaining permanent jobs ( Syrett , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | They do provide a rapidly accessed source of data and they can be a fruitful source of issues and hypotheses which should be explored in other ways . |
| 14 | The reputable shareware libraries in the UK do provide a very good service , in that they make sure that a : the author receives his payment , and b : the user receives the goods . |
| 15 | But , failing that , they do provide a lot of visual fun for those who will tune in each week . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it did provide a stepping stone for some significant figures . |
| 17 | It was built relatively late , between 1844 and 1845 , and destined for a relatively short working life , but it did provide a good deal of employment for several decades . |
| 18 | The network of family connections in Italy , though not in itself either a reason or motive for the policy which Napoleon III was to pursue in the peninsula , was nevertheless a help in that it did provide a useful information service and helped to create a feeling of sympathy for French policy . |
| 19 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 20 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 21 | The 1918 Maternity and Child Welfare Act may have been designed both to satisfy the lobby and assuage opposition from powerful vested interests to a Ministry of Health , and it may have lacked prescriptive power ( Rowan 1985 ) , but it did provide a more formal institutional framework for health provision and an extension of state funding . |
| 22 | What did provide a fruitful source of conversation at dinner was the table setting . |
| 23 | In my judgment , Parliament intended to and did provide a simple and expeditious method of dealing with a person arrested without warrant by a constable who had reasonable grounds for believing that that person had broken a condition of his bail , or was likely to break a condition of his bail , or was likely to fail to surrender to custody . |
| 24 | After the war it was not possible to maintain national service statistics on the earlier scale , but medical records of school children did provide a comparable measure of national health and fitness . |
| 25 | I felt , and this was shared by the media action people , that , apart from one sketch , the dialogue between the actors did not help to get the message across although did provide a contrast to the ‘ voices of authority ’ Councillor Begg and the DJ voiceover . |
| 26 | In a sense , evacuation did provide a shock to public consciousness and a ‘ throwing together of social classes ’ ( though it must be remembered that most hosts , like most evacuees , were working-class ) . |
| 27 | Incidentally , Lyles did provide a buffet which visitors took ‘ on the hoof ’ . |
| 28 | Unfortunately a concrete path , provided by the builders , had to be broken up ; but it did provide a hardcore base for the paving . |
| 29 | However , it does provide a unique guide to Leonardo 's inner self . |
| 30 | Such action does not determine what economic activities should be undertaken , but it does provide a framework for discovering and solving problems common to the community as a whole . |