Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [conj] it provides " in BNC.

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1 One advantage of accepting this conclusion is that it provides , with its assumption that the context can act as a retrieval cue , a ready account of the various contextual effects discussed in this chapter and in Chapter 3 .
2 The advantage of this arrangement is that it provides an efficient means of defence against predators .
3 The significance of this proposition is that it provides the basis for a theory of literary or poetic meaning which both distinguishes this meaning from the external world and relates it to it .
4 It has often been said — indeed I have said it myself — that the importance of the central dogma is that it provides a molecular explanation for Weismann 's theory of the independence of germ line and soma .
5 Thom 's main claim for his basic theory is that it provides a language enabling qualitative description of a system of moderate complexity embracing discontinuities .
6 The rationale for trying to obtain verbatim records of children 's speech in naturalistic settings is that it provides the best indication of what language a child actually uses in ordinary , everyday settings .
7 The innovation of the present paper is that it provides a formal model of union wage and membership determination where membership of the union is not compulsory .
8 The particular relevance of that paper is that it provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on special needs and the under-fives , and a major theme pervading the NARE conference talk was the need to evolve policies of collective responsibility in the development of services to meet special needs of children under five , given the context that pre-school education is not statutory .
9 The underlying rationale for any psychological or linguistic assessment is that it provides objective evidence which can be appropriately interpreted and evaluated .
10 A justification for talk of abstract ideas is that it provides an explanation of how our thought and knowledge can be general ; ‘ how we can know any proposition to be true of all particular triangles , except we have first seen it demonstrated of the abstract idea of a triangle . ’
11 Lengthy works of great technical excellence have been written on the subject of costing , but the acid test of a well-organised system is that it provides useful information to management under each of the above headings .
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