Example sentences of "it [be] provide [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm says it 's providing peace of mind for a growing number of women — opponents say it 's unfair to male taxi drivers . |
| 2 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
| 3 | ENynex Corp has extended its status as the biggest cable television operator in the UK by buying out US Cable Corp and Morgan Cable Ltd to take control of the Bury and Rochdale and Oldham and Tameside cable franchises : the New York and New England phone company now holds 19 franchises surviving a potential 2.7m homes and offices , and says it plans to invest over £1,000m in the next six to seven years to provide cable and telephone services ; at present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers and 20,000 telephone lines . |
| 4 | In the first place , the nationality of the company vis-à-vis the country in which it is providing services is not the factor which triggers the application of Community law . |
| 5 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 6 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 7 | Trow ( 1974 , p. 6.3 ) has distinguished between elite and mass systems of higher education and argues that ‘ Countries that develop a system of elite higher education in modern times seem able to expand it without changing its character in fundamental ways until it is providing places for about 15% of the age grade . ’ |
| 8 | BT recently announced that it was providing interconnection between its EDI Net and the EDI services of AT&T and IBM , bringing the total number of interconnections available to EDI users to 24 worldwide . |
| 9 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 10 | There was virtually no comfort even in the royal apartments ; none of the bathrooms had running water and everyone was forced to rely on servants whose sole duty it was to provide water for washing . |
| 11 | When I joined CCG in 1982 it was to provide services during the construction phase of the South Morecambe Terminal . |
| 12 | Later too , via Wilcock , it was to provide Andy Warhol with his path into magazines . |
| 13 | Eight men were to be charged the following March with conspiracy in Chicago , and it was to provide cause célèbre by proxy for the British radical movements . |