Example sentences of "be to provide [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Since obtaining its identity as No 412 ( Transport ) Squadron at Rockcliffe on 1 Apr 49 , the principal role of the squadron has always been to provide transportation for high level military and government personnel .
2 The new group is to map this area , and practical applications of the work will be to provide information for coastal planning and engineering , to identify marine aggregate resources , and to be able to give advice on the siting of outfalls , and of cable and pipeline routes .
3 The practical applications of the work will be to provide information for coastal planning and engineering studies , to identify marine aggregate resources , to give advice on the siting of outfalls , cable and pipeline routes , and to carry out geochemical baseline studies and investigate sediment contamination using information from the geological survey .
4 In theory , the committees were to provide opportunities for skilled and apprenticed employment , though members admitted that formal apprenticeship , at least , was not always possible , partly because it appeared to many observers that machines had eradicated a number of handicrafts , turning the worker into a ‘ machine-tending artisan ’ , and partly because ‘ skill ’ was a relative concept , demanding different degrees of training .
5 The use of MRD 's to provide information for computational linguistic applications is a very attractive proposition .
6 Critics argue that the whole point of this offence is to provide protection for young girls , and that this will be undermined if it is open to men to seek an acquittal on the ground that the girl looked 16 .
7 The usual function for these wheels is to provide power for auxiliary equipment such as a saw-bench , apple crusher etc , but in this case , the system also worked in reverse .
8 It will be emphasised to employers that the purpose of the exercise is to provide opportunities for young people to learn about and through work and not to perform tasks which would otherwise be done by paid workers .
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