Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] provide " in BNC.
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| 1 | On retirement or death in office ( botanists tend to be long-lived but not quite immortal ) , their book collections were frequently sold off to defray debts or to provide a settlement for their widows . |
| 2 | Conversely , the Commission is given wide powers to deal with those who fail to notify mergers or to provide the information demanded of them or who implement mergers in contravention of an obligation to suspend . |
| 3 | It is also subject to the powers of the Secretary of State to make provision by regulations as to obligations of a company under the Act to make documents available for inspection or to provide copies of them . |
| 4 | A recent report from the EOC found that ‘ overall the Youth Training Programme does little or nothing to widen girls ’ horizons or to provide ways out of the low-paid and dead-end jobs which are a feature of many women 's lives in Northern Ireland today ’ . |
| 5 | Whites have retreated to the comfortable suburbs , whence they contribute to a city 's costs but avoid paying its taxes or providing work for its underclass . |
| 6 | Insofar as younger ministers believed that a Christian state should improve housing , lay drains or provide pensions , they could be said to have advocated a form of social gospel . |
| 7 | If an operator goes out of business the fund is used to rescue stranded holiday-makers or to provide alternative holidays . |
| 8 | I mean , you know , if you see an advert in the paper that tells you that every fifty pence you spend is going to save a child 's life by providing it with Diralite or providing it with food that it needs for a money , or something like that , I mean how can you justify keeping any fifty pences at all yourself ? |
| 9 | Emphasis is on self-help , and the organisations that can give support or provide equipment are listed . |
| 10 | few libraries have guidelines or provide training programmes . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) The offeror may wish to use the assets of the target to help pay for the bid or to provide security for the offeror 's borrowings . |
| 12 | Decisions to award generous executive bonuses or to provide plush executive dining rooms and executive parking places tell the old story of entrepreneurial heroism . |
| 13 | Why did the banks cheerfully lend billions to a man who would never open the family books or provide them with a balance sheet ? |
| 14 | Accordingly , the proposed Second Banking and Investment Services Directives prohibit member states from subjecting firms from other member states which wish to set up branches or provide cross-border services in their jurisdiction to their own authorisation requirements in the case of activities for which they are already authorised by their home member state . |
| 15 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 16 | Others made comments about the listed methods or provided more details . |
| 17 | Avuncular and sociable , he was a warm and friendly person who might be encountered conducting a Women 's Institute choir , accompanying an audition at the piano , as a freelance organist or providing harpsichord continuo . |
| 18 | Expert or knowledge based systems can help guide and advise the individual by rapidly evaluating past cases of failure and alternative courses of action or provide solutions to previously intractable problems . |
| 19 | The little brick-built mill has an internal iron wheel that provides the power for the two sets of stones as well as the various ancillary equipment . |
| 20 | The hallmark of Glass 's music is a mesmeric rhythm that provides the structure in which melodic phrases , often of ethereal beauty , undergo a gradual transmutation in which time appears to stand still . |
| 21 | A force that provides us with food and warmth and light … and upon which we 've become very dependent , maybe to our cost . |
| 22 | Here the pulses are converted into signals that provide the directional information , just as with a conventional switch type joys tick . |
| 23 | Only the bigger parties are sure to receive the bonuses that provide them with over-representation . |
| 24 | Once inside the body these simple molecules are used to repair damaged or worn out cell components , to form energy storage compounds or-to provide immediate energy to power the cells , tissues and the body as a whole . |
| 25 | The aim is to construct a set of modules and utilities that provides user-oriented software tools for laboratory applications of computers . |
| 26 | Daniel Toploski , former coach to Olympic , World Championship and Oxford University teams , recommends joining a club that provides training and coaching facilities for novices and then arranging personal coaching for maximum benefit . |
| 27 | I can then produce a programme that provides a framework to meet your future financial plans using Allied Dunbar products . |
| 28 | ADDS is also previewing a 3270/X programme that provides an X-Window migration path for IBM 3270 terminal users moving to NCR 's System 3000 Unix line . |
| 29 | Although an independent report on its activities has recommended continued support for the centre at Rijswijk in the Netherlands , many fear that the Dutch government will adhere to an austerity programme that provides no money to operate the centre . |
| 30 | It is this existence of policies determining most everyday practice in a department that provides the most crucial group of constraints for a new minister . |