Example sentences of "[is] provide [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The notion of paying GP 's to provide certain specified standards of service and undertake certain preventative health measures was a step forward , in terms of both public health accountability and promoting better health .
2 This is a training session for , life assurance , well it 's to pro , it 's to provide permanent health insurance benefits , and whilst I think there 's evidence at the moment to suggest that obviously your health is in by smoking , erm , insurance companies have n't got round yet to saying it 's enough of a risk that it will keep you off work , although quite clearly I think it will .
3 I quote from its fact-sheet : ‘ The ultimate aim is to provide alternative methods for use in toxicity testing and in drug development , which will be so relevant and reliable that no animal testing will be necessary. ,
4 Paradoxically the more advanced the technology the easier it is to provide good simulation .
5 None of which may initially bother the Western Koi-keeper , whose main concern is to provide good water quality for his fish .
6 Housing associations , supervised by the state-funded Housing Corporation , are non-profit-making organisations whose main purpose is to provide good quality homes at rents which are affordable by people on low incomes .
7 What we are trying to do is to provide good people who have an enthusiasm for this kind of catering with a fast route towards management responsibility , and that is a route which , for those who want it , can lead right up into store management and beyond .
8 The second is to provide occasional rapid ventilation in habitable rooms and toilets .
9 ‘ The chairman and committee 's role is to provide central focus and support , to encourage ideas and initiatives from everyone , not just the elected few , ’ she said .
10 The Eagle Lodge concept , which is to provide supportive housing for elderly single persons , has proceeded with increasing momemtum throughout 1990 .
11 The aim of an Eagle Lodge is to provide supportive housing for single , elderly ex-Air Force persons , encouraging independence within a caring environment , thereby overcoming the problem of loneliness which affects so many in old age .
12 The aim of an Eagle Lodge is to provide supportive housing for single , elderly ex-Air Force persona , encouraging independence within a caring family environment , thereby overcoming the problems of loneliness which affects so many in old age .
13 The emphasis in many present education and technical training programmes is to provide rural young people with the skills necessary to find work in the cities and abroad .
14 ‘ We believe it is no more difficult , no more expensive and no more labour intensive to provide healthy , nutritious , tasty , well-presented food than it is to provide unhealthy food .
15 The aim of the institute is to provide advanced training in communication for Asian Christian leaders .
16 The first is to provide simple descriptions of complex data so that we can understand what is going on in our experiments .
17 ‘ My share of responsibility as a Senior Assistant Solicitor is to provide legal advice on social services and employment law .
18 NCR Corp is to provide third-party service for Everex Systems Inc personal computers under warranty , in the US , later worldwide ; Everex is now under Chapter 11 protection .
19 The intention here is to provide prospective teachers with a thorough understanding of language as a phenomenon in an educational context .
20 An alternative to the gathering of ewes for these treatments is to provide anthelmintic incorporated in a feed or energy block during the periparturient period .
21 It is an increasingly competitive market and conference organisers whose function it is to provide complete package deals for buyers are continually looking for new hotels and venues that can provide something different every year .
22 The only way to cure this nervousness is to provide extra cover , giving the fish a sense of security .
23 The duty solicitor scheme was projected as a public service by the Law Society : ‘ The prime object of a duty solicitor scheme is to provide unrepresented defendants with any legal assistance they may require and , in the context of the adversary system , to help ensure that justice is done and seen to be done . ’
24 The Endotergites or Phragmata ( Snodgrass , 1935 ) arise as transverse infoldings of the intersegmental sclerites ( see p. 43 ) and as their main function is to provide increased areas of attachment for the dorsal longitudinal muscles they are best developed in winged insects , especially those that fly actively .
25 The position taken by the accounting profession is that the function of the accounts is to provide verifiable information : what users of that information choose to do with it is a matter for them .
26 The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function .
27 The purpose of a set of accounts is to provide useful information ; the level of subjectivity is just one constraint of many on fully achieving this .
28 We have already touched on the importance of user interfaces ( see 1.4 ) and have emphasised how crucial it is to provide lay users of multimedia systems with interfaces that offer extreme friendliness without sacrificing power for simplicity .
29 Our task is to provide helpful guidelines for better economic planning .
30 Apart from providing a mechanism for the transmission of payments , the other important role of the banks is to provide financial intermediation .
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