Example sentences of "[noun sg] do not provide " in BNC.

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1 It had to be modified in 1961 when it became clear that a minority holding did not provide a certain defence against a determined takeover , but Whitbread continued to retain minority holdings in a number of regional brewers , which enabled them to retain their independence .
2 It should be pointed out , however , that the results of the Forster and Olbrei experiment do not provide evidence for a constant effect of syntactic analysis since a correlation coefficient of.65 accounts for less than 40 per cent of the variance in processing times .
3 Even in those early years , when honest old men were tossing out such useful snippets of information as ‘ Macrobius would be the man ’ , the college did not provide soulmates of the kind Lewis always craved .
4 For many years the College did not provide pensions for members of staff , let alone dependents .
5 We agree with Anna Brake and Walter Krause that our study does not provide evidence for a continuing decrease in mean sperm concentration .
6 In other words , if uncovered interest rate parity holds , then there is no exchange rate risk to be concerned about : international investment does not provide an additional source of risk compared with domestic investment .
7 Secondly , the analogy does not provide very much by the way of explanation .
8 If we allow that the analogy does not provide a useful general descriptive or explanatory account of the growth of knowledge , we may be surprised that it was found plausible at all .
9 The criticism that fund accounting does not provide an overall view of the organization is partly countered in local authorities in the UK by producing a consolidated balance sheet .
10 If the edge of the plating does not provide enough information , a minute flake of plating , as small as 1 sq mm , can be mounted on its end in an epoxy resin for easy handling .
11 Unfortunately Dutch law did not provide equality of treatment in every respect for the subsidiaries of foreign parent companies — certain social security rules were not applicable to them .
12 The Chancellor could grant a remedy to an individual where the common law did not provide a remedy , the aim being to attain justice in each case .
13 What was the mischief and defect for which the common law did not provide ?
14 Although the 1944 Act did not provide detailed prescription for complementary relationships it was clear from the 1943 Education Bill that the LEAs were to be given the responsibility and duty to secure the development of adult education , in consultation with the universities and voluntary bodies .
15 For a long time , though , not only was contact thought of as inappropriate and as transgressing the traditional image of adoption , but there was also the view that the Adoption Act did not provide for access or contact .
16 The Act did not provide a clear answer to this crucial question and it depended very much on the courts .
17 In the event , therefore , the Act did not provide for large-scale planning and redevelopment , but stimulated further direction towards slum clearance by extending new forms of subsidy directed to the rehousing of overcrowded families .
18 Thus , when in Trusthouse Forte Albany Hotels Ltd v Daejan Investments Ltd ( No 1 ) [ 1980 ] 256 EG 915 the lease under which the rent reviewer was acting as an expert did not provide for interest to compensate the landlord for the tenant 's delay in paying the increased rent , the court refused to imply the missing term .
19 Ms Baker forecast cuts in plans for the Festival if the district council did not provide more funds , but said she could not indicate at this stage which productions would go .
20 The Pact did not provide any machinery for enforcement : it merely pledged the nations to outlaw war .
21 The Stock Exchange does not provide a class distribution according to size of holdings , yet the 23 per cent of shareholders who own stock valued at less than £500 are unlikely to be found at the upper end of the income scale .
22 Clearly , the combination of low-risk procedures and poor follow-up does not provide useful information .
23 The law does not provide a definition of the phrase ‘ any other reason connected with pregnancy ’ .
24 The law does not provide any more specific guidance however on how the furtherance of the shareholders ' financial interests should be understood .
25 Yet it is clear that existing law does not provide enough protection for children against sexual abuse within the home and the Committee fails to make alternative proposals that will sufficiently strengthen it .
26 A spokesman for Telecom Eireann said : ‘ The law does not provide that we can do anything to stop this .
27 Although this test does not provide the statistical and normative data for making comparisons with the performance of ordinary children found in some other tests , the use of imitation as an elicitation strategy makes it .
28 Although our sexual practices are considered to be a low risk for HIV transmission , being a lesbian does not provide immunity from HIV .
29 Hundreds of landings on one particular airfield or gliding site do not provide good training for landing in fields .
30 In the second sentence , which has a grain of ambiguity , grammar and meaning do not provide sufficient information for us to neglect the visual analysis .
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