Example sentences of "provide a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of the cotinine tests , which were carried out only on those 114 infants who provided a sample on both visits , were very similar . |
| 2 | PARAGON 'S Sunday concert in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama provided a showcase for the Romanian composer Violeta Dinescu . |
| 3 | Filmed on location in Manhattan , this shoestring Columbia Picture comedy provided a modicum of wacky New York humour . |
| 4 | It facilitated Britain 's surprisingly rapid re-emergence as a major capital exporter , and it provided a framework for a major squeeze on the colonies . |
| 5 | This provided a framework within which individual differences and proposed changes could be discussed . |
| 6 | Where direct rule had been established a long time — in India , for example — it provided a framework in which there could grow an acceptance of European ideas of political organization . |
| 7 | The structure plans then provided a framework for local plans , which were to be more detailed strategies prepared at district level . |
| 8 | The King model of pediplanation provided a framework for an interpretation of the vegetation patterns of the savannas of the southern hemisphere and in a series of papers Cole ( e.g. 1963 ) reviewed the climatic , edaphic and morphologic controls upon the types of savanna vegetation and concluded that the broad vegetation patterns related to the age of landsurfaces as expected from the King pediplanation model . |
| 9 | In a number of other areas the national perspective was maintained either by mini projects which provided a framework within which colleges could operate and develop their units , or by SCOTVEC providing advice , assistance and initial leadership ( together with on-going administrative support ) for groups of colleges in consortium — so called Nationally Led Consortia . |
| 10 | The 45 articles of the accord provided a framework for dealing with questions of product standardization , and other matters relating to customs regulations . |
| 11 | Viner provided a framework for the analysis of changes in trade patterns which lead to welfare losses as a result of participating in a CU . |
| 12 | The first investigation of a large representative sample of step-children confirmed that the documented economic and social problems created by divorce were considerably alleviated by remarriage , especially where this provided a step-mother ( Ferri , 1984 ) . |
| 13 | For the purposes of the present interpretation , the reflectance measurements over the upper 500 ft ( 150 m ) of Carboniferous section were used to give single well average reflectance values which provided a measure of top Carboniferous maturity level . |
| 14 | Balcon 's desire to avoid ‘ socially objectionable ’ subjects and ‘ to make pictures worthy of that name ’ ( whatever that was supposed to mean ) provided a cover for turning the studio 's face away from the world . |
| 15 | In a sense , therefore , his body provided a cover for the sharpness of his mind , and the cold balefulness of his stare a cover for his crusades . |
| 16 | The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover . |
| 17 | The Foundation provided a grant for the installation of mobile shelving and the room was officially opened in 1989 . |
| 18 | As Portland stone had a high reputation and provided a standard with which artificial products would naturally be compared , Aspdin chose the name ‘ Portland cement ’ for his patent material . |
| 19 | The station , he said , had been part of the Anglesey scene for 55 years , trained fast jet pilots and provided a helicopter rescue service of great value . |
| 20 | The working was mandatory viewing , for it often provided a Princess Royal Pacific . |
| 21 | A recent Spectator piece by John Simpson provided a snapshot of the Brute at Tory HQ on election night : ‘ Anderson was heard to describe how the BBC would now be dismembered — as though he were a 17thcentury judge sentencing a regicide . ’ |
| 22 | However , it is because Leavis provided a purpose for English that most people regard him as the central figure . |
| 23 | The company provided a coach to bring children back to this country . |
| 24 | The project began last year when AOS provided a crew to bring a crane barge , Balder , from Singapore to the new site . |
| 25 | With the benefit of hindsight it is possible at a later stage to determine whether the strategy provided a safeguard against these forces and , if not , whether the reasons were foreseen or at least foreseeable . |
| 26 | He provided a sketch showing the exact stage dimensions , then went on with detailed instructions : |
| 27 | In the decade up to 1982 employment in firms with over 1000 workers fell by over a quarter and the establishment of affiliated companies provided a vehicle for shedding labour . |
| 28 | As a symbolic act it was of much importance since it offered the prospect of a framework for a wider Anglo-Irish settlement and provided a hope of genuine political involvement for the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland , not in a failed local assembly but through their co-religionists in the south . |
| 29 | A FLURRY of takeover rumours together with promise of a breakthrough in the GATT talks provided a kickstart to a dull market going nowhere fast . |
| 30 | But equally , it provided a home for some of the darkest forms of distrust of and revulsion from sex and marriage . |