Example sentences of "provide [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 By the end of 1994 , the group plans to have 62% of lines equipped to provide ISDN service , up from a projected 55% in June of last year , while this is expected to rise to nearly 68% by the end of 1995 .
2 The ICL Computer Composition System on the ICL 1903 was used to provide hyphenation and justification facilities in a batch mode and the Press has written a number of programs to perform generalized page make-up as well as specialized indexing , chess validation , dictionary make-up , book cataloguing and other operations .
3 If one is seriously to provide catechesis for those handicapped in mind as well as body , one has to think through the implications .
4 The planned defensive systems of King Alfred or of Henry the Fowler were primarily concerned to provide refuges for folk whose land was being pillaged ; they also provided defence in depth , but it was a secondary consideration .
5 Perhaps more importantly they provide play material : ideas , content , and stimulus for play .
6 The London Borough of Lewisham is served by two multidisciplinary community teams for mental health in the elderly , which provide assessment , treatment , rehabilitation and support services to elderly mentally ill people living in this area .
7 The centres organising the assessment need to provide an induction process for employers and candidates ; give the candidate advice on the process and guidance and counselling during the gathering and assembly of evidence ; and provide assessment facilities for assessing prior and ongoing competencies .
8 There 's very little room for the qualitative work I 've been talking about : it it is there it tends to get tacked on to an existing project when the sociologist is brought in to provide expertise on survey design or interviewing or to use a standard measure of patient ‘ quality of life . ’
9 It was also to incorporate the sabra or prickly pear , the cactus which is a symbol of Israel , to provide hope for the future not only for Jews but also for all the persecuted people of the world .
10 The Rev. William Dyer , Vicar of Halling 1791 — 1818 , left £50 to provide flannel and clothing for deserving people .
11 The Government provide grant in aid for the British Academy to support postgraduate research in the humanities and social sciences .
12 Some like ‘ set-aside ’ provide grant incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow in order to reduce grain surpluses .
13 This involved substantial investment to clear the sites , provide rail lines to move the coal , sink shafts ( which took three years , on average ) , provide housing , and recruit miners ( Waller , 1983 , p. 17ff . ) .
14 Second column , and it is the second paragraph , where it says to provide contingency plans to improve seven section , seventeen budget by two hundred thousand pounds .
15 These are firstly the development of new forms of alternative homes or home-based care ; secondly the design of appropriate assessment procedures and techniques ; thirdly the creation of intensive case management services to provide co-ordination of care at home ; and fourthly the organizational and managerial response towards more integrated systems exemplified by such initiatives as the Care Programme Approach for people with mental illness .
16 Here around Alto Foresta in recent years , hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forest have been burned and continue to be burned to provide pasture for cattle .
17 The intra-group transfer should be possible to achieve on a no gain/no loss basis for capital gains tax purposes under s171 TCGA 1992 ; it should be exempt from stamp duty under s42 Finance Act 1930 ( as amended ) provided transferor and transferee companies are " associated " within the meaning of Finance Act 1967 when the asset is transferred ; and outside the scope of VAT under section 29 VAT Act 1983 where the transferor and transferee companies are members of a VAT group .
18 This is to provide visibility to both sides of the tank from separate rooms .
19 ‘ We provide skin rehydration products and sinus and nasal refresher sprays .
20 Dr Thomas Stuttaford , a former Conservative MP who works for the private health group , Bupa , also says moderate drinking can reduce stress , prevent heart disease , provide nutrition , and help relaxation .
21 The aims of the Centre are to provide teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia within the University of Edinburgh and to encourage interest in the area among the community at large .
22 The Lewis and Clark expedition was able to provide powder and lead for the Nez Perce , a persuasive enough argument for their friendly relations with the white man .
23 Micro Decisionware Inc has agreed with NeXT Computer Inc to provide connectivity between NeXTStep and its Database Gateway product line .
24 Set up to provide money for growing companies , the stockmarket failed to attract investors .
25 The guarantees , usually secured against the member 's house or some other asset , can be drawn down by Lloyd 's if demands to provide money for paying insurance claims have not been met .
26 DoE might be prepared to provide money for the initial cost of investigating polluted sites .
27 The Fine Chemicals and Medicinals Groups continues to provide money to schools under the Small Grants Scheme ( up to the value of £500 ) for the purchase of equipment to carry out chemistry-related projects in schools .
28 Wheal Jane : the government refused to provide money for pumping out disused Cornish tin mines .
29 The point was that the plaintiffs ' interest in Jarrad exceeded their interest in Jesner , and they contended that the object of Jarrad had been to provide money for the family and not to have its assets syphoned off to prop up Jesner .
30 ’ At the age of 21 I turned to prostitution to provide money for drugs as I now had a heavy addiction .
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