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01. My son's hockey team was [provided] with free drinks by a local sponsor following every game.
02. Many restaurants are happy to [provide] free birthday cake if you let them know in advance that you will be bringing a group for a party.
03. The meeting will last from 1:00 to 4:00. Lunch will be [provided].
04. These documents will [provide] you with all the information you need to write your report.
05. I'll be glad to [provide] you with a copy of the hand-out if you want to take a look at it.
06. Analysts predict the company will [provide] over 100 full-time, permanent jobs in the region.
07. There is little [provision] for bicycle commuters on the majority of the main roads in this city.
08. One individual organ transplant donor can [provide] organs, bone, and tissue for 50 or more people in need.
09. Someone once remarked that making drugs illegal is an idealistic policy which, by ignoring the human desires fuelling drug use, only [provides] vast profits for pushers.
10. A rooftop solar water heater needs about three hours of sunshine per day to [provide] enough hot water for a family of four.
11. The City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery in Cairo, [provides] shelter for thousands of the city's poor.
12. Shipbuilding is an important part of the Greek economy, [providing] over 100,000 jobs.
13. Parents can help their children maintain a physically active lifestyle by [providing] encouragement, and opportunities for physical activity.
14. Cows [provide] 90 percent of the world's milk.
15. There is a Bantu proverb which states that work is good, [provided] you do not forget to live.
16. Trees [provide] timber for building, as well as food and shelter for animals.
17. In Japan, gas stoves are preferred to electric stoves because gas [provides] higher temperatures for frying food.
18. According to a recent report, just 15 cash crops such as corn, wheat and rice [provide] 90% of the world's food.
19. More than half the energy consumed during 1975 was [provided] by oil.
20. A mother orangutan is the [provider] of food, warmth, and transportation for her baby.
21. Legouve Pere once noted that a brother is a friend [provided] by nature.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • provide — pro‧vide [prəˈvaɪd] verb [transitive] 1. to give someone what they need, or to make sure they get it: • The World Bank is providing funding for the project. provide somebody with something • Our computerised information service can provide busy… …   Financial and business terms

  • provide — provide, supply, furnish mean to give or to get what is desired by or needed for someone or something. The words are often used interchangeably without seeming loss {provide what is needed for an army} {supply daily rations of food} {furnish… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Provide — Pro*vide , v. i. 1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Provide — Pro*vide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • provide — ► VERB 1) make available for use; supply. 2) (provide with) equip or supply (someone) with. 3) (provide for) make adequate preparation or arrangements for. 4) stipulate in a will or other legal document. DERIVATIVES provider …   English terms dictionary

  • provide — I (arrange for) verb anticipate needs, appoint, care for, consulere, contract, direct, engage, get ready, look after, make allowance for, make preparations, make provision, make ready, manage, organize, pave the way, plan, prepare, providere,… …   Law dictionary

  • provide — [v1] supply, support accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather*, feed, fit, fit out, fix up, fix up with, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel*, impart, implement,… …   New thesaurus

  • provide — (v.) early 15c., from L. providere look ahead, prepare, supply, from pro ahead (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + videre to see (see VISION (Cf. vision)). Related: Provided; providing …   Etymology dictionary

  • provide — [prə vīd′, prōvīd′] vt. provided, providing [ME providen < L providere < pro , PRO 2 + videre, to see: see VISION] 1. Now Rare to get ready beforehand 2. to make available; supply 3. to supply (someone) with something …   English World dictionary

  • provide — pro|vide W1S1 [prəˈvaıd] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: providere to see ahead, provide , from videre to see ] 1.) to give something to someone or make it available to them, because they need it or want it →↑provision ▪ Tea and biscuits …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • provide */*/*/ — UK [prəˈvaɪd] / US verb Word forms provide : present tense I/you/we/they provide he/she/it provides present participle providing past tense provided past participle provided Get it right: provide: When provide means to give someone something they …   English dictionary

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