(v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
(v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
(v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
(v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
(v. t.) To foresee.
(v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
(v. i.) 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 weather; to provide for the education of a child.
(v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Example Sentences:
(1) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
(2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(3) Parents of subjects at the experimental school were visited at home by a community health worker who provided individualized information on dental services and preventive strategies.
(4) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(5) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
(6) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(7) More research and a national policy to provide optimal nutrition for all pregnant women, including the adolescent, are needed.
(8) The present results provide no evidence for a clear morphological substrate for electrotonic transmission in the somatic efferent portion of the primate oculomotor nucleus.
(9) Together these observations suggest that cytotactin is an endogenous cell surface modulatory protein and provide a possible mechanism whereby cytotactin may contribute to pattern formation during development, regeneration, tumorigenesis, and wound healing.
(10) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
(11) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
(12) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
(13) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(14) Antral G cells increase in states of achlorhydria in man and animals provided atrophic antral gastritis is absent.
(15) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
(16) Determination of the primary structure for factor V has provided the basis for examination of structure-function relationships.
(17) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(18) Providers used the tests significantly more often to evaluate patients with cancer risk factors or for new patients.
(19) These results provide evidence that trait selection can change gonadotrophin receptor concentration and the dynamics of hormone secretion during the oestrous cycle of the mouse.
(20) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
Proviso
Definition:
(n.) An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso.
Example Sentences:
(1) No bit of the Human Rights Act, the European convention on human rights or the UN convention against torture has a proviso excluding foreigners with "funny" names or for those with the "wrong" ethnic or religious backgrounds.
(2) "The Conservative position on many aspects of policy therefore appeals more directly to this sense of stopping 'something for nothing'," Duffy said, adding a proviso that the extent of Tory support from the young shouldn't be exaggerated.
(3) The method does not rely upon the expression of the gene sequence of interest; the sole proviso is the availability of an appropriate DNA probe for the chromosomal region or locus of interest.
(4) But there is a proviso: the region's youth bulge came hand-in-hand with high-quality education that prepared a generation for the marketplace – as well as shrewd economic policies that widened that marketplace in the first place.
(5) In this respect, 1716 has prototype vaccine potential with the proviso that a direct extrapolation is being made from mouse to man.
(6) This is subject to a test of what is reasonable, and there is both a “heat of the moment” proviso and an honest mistake exception.
(7) The warning came as EDF unveiled plans to raise prices by 3.9% from January with a proviso – described as blackmail by critics – that the increase would be more if green taxes were not lifted by the government.
(8) the quality of the children is about the same with the proviso that the group is too small to conclude about the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities.
(9) With this proviso, a specific investigation scheme may be recommended.
(10) According to the exchange, Burton said: “As you know, although nominally under the auspices of the Liberal party lawyers’ professional branches, this is not a fundraiser – the cost charged is purely to cover dinner, including our guests and a small contingency for fixed costs in case of a numbers collapse … although of course people will disclose it if they go over the state donation limit.” Heydon’s personal assistant replied on Thursday at 9.23am and kept open the option of his attendance, with a proviso: “He does not wish to answer any questions after his address.
(11) With the proviso that the data may itself prove unreliable, Benetech's research nevertheless offers some useful clues about the makeup of the recorded death toll.
(12) Jakarta should become the priority for Australian prime ministers, he said, adding the proviso "barring things like international conferences that fall due on particular dates".
(13) Even the most accurate description will only be able to represent a part of the reality due to the proviso of only a limited view.
(14) A spokeswoman for Coe said: "Lord Coe did put his name forward on the proviso he wanted to consider if he had the capacity to do the role and if it was something that he wanted to take on.
(15) Cyprus suffered the biggest quarterly decline, shrinking by 0.8% (with the proviso that we only have annual data for Greece , where the economy is 3% smaller than a year ago ).
(16) In our experience, tissue expansion reconstruction offers distinct advantages in a large majority of patients with the proviso that patients are willing to accept the time required for hyperexpansion and the waiting period for deflation.
(17) Warm and generous in an interview that she was more or less arm-twisted into by her boss, Andrew Neil, Michel nevertheless has a proviso in doing so.
(18) The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, gave News Corp the green light to acquire the 60.9% of BSkyB it does not already own on Thursday – subject to a short public consultation that ends midday 8 July – on the proviso that Sky News is spun off as a separate company to allay plurality concerns.
(19) Ministers can simply choose who they feel is best for the job – the only proviso being that the prime minister must approve the appointment.
(20) The usual proviso applies -- US bonds are still being treated as extremely safe.