Provided

Examples

• She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; she wished she could know that they had been allowed to eat it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In a generation or two, education, emigration, improvements in agriculture and manufactures, may have provided the solution. Plato. The Republic.
• For all who love me in short; for I would make all happy if I could, provided they don't grow too pathetic. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It provided by a bill for a meeting of Parliament at least once in three years, whether the King summoned it or no. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If there is a deficiency, which there always is, it is provided for in the supplies of the ensuing year. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I suppose, however, he had this move in his mind—he was always half-cracked—and then considered her provided for. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A typical form of his transmitter, see Fig. 55, was a box covered with a vibrating membrane E, and provided with a mouth-piece at one side. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many great cities and plains and deserts have been provided with these wells owing to the ease with which they can now be sunk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Whereupon he began again to think that my brain was disturbed, of which he gave me a hint, and advised me to go to bed in a cabin he had provided. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• An apartment at court provided for the author. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The 15th of September was the day appointed, and there were eight locomotive engines provided to propel the same number of trains of carriages, which were to form the procession. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He still grasped Jane in one great arm as Tarzan bounded like a leopard into the arena which nature had provided for this primeval-like battle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The machine is provided with a series of finger keys, which, when pressed like the keys of a typewriter, cause the letter moulds to assemble in a line in their proper order for print. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It provided the only hope of moral solidarity he could discern in the great welter of narrow views and self-seeking over which he had to rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A brake was provided for in the specification, as were also variable gears for changing speed, and an automatic blower for the fire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I promised him assistance provided he would admit me into a share of the invention, to which proposition he assented. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We may approach it, so to speak, from any one of the angles provided by its connections. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Provided he had made no will that can come into force, leaving a legacy to Mrs General, I am contented. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He recalled the émigrés, provided they gave satisfactory assurances to respect the new régime. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was a principle in the Welland family that people's days and hours should be what Mrs. Welland called provided for. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Naturally enough, Mr. Davis wanted to escape, and would not reflect much how this should be accomplished provided it might be done successfully. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In these a single machine is provided with various tools, and adapted to perform a great variety of work by shifting the position of the material and the tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• That was Mr. Micawber's expression, “Provided for. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But, for the girl's own sake, I must ask you at once whether SHE has provided herself with a sweetheart, poor wretch, like the rest of them? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was horrible to think that I had provided the weapon, however undesignedly, but I could hardly think otherwise. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The gun is fulcrumed in a lever frame provided with a counterpoise which more than balances the gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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