I'm a rather incompetent adviser, you think; but the very provision that you need not go alone, may be a trap to lull suspicion and bring you there with only an Aide or an orderly.
To ponder and not plaster any section is so long to stay in the house where the meals are given if there is food provision that enough of it means something.
A capable extravagance that is that which shows no provision is that which when necessity is mild shows a certain distribution of anger.
Some provision became at once necessary for preventing the filling of the condenser with water.
George Stephenson was almost alone, and the opponents of steam had secured a provision in the Newcastle & Carlisle Railroad concession, stipulating expressly that horses should there be exclusively employed.
The boiler is made fast at one end, and provision is made for its expansion when heated.
Friction should be reduced as much as possible, and careful provision should be made to economize lubricants as well as fuel.
Provision is made to secure a good circulation of water in these boilers by means of the "baffle-plates," seen in the sketch, which compel the water to flow as indicated by the arrows.
From the Pyrenees as far as Madrid, he found every provision made for the subsistence of the French troops, and sent a very advantageous account to the King of this circumstance.
The people even refused provision to his frigates.
He thought, indeed, provision should be made for all these persons, but he would not move any amendment until he had heard the opinion of the committee on the subject.
This provisionmay produce consequences the most fatal.
What was the effect of thisprovision in the constitution?
The constitution seems to have intended, by its provision on this subject, to guard the General Government against the undue influence of any particular States wherein it might sit.
The provision need only extend to the forbidding of slaves being taken there.
We are now making provision for persons who have legal claims.
No field works of any kind connected them and they were without provisionfor defense against encircling tactics and against modern artillery.
When the soldiers were able to take up industrial training, further provision was ready.
There will be provision for payments in case of disability as well as death, according to the tentative plan.
The wise recommendations of President Wilson were at once approved by Congress; provision was made for guaranteeing the railroads the income which he recommended, and for financing the roads.
You owe your provision to the former steward," answered the secretary.
Dame Hind outdid herself in the provision she made for the feast, which was spread in the "court-room," the same in which Commissioner Tunstall had trouble with the wasps.
Provision for his widow and for his girl had already been made before he had ventured on matrimony,--provision sufficient for many girls had Fortune so far favoured him.
Here the weather began to be bad, provision failed, and they thought it better, since die they must, to die by the sword than by famine.
Erik said to them: "Sick men have to devise by craft some provision for their journey.
Also, he appointed that it was lawful to claim as much of another man's food for provision as would suffice for a single supper.
I think that it was a provision of fortune that neither of them should reap joy and honour by the other's death.
This constitution also included an "understanding clause" provision which required voters to prove in written statements their understanding of the government of Virginia.
Consequently, local and state officials throughout Virginia have been compelled to reconsider the state constitutionalprovision concerning segregation in the public schools and to integrate the school population in some areas.
Provision is made in the state constitution that additional districts may be made by law only if the new district contains at least 30 square miles.
Since it is more difficult to change a provision of a constitution than a statute or a law, these provisions were included in the Virginia Constitution for emphasis and for a more enduring effect.
This provision was to be replaced in 1904 by the requirement of each potential voter passing an intelligence test proving that he could properly interpret the constitution.
A noteworthy provision of the Constitution allows any person who is an active member of the United States Armed Forces to be exempt from paying a poll tax and from registering as a prerequisite to voting.
This action was based upon a provision of the Underwood Constitution of 1869 and although having a most worthy purpose, the action was a costly one.
A unique feature was the provision that the burgesses had the power of vetoing any objectionable acts of the company.
It provided for a poll tax and an "understanding clause" provision as a voting requirement; later, the latter was changed to an intelligence test requirement.
There was no provision for a national court system.
After the War between the States, the Underwood Constitution included a provision requiring public education through the establishment of a uniform system of free public schools in all counties of the state.
Are they bargemen or watermen, who ply on rivers and transport provision or commodities from one inland town to another?
Beauty and ornament were consulted by the builders instead of strength; and the convenient accommodation of the in-dwellers, in lieu of the means of disposing of a crowded garrison, and its necessary provision in time of siege.
Mrs. Farnaby had appeared at the office on the previous day, and had briefly expressed her wish to make a small annual provision for her niece, in case of future need.
Years since, I left in his care the means of making a small provision for my child, on the chance that she might live to claim it.
Notwithstanding the provision which had been made not to admit lawyers into the colony, the legal profession was at this time so flourishing at Darien that it was estimated that there were about forty lawsuits to each colonist.
This provision was inserted contrary to the wishes of Las Casas.
In their huts the Spaniards found both a provision of food and some ornaments of gold.
Her son was born while she was in England, or shortly before her coming thither, and the London Company made provision for him and for her.
The rest of the payment he proposed to make in a promise to aid Powhatan in his wars against the Monacans, and a "proportion of Copper," with sundry provision for future supplies.
I allowed a Bisket to every working man for his breakfast by means of provision brought by Captain Newport.
A fleet of transport ships carried eighty-nine men, seventeen women, and eleven little children, with every appliance for comfort, and ample provision of implements of husbandry.
Some of these houses were a hundred and twenty feet long, and at every house provision was kept for his entertainment when it pleased him to make a royal progress through his dominions.
Considering they had but one anchor and their "provision neare spent," they determined to go to Trinidad or some other island "to refresh ourselves and seeke for purchase that winter, and the next spring come againe to seeke our countrymen.
An interesting feature in the New Zealand Coal Mines' Act is the provision by which mine-owners have to contribute to a fund for the relief of miners or the families of miners in cases where men are injured or killed at work.
Not only was no provision made for it in the written constitution, but the Colonial Office had sent the Governor no instructions on the subject.
The Act has clauses insisting on the provision of a separate dining-room for women workers, of fire-escapes, and protection against dangerous machinery.
The provisionis very inferior to the cities of refuge which were set apart by Moses for the manslayer to flee to from the fury of the avenger.
Second, Confucius makes no provision for the intercourse of his country with other and independent nations.
The Chau Li tells us of a provision made against the evil consequences of the principle, by the appointment of a minister called 'The Reconciler [2].
So great had become his weakness and suffering that it was Joan who was forced to make provision for the night.
In the course of it he said that many years ago a memorandum on the provision for the younger branches of the Royal Family had been agreed upon by the Cabinet, and shown to the chiefs of the Opposition.
In the supplementary Budget, proposed on June 9th, provisionwas made for a reduction from one shilling to sixpence of the duty on some wines.
The Cabinet rejected Chamberlain's proposal to accompany coercion by a provision against ejectments in the sense of the Compensation Bill of 1880.
My suggestion is that when provision is proposed for the establishment of the eldest son of H.
Again, if everything were to be carried out at once, it is we, sirs, who must make the whole provision at our expense.
Send to Dodona and to Delphi, I would beg you, and consult the will of Heaven whether such a provision and such a policy on our part be truly to the interest of Athens both for the present and for the time to come.
Following this the Legislature of Pennsylvania adopted a similar bill, containing a declaratory provision that it is deleterious to health.
The original plan of the provisionprovided that the public should be represented, but the public is not particularly interested in this matter, not nearly so much as the other parties.
The rates could be fixed in that law so reasonable that the manufacturers could not oppose the law, with a provision in the law that after investigation, or within a certain time, those rates would be increased in the future.
JOHN FLORA (Illinois): I see in this tentative "code" no provision for doing away with the defenses of the employers before the courts.
They have a provision there that the employers may adopt some system of their own with the approval of the public authorities.
Is there any reason why, when we have tried to make that provision for the inevitable result of industry, we should refuse to punish those rare cases of misconduct which mean that men have grossly trifled with the safety of their employes?
That is, in case of default in the payments under this provision the employe or the dependent entitled to payment can immediately bring suit and collect a lump sum in damages.
So that from the point of view of the expense to the employer such a provision need not impose a serious additional burden along with the burden of the compensation law.
The guide had got a magnificent provision of firewood, the sky swept itself clear of every trace of cloud or vapor, the wind entirely ceased, so that the fire-smoke rose straight up to heaven.
A good provision indeed," the general laughed; "enough to last you through half a dozen pitched battles.
No; but there may be many women who have made no provision at all, thinking that we shall at least be able to get water at any of the stations we stop at.
If he had reflected that we condemn follies and vanities, he would not have supposed that they were a provision of the Deity for our comfort.
Some (I confess) have miscarried in it, but 'twas because their provision of beauty was spent before they came to composition.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "provision" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
