The phrase "a simple provision" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a straightforward or uncomplicated rule, clause, or stipulation in a legal or formal context.
Example: "The contract includes a simple provision that outlines the payment terms clearly."
Alternatives: "an easy clause" or "a basic stipulation".
Unfortunately, the answer is complicated and is structural - it requires much more than a simple provision of legislation.
For a simple provision prohibiting the restraint of the enforcement of any state statute except by a three-judge court would manifestly have sufficed to embrace every such suit whatever its particular constitutional ground.
These new statutes "allow people without lots of money, without detailed consultations with lawyers, to create a simple provision to take care of their pet," said Gerry W. Beyer, a law professor at St . Marys University in San Antonio.
"America's been involved in Africa for decades but we are moving beyond a simple provision of assistance, foreign aid, to a new model, a partnership between America and Africa, a partnership of equals that focuses on your capacity to solve problems and your capacity to grow".
If you and your husband are willing to take one more crack at Grandpa (and I suggest waiting a month or so from your last foray, lest he think you sit around counting his cash), ask him to add a simple provision to his will.
A simple provision sounding in boilerplate, yes, but actually a very important one.
A seemingly simple provision, intuitively sensible to anyone who follows the Oscars, the Emmys or the Pulitzers.
Mr. Buffett's testimony comes at a crucial time, with the House and Senate working to reconcile more than 3,000 pages of financial reform legislation, including a short, simple provision to remove credit ratings requirements and force regulators and institutional investors to find substitutes.
At a minimum, the simple provision of a booklet explaining to patients how to self manage their symptoms using vestibular rehabilitation exercises seems to have lasting benefits, without incurring any additional resource use relative to routine care.
Notably, in an Australian study, the simple provision of a workbook for parents was associated with recovery in 26% of anxious children aged 6 12 years, compared to 7% who received no treatment.
All it takes to correct this is the simple provision of a cardboard box in a quiet corner, or a tall tower or scratching post.
