"provides a preview" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
This phrase can be used whenever you are discussing an advance look at something, such as a movie or an upcoming event. For example, "The trailer for the new movie provides a preview of the exciting action sequences and emotional story."
The work provides a preview, of sorts, for the orchestra's exploration of politically charged works by Britten, Shostakovich and Prokofiev in the spring.
Later in the program Adm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., who is leading the independent investigation into the Columbia disaster, provides a preview of the report expected at the end of this month.
The experience of Rice provides a preview of the subtle ways that life would most likely change inside the admissions offices of colleges like Yale, Princeton and Stanford should the Supreme Court decide to impose strict restrictions on affirmative action.
The way this institution operates against its own people provides a preview of the future that both American and Israeli officials will now foresee for Palestinians in the occupied territories: a future that is constricted, controlled, and void of sovereignty and self-determination.
Table 1 provides a preview of gas compositions and potential contaminants from different potential sources of biogas and natural gas.
You can drag him and it provides a preview and droppable areas.
The quick turn provided a preview of summer style.
International competitors provided a preview of the landscape in London.
A park service curator, Mary Trocchia, recently provided a preview.
And Obama has already provided a preview of other aspects of this year's speech.
Netrebko and Villazón recently sang together in a revival of "Rigoletto," providing a preview of the Gelb regime.
