Sentence examples for providing a test from inspiring English sources

Mr. Zytkow hopes the protest draws as many as 1,000 people, providing a test run for the convention and the city's ability to control the demonstrations.

But the campaign on behalf of the dealers is also providing a test of one of the central criticisms of the government's intrusion into the operations of many companies, from banks to insurers to auto giants.

In the process, it is providing a test case for other companies that feel slighted by the government's heavy-handed industrial policy and its habit of picking well-connected favorites over upstarts and outsiders.

But after the Sept. 11 attacks and the antiterrorism duties thrust upon local governments, the new fight is providing a test of whether voters are less inclined these days to oppose rising taxes.

"Every central-bank governor goes through tests of some sort," says Stanley Fischer, the governor of the Bank of Israel and the man who was Bernanke's thesis adviser at M.I.T. "Usually, the gods oblige by providing a test early on".

A fire in a Park Avenue office tower that forced the evacuation of thousands of lawyers, investment advisers and other workers is providing a test of contingency planning in the aftermath of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, according to real estate experts and several of the building's tenants.

Both have their reserves in Elite 1 again, providing a testing ground for their best young talent which, in theory, will emerge into the sunlight in spring.

The looming disclosure fight provides a test.

Circumstances seem likely to provide a test.

Before then, the Tokyo show will provide a test.

A General Electric facility in upstate New York provides a test case.