They provide a record of what matters to us and a picture is often far more powerful than words.
The computer will provide a record of the proceedings and the time taken by each partnership.
Not that even the most comprehensive tapes could provide a perfect record of history.
The theory can be studied through the fossils, which provide a record of life on Earth.
It also provides a harsh record of the degree to which stress and age have ground away at my health.
Thus there is an audit trail that provides a record of who did what when.
Paper files, while not obsolete, no longer provide a complete record of Government action.
Television, like photography in the newspaper business, provides a historical record of the world as we know it.
His early copies provide a record in many areas where the text would otherwise be lost forever.
Some reports will be on paper, to provide an accurate record of that resident, others are verbal.