Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this has vanished save for the church , of which St Augustine 's chapel is an original fragment . |
| 2 | Equally , triumphalism of the dotty kind has not been in evidence at all ; nobody , for example , has let slip the belief that the present knowledge of genetics is so certain and detailed that the future of the human race can now be predicted . |
| 3 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 4 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 5 | ‘ The research and development which has helped achieve supreme meat quality has always had significant health benefits for our industry . ’ |
| 6 | Importantly , by enabling us to see the lack of stability within textual play , deconstruction has helped bring attention to the exterior forces which attempt to control such play . |
| 7 | Today oversupply has helped bring down London rents to bargain basement levels . |
| 8 | The shop takes a commission on sales and the seller has helped pay for his trip . |
| 9 | Now the group has helped pay for a bronze sculpture in memory of the navvies . |
| 10 | It raises funds for conservation and its concerns are with earth-bound pandas ( it has helped set up ten panda reserves in China ) rather than ocean-going whales . |
| 11 | At his office in the stable block of a former count 's palace in north east Moscow , Grigoriev 's company , Vagrius , has helped set up the Task Force Against Piracy , a legal action fund to combat flagrant breaches of copyright which sees Western books and Russian editions illegally produced and sold . |
| 12 | Mr Cruickshank has spent just over three years in charge of the Scottish health service and has helped set it on the Government 's controversial road to self-governing hospitals and fund-holding family doctor practices . |
| 13 | A FATHER whose son was killed in a road accident has helped set up a support network in the North West for the families of other victims . |
| 14 | Over the last 30 years the Trust has helped build 26 village schools , two hospitals and 12 medical centres . |
| 15 | This in turn has helped generate , and been refuelled by , theologies of liberation which have become central to much Catholic thinking in the latter part of our period . |
| 16 | In the problem of consumption , therefore , urban sociology has not only at long last discovered an object of analysis ; it has helped identify one of the core questions of the modern age . |
| 17 | The stock market 's recent steady performance in the run up to the water issue has helped ensure the success of the flotation . |
| 18 | A sharper awareness among historians of the purpose of actions previously dismissed as desperate or revengeful has helped explain why groups of workers not infrequently combined intimidatory action with more " legitimate " forms . |
| 19 | But the quality of the soil has helped protect this part of the past for present day archeologists to observe . |
| 20 | But the quality of the soil has helped protect this part of the past for present day archeologists to observe . |
| 21 | But the downpour has helped ease the water shortages of previous years . |
| 22 | The £800,000 signing from Nottingham Forest then paid tribute to the man who has helped transform his fiery character and enable him to take such a setback calmly in his stride — player-boss Francis . |
| 23 | ‘ All that has happened to me has helped open my eyes and I am still young enough to put the past firmly behind me . ’ |
| 24 | Membership of the European Community since 1973 has helped attract foreign companies in droves , while better management of a virtually strike-free economy has transformed its performance in the past few years . |
| 25 | Gail Rebuck commented : ‘ In the past two years I have witnessed Frances ’ excellent editorial judgement coupled with marketing flair and her consensus seeking management style that has helped secure so many important books … ’ |
| 26 | We ca n't tell whether our decision to move the sale to Ireland has helped influence the Chancellor but it went right home in Government circles , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Eric Williams who runs the Crumbs bakery has helped gather together thousands of pounds worth of baking equipment for his Romanian friends . |
| 28 | Where the decline of British engineering has diminished the industrial base and opened a black hole in the trade balance , the growth of German engineering output , matching that in Japan and America , has helped create a near impregnable manufacturing trade surplus . |
| 29 | Andrew Stuart charts the Tory party policy that has helped create this situation . |
| 30 | Freddie 's best known song has helped do that . ’ |