Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] help " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well designed information systems can give the information which will assist managers make better decisions , give their businesses competitive advantage or help them improve their cost structure or product base . |
| 2 | While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible . |
| 3 | worker input : day care transport 3 1–7 days main meal preparation or help with eating 1 1 or 2 visits per week or fortnight to relieve informal carer 6 1–7 evenings per week to ensure client safe and prepared for night 1 |
| 4 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 5 | The ideal working dress would , therefore , be one in which you could reach up high to bring down the best china , bend down low to pick up the dropped toy , feel comfortable in for walking around the park and pushing a pram or playing ball , not worry about if baby food was deposited on it , move around in easily with a baby on your hip and cover up totally for rolling out pastry or helping with painting . |
| 6 | Friendship is more likely to be offered in terms of emotional support or help in times of crisis . |
| 7 | But in poor families , many youngsters spend Saturdays earning money or helping at home , which prevents them attending such classes . |
| 8 | ‘ We are about to really start approaching businesses in the Darlington area to ask for money or help in kind , ’ said Robin . |
| 9 | One may be obligated to help fight opponents of the institution or help overcome obstacles to its successful operation in ways which one is not required by its laws to do . |
| 10 | The then Chairman of the Housing Committee was to be a leading member of ‘ Labour against Militant ’ and crucial decisions , including this one , were usually remitted from the full Housing Committee to a smaller Housing Committee Working Group which met privately and was given the task of disposing of 25 sites which had originally been reserved for council house or Housing Association use , but were to be sold , used for Partnership or HELP schemes , or used for equity shares . |
| 11 | It was the Malaysia Rubber Producers ' Research Association that helped to turn a concept known as ‘ base isolation ’ into reality at the University of California . |
| 12 | The buying of a teapot was part of the Burton ritual that helped to give variety to the East Anglian 's stay in the Midlands . |
| 13 | Many of you , of course , make your contribution in good time , and deserve the cup of tea that helps you to recover from donating your ‘ blood ’ ! |
| 14 | Repealers see the Wright amendment as another post-deregulation rule that helps the big airlines get bigger . |
| 15 | It was the second Unionist lever against Home Rule that helped to involve the King , for it assumed that Home Rule would become law , would be repudiated in Ulster , and that then the army would refuse to enforce it . |
| 16 | Trilogic , the company that manufacture these little marvels of modern medicine have only recently stopped advertising the product ( it 's a special tape that helps you properly align your azimuth heads ) . |
| 17 | 1981 ) that a novel environment might serve as a dishabituator causing the original attentional response to be reinstated ; in addition the novel environment might , quite independently of the stimuli presented in it , have an arousing effect that helps learning . |
| 18 | Ender , 33 , is unlikely now to produce the kind of speed that helped her break no fewer than 27 world records during her distinguished career . |
| 19 | Quickies — Mindmaps Plus — a program to structure your thinking and help with problem solving and decision making . |
| 20 | The moral low point comes when a Jew ( played by Von Trier himself ) is forced to attest , falsely , to the Hartmanns ' kindness and help during the war . |
| 21 | At the Nez Perce camp on Weippe prairie , and later in the Clearwater valley , the expedition met only kindness and help from the Nez Perce . |
| 22 | We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and help we have received , the generous gifts , and the people who have made extra contributions on this , our special day . |
| 23 | They change the persona and help me to detach myself completely from my working life . |
| 24 | Bryan Gould , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , yesterday posed for photographers with a Co-op credit card the size of a tea tray : ‘ There are middle class Labour supporters … no , it wo n't contribute to the credit boom … change your credit card and help Labour win . ’ |
| 25 | A cycle ride , walk or swim at least three times a week will boost your circulation and help maintain a healthy bloom . |
| 26 | For £49.99 , it comprises two tiny magnets used to stimulate energy flows through the body ; mineral salts from the Dead Sea to help eliminate cellulite and pep up your skin ; an aromatherapy oil ; a hand roller which stimulates pressure points on the hands ; vitamin tablets , and finally a body scrub sponge to exfoliate , boost circulation and help get rid of toxins . |
| 27 | A home massage will tone and improve circulation and help to relieve aching limbs . |
| 28 | A well thought-out lighting scheme can enhance the atmosphere of your bedroom and help create the look you want . |
| 29 | Unlike Britain , Japan has full employment and a high level of savings which facilitates investment and helps to keep down interest rates and inflation . |
| 30 | The opportunity to help investment and to help employment directly , then they should be prepared to cut erm interest rates , as our European partners have been doing . |