Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 CA SHOWS OBJECT TOOLSET
2 ‘ The mind , taking no notice of itself , is deluded to think it can and doth conceive bodies … without the mind . ’
3 Information about job characteristics also helps explain pay variations within each sex , and to some extent between them .
4 Such information is needed , of course ; it helps prevent deterioration of performance .
5 Stage payments , small sums paid as the work progresses , is a normal practice , which helps prevent cash-flow problems for the builder , who must pay bills , wages etc .
6 It 's even being tested in Canada as an oil which helps prevent cancer .
7 Pond 's moisturisers help maintain and replenish your skin with natural ingredients such as glycerine , which helps prevent moisture loss and attracts extra water from the air .
8 Wash and peel 2 mushrooms per person and cut the stalks across level with the caps ( this helps prevent shrinkage ) .
9 This helps prevent wind rock .
10 The blood test for anaemia checks the level of haemoglobin , which helps carry oxygen through the blood .
11 Thus , one person 's project has to be translated into something of wider benefit around the organization — which helps ensure success because it has support .
12 But really you should celebrate such uncertainty because it helps undermine myths of scientific omniscience .
13 This helps keep Germany 's huge surplus of exports competitively priced .
14 As the suppliers of a ‘ green ’ product , he uses recyclable packaging and gives an explanation of the term organic on the cartons which helps keep customers informed and hopefully helps to educate some of them too !
15 But , although increasing your intake of fruit and vegetables has numerous advantages and benefits — both are generally low in calories and rich in Vitamin C which helps keep colds at bay — it is possible to eat too much .
16 But such projects and a successful geothermal programme which now accounts for more than 10% of Kenya 's electricity will do little to reduce the oil dependence which helps keep Kenya and many other African countries caught in an energy trap .
17 The aluminium body is 12 per cent lighter than if built of steel , which helps keep fuel consumption down .
18 It also helps create links between the additional context of the experiment and the real-life world of the classroom .
19 The advantages for the conservation of the Broads are virtually silent operation , no pollution and a hull design which helps minimise bank erosion .
20 Oral rehydration therapy ( ORT ) is hailed as the answer to diarrhoeal disease : a ‘ solution ’ which helps take attention away from such causes as poverty , malnutrition and lack of clean water supplies .
21 As we saw in the last section , knowing your product well helps sell goods .
22 6.00pm She lays the table then helps serve dinner at 8.00pm .
23 They are easily identified ( by frontages , logo and store design ) — this helps attract customers
24 Pain is often made worse by anxiety , so lavender oil , which helps reduce anxiety , is used in conjunction with painkillers .
25 It helps reduce heat loss and dissipates moisture which may accumulate .
26 It is a mix of staff , says Shandell , which also helps get things done when dealing with ministerial bureaucracy .
27 It 's it 's part of a programme , it helps get blood back to the hair fo We 've all got all the hair follicles there , what we have n't got is the capillary network feeding those hair follicles .
28 Using the other person 's name early on in the transaction also helps establish rapport , so long as it is n't inappropriately familiar or done in a routine , ‘ mechanical ’ way .
29 C&P helps breathe life into waterways
30 LORD Mayor Treloar College , Froyle , are to benefit from a battery powered device which helps relieve pain .
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