Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In virtually equating doubt and unbelief they make doubt the opposite of faith in a way that is true neither to the Bible nor to what we know of human knowledge . |
| 2 | But the broadcasting reform of 1974 , and the new balance of power ( liberal centre-right President Giscard and neo-Gaullist Premier Chirac ) helped transform the relationship between government ministers and broadcasters . |
| 3 | Passing over more innovative authors such as Lawrence Durrell or William Golding , it helped establish a sort of myth of the 1950s , to the effect that the complexities and indulgences of modernism had been sensibly rejected in favour of a thoroughgoing return to traditional , realist style , and to the true subject of the novel , class and social relations . |
| 4 | But , apparently , its availability in Eastern Europe during the late-Eighties helped hasten the collapse of Communism — which is certainly more of a revolutionary achievement than either of the other two music forms managed . |
| 5 | I let go a lungful of air , slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan . |
| 6 | The enduring point is that close links did not make finance the slave of industry . |
| 7 | To help facilitate the distribution of mail and delivery of messages an alphabetical guest list is maintained , usually on a revolving stand located in an area easily accessible to all staff of the reception area . |
| 8 | To help boost the use of patent information by the local business community , Liverpool 's council-run Central Library is to be awarded a grant of £5,000 to help library staff assist local innovators . |
| 9 | AEA also contributes to the PWR safety programme ; last year we further developed the INSPECT code , which is used to help predict the behaviour of iodine in a PWR loss of coolant accident . |
| 10 | The aim of this paper is to consider a strategy which schools could adopt to help introduce a policy for integration . |
| 11 | Halifax are pulling out all the stops to try to strengthen their squad and want a sponsor to help fund a deal for Aussie Test forward Bob Lindner . |
| 12 | The programme has reflected the needs arising from the many relief projects in Africa as well as the efforts being made to help improve the management of transport in health and other programmes . |
| 13 | Gemini News Service began 25 years ago to help improve the flow of news reports between Commonwealth countries . |
| 14 | A large number of projects are devoted to informal , grassroot communication education programmes designed to help improve the quality of life for thousands of people living in marginalised communities throughout Africa , Asia and Latin America . |
| 15 | Secondly , the policy aims to reduce the amount of absenteeism and poor work performance caused by excess use of alcohol , and to help improve the quality of life for those concerned . |
| 16 | An ACTIONAID spokeswoman said : ‘ We are urging people to help break the cycle of poverty through pedal power . |
| 17 | Political uncertainties in the Soviet Union and South Africa , which between them accounted for 55 per cent of the world 's gold supplies , helped bring the price of gold in February 1990 to $425 an ounce . |
| 18 | Earl ( 1989 ) argues that it is necessary to identify three issues in the business plan to help ensure the success of IT : |
| 19 | The USVI government appealed for a community disaster loan of US$41,000,000 to help offset the loss of revenue from business taxes . |
| 20 | Mollie Salisbury had designed several gardens for friends , as well as her own at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire , and she was only too delighted to help plan a garden from scratch . |
| 21 | Although a believer in raj paternalism , Havell 's aesthetically radical , anti-Renaissance , arts and crafts tenets , and his synthetic vision of architecture as unifying all the different traditional arts of India , helped undermine the primacy of salon art in India , hitherto identified as one of the triumphs of the raj westernization of the subcontinent . |
| 22 | But the structure and functioning of grinding or chewing teeth in other mammals , in which opposing teeth co-operate in action , and which can be matched in extinct , unrelated mammals , is a much more subtle matter , involving detailed studies on the operation of living dental systems to help elucidate the functioning of fossil ones . |
| 23 | Four surviving children , 12 grandchildren , 26 great grandchildren and six great , great grandchildren helped mark the milestone in style . |
| 24 | Since retiring , Bill Newton has helped run a charity in support of Romanians … particularly the children . |
| 25 | The finds helped offset a fall in production in 1989 due to damage to one of the established oilfields as a result of overproduction . |
| 26 | Is the Minister aware that in Scotland we have gained the impression that while the Secretary of State for Scotland is prepared to have meetings about the industry such as the one that he had yesterday with the shadow Secretary of State for Industry — the man with the real power in relation to the steel industry , the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , is not prepared to lift a finger to help secure a future for steel production in Scotland ? |
| 27 | Why in that case should they wish to help secure the continuance of production ? |
| 28 | The Bank may use them to help control the level of bank lending . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the Conservative Party itself helped set the tone for library disposals and helped not a little towards the rise of semi-literacy and , when controversy did arise , its political acceptability . |
| 30 | Shinwell , however , helped tilt the balance in favour of maintaining some regional independence , and he told the House of Commons that : |