Example sentences of "[modal v] help [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But meanwhile , I will give you a prescription for some pills which should help to relieve some of your anxiety and then suppose we say , provisionally … ’ she glanced at a diary at the side of her desk , ‘ you come here next Monday at the same time ? ’ |
| 2 | The results of this investigation should help to clarify some of the complex issues involved in the debate on gender and schooling . |
| 3 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 4 | The major exhibition of his work currently at the National Portrait Gallery should help to change that . |
| 5 | We 've set the target of the year 2000 to make all rights of way accessible and the action pack should help to achieve that . |
| 6 | Promotion of the role of the Commissioner , emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem . |
| 7 | Sticking a rubber bath mat to the bottom of the bath from the start should help to prevent this type of reaction , and you can then lift the dog in carefully . |
| 8 | But comparisons of the sequences of the myc genes of different lymphomas should help to provide some insight into the problem . |
| 9 | The first three examples ( figs 1–3 ) should help to make this clearer . |
| 10 | Some examples should help to make this clearer . |
| 11 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 12 | The depreciation of sterling should help to bring this about and , although there might in time be scope for some further slight fall in interest rates , it is doubtful if there is much more that the Chancellor can do . |
| 13 | Although the European Parliament may get more power , its competence is still limited , so the German parliament must help to ensure some accountability over EC matters . |
| 14 | Some examples might help to clarify this . |
| 15 | There are certain supplementary sources of revenue which might help to offset some of the costs . |
| 16 | Mr Leigh-Pemberton reckons such controls might help to prevent another explosion in house prices and borrowing as interest rates fall . |
| 17 | This leads inevitably into the complex , ambiguous , but probably unavoidable subject of policies , rules and deployments which might help to limit any nuclear war should it occur ( Clarke , 1982 ) . |
| 18 | There had to be a balance of power in Eurasia , and Britain ( above all others ) was the state which could help to preserve that balance by realistic diplomacy , deterrence or war . |
| 19 | Most of these , if asked , would have been unwilling to support any increase in attainment testing or in subjective assessment of character , but their expressed unease about testing could help to feed that of others , who would then fall back on what had ‘ worked ’ in the past . |
| 20 | Dr Owen 's endorsement for Mr Major could help to swing some undecided voters back to the Conservatives . |
| 21 | It would also reduce dependence on oil , which was a sensible strategic aim , and the regular orders for the British railway manufacturing industry could help to win more export orders for electrified systems overseas . |
| 22 | It has been argued that one could help to break that circle by integrating the school system ( Fraser 1974 ; Heskin 1980 ) . |
| 23 | And there would be a lot in it for China too : if it could help to pull all this off , it would establish itself firmly alongside America as the other power to be reckoned with in Asia . |
| 24 | Changing the law on mistake in rape could help to change these social attitudes , even though for some time to come defendants might find themselves charged with rape because of such ingrained attitudes towards women . |
| 25 | They have gone no further than to promise a ‘ modest ’ central contribution if it would help to settle all disputes . |
| 26 | Electoral reform would help to entrench this style of politics . |
| 27 | The high speed of magnetic compared to optical media would help to disguise some of DVI 's current limitations and would also facilitate a smooth , seamless multimedia presentation . |
| 28 | Gillingham enters the Europeans ' at the peak of his form , and a performance in keeping with that would help to overcome that current image as the perennial man of tomorrow . |
| 29 | She thinks that more images of Black and Asian girls in the media would help to change some of the racist ideas and stereotypes that exist . |
| 30 | He said that mandatory repatriation would help to achieve this . |