Example sentences of "help [n mass] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Summers says so , but he has n't seen the pictures , and there are always problems with stories that emphasise the power of Meyer Lansky ; he became a kind of bogeyman , credited with old crimes to boost a reputation which helped people do what the Mob wanted .
2 I 've had before where I have been told waited and helped people finish their
3 From my past experiences and many finds I have plenty of knowledge in the field and this enables me to help people choose the right detector to suit them .
4 There should be a stockpile of sandbags to help people cope with the floods .
5 A COURSE to help people cope with divorce starts in Middlesbrough next month .
6 The Divorce Experience ’ is a five-session course , which aims to help people rebuild their lives after divorce .
7 Human beings have certain needs , certain problems , and I think that all religions in their own way have found ways of coping with those problems as different languages may differ grammatically , and they 're all trying to help people do the same thing .
8 This happened in 1990 to an imaginative device produced by a group of school children to help people change light bulbs without standing on steps .
9 ( 3 ) the need for " inservice training to make people aware , generate interest , and to help people change " , particularly in relation to study skills .
10 South Tees Health Authority plans to help people stop smoking , to help create more smoke-free places and to try to stop young people from starting .
11 Every shift , they face people who have lost lovers , lost jobs or lost families through AIDS or ( more often ) the fear of AIDS ; every shift they have to help people think through the new consequences of future sex or face the possible results of past ignorance .
12 The most obvious practical implication of strokes is that we need to help people achieve their stroke quotas .
13 ‘ Aids ’ are available to help people pull themselves out of bed , or to put on stockings .
14 The gas regions and electricity boards have schemes to help people pay for their fuel more easily .
15 As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills .
16 We will create a Commission of Human Rights to help people bring proceedings under the Bill and to recommend changes in existing law and practice .
17 Rather the aim is to help people bring their specific and collective perceptions about the problems quickly into focus — a basis from which a course to direct action can be plotted .
18 CLEARER food labelling , less fatty products and greater official support are needed to help people lead a healthier lifestyle .
19 Sex manuals and sex therapists soon flooded the market to help people make the grade .
20 The Consumers ' Association has produced an action pack Finance Your Future to help people make financial decisions prior to retirement .
21 McIntyre says that ‘ the books ’ one and only aim is to help people make up their own minds about war and society based on a neglected primary source ’ , and in this he succeeds brilliantly .
22 Whilst each has its special purposes , all share a common concern to help people protect , understand and enjoy the environment more effectively .
23 We also see great opportunity get into pension funds to help people manage their pension funds and set up pension funds er for clients and and other targets .
24 The readings and music were designed to help people reflect on the goodness of God 's creation and our responsibility to be stewards of the harvest .
25 Within this context , the Christian Family Video Society has planned a programme of training and education to help people evaluate and use the media in a constructive way .
26 Within this context , the Christian Family Video Society has planned a programme of training and education to help people evaluate and use the media in a constructive way .
27 But whereas he merely wants to help people satisfy their baser appetites , Thersites would wish to reduce everyone to his poisonous and diseased state .
28 Many of these observations became well-known sayings and some of them were made into verse to help people remember them .
29 There will also be a pensions ombudsman and a tracing service to help people track down pensions held with previous employers , he told Mr Gerrard Neale ( C. Cornwall N ) in a written reply .
30 Among the package of proposals meant to safeguard members of company pension schemes , Mr Newton plans to have a tracing service based on a register of pension schemes to help people track down pensions held with their previous employers .
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