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

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1 The interviewer is concerned not with taking over and controlling the clients ' lives , but with helping them handle problems in order that they may fashion their own lives according to their own values .
2 On the one hand ( see page 31 ) reasoning with children , and helping them recognize others ' feelings , facilitates the development of conscience and resistance to temptation .
3 Helping them recognize the feeling of when they want to go can be an important component for the older pre-school child .
4 Almost always , by helping them stay in their own homes — not only by providing the necessary cash , but also by helping them to obtain all the entitlements to which they are due .
5 ‘ I look forward to contributing further in helping them achieve all their objectives . ’
6 The working hypothesis reached by the counsellor has to be transferred to the counsellees , not through direct transmission , but by helping them achieve their own insights .
7 Above all , they have emphasised the need for higher expectations from society as a whole about what disabled people can achieve , and have argued for the necessary resources to be devoted to helping them achieve them .
8 The challenge of meeting all children 's needs and of helping them achieve their rights can only be met by concerted efforts of governments of multi-lateral agencies and bi-lateral donors , as well as by the path-breaking initiatives of N G Os such as Save The Children .
9 We will ensure that all 14–19 year olds have a personal tutor and careers advice , helping them build the foundations for personal fulfilment and success .
10 Oxfam is working with the refugees helping them rebuild their lives .
11 In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote .
12 Taking the nine sources together , they scored best on informing electors about the issues ( 5.7 ) , slightly less well on informing them about personalities ( 5.4 ) , and Very much worse on helping them decide how to Vote ( 4.1 ) .
13 Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings .
14 Those who found politics interesting in the campaign but had not been interested in politics a year earlier gave the press high ratings for helping them decide how to vote .
15 Those who read highbrow papers found their papers no more useful for helping them decide how to vote or for revealing politicians ' personalities , and only a little more useful for explaining political issues .
16 But on helping them decide how to vote , opinion was much more evenly divided : 36 per cent preferred television , 24 per cent the press , and a remarkable 40 per cent said the two sources were equally useful ( Table 6.12 ) .
17 So amongst tabloid readers generally , but especially amongst Sun/Star readers , there was a dramatic difference between their overwhelming preference for television as a source of information and their reliance upon both press and television for helping them decide how to vote .
18 Our panel rated PEBs much lower than the press or television news for providing information on issues , but similar to the press for providing information on leaders , and close behind the press and television news for helping them decide how to vote .
19 Vote-guidance seekers , and those who lacked strong preferences , found personal conversations useful in helping them decide how to vote .
20 Readers of the tabloid press overwhelmingly preferred television rather than the press as an information source but , like other voters , they had a relatively slight preference for television rather than the press for helping them decide how to vote .
21 Overall , although readers were well aware that their papers were relatively biased compared to television and although they rated television as much more useful for providing information about issues , they did not rate television much more useful in helping them decide how to vote .
22 So they wo n't even be of any use in helping them decide which subjects to specialise in .
23 Another crucial factor in helping them locate prey is the position of their eyes .
24 Lizzie came from the back of the house to greet them and insisted on helping them carry in Sara 's boxes , packages and various belongings .
25 Local artist Hazel Albarn has been working with ten and 11-year-olds and their teachers , helping them design and create large sculptures relating to their other work topics .
26 Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig .
27 Notwithstanding the fact that , according to the document , The Future Value of our Qualification , issued at the same time as the Manifesto , the Institute believes that chartered accountants want it to ‘ safeguard the reputation of the profession and to enhance the value of their qualification ’ and ‘ to concentrate on helping them succeed professionally ’ , at the present time practising members are concerned primarily with their practices ' cash flow and profitability , and the threat of litigation .
28 Well what you doing helping them paint , drawing and all that ?
29 Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest .
30 We provide rich sensory experiences — wrapping them in soft towels , letting them squelch in mud or helping them identify different tastes or the sound and smells of the countryside .
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