Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [vb infin] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 2 | In history and in modern times , any sporting pursuit which seriously engages blacks is sure to see them become the leaders in the field . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd like to see them get the plans through the government housing regulations . |
| 4 | Before the festival took place , 18 villages took part in workshops to help them identify the ways in which their dance , songs and drama could be used in raising the wider community 's understanding of the life of tribal and Dalit groups . |
| 5 | Such messages could ( at a push ) be used by players to help them promote the value of the shares in that company in the interminable rounds of wheeling and dealing . |
| 6 | More and more people are turning to tablets to help them improve the quality of their sleep but , as you will see , there are simpler and more natural methods which are , at the same time , far more effective . |
| 7 | What support might be offered to schools to help them analyse the needs of pupils and develop programmes to meet those needs ? |
| 8 | Lisa Buckingham writes : Chemical companies have finally secured insurance to help them pay the costs of cleaning up the long term damage they do to the environment . |
| 9 | Answer guide : To help them control the level of their expenditure , to assist in planning future levels of expenditure , to help them raise additional finance ( e g. mortgages , hire-purchase etc. ) , and to help them decide the best way to spend their money . |
| 10 | And the Indonesian , Malaysian and Singapore governments took steps to implement the planned levy on ships passing through the Strait to help them meet the costs of accidents and pollution [ see ED 56 ] . |
| 11 | Partly because cheap capital and a shot at some financial profits were just what exporters needed to help them deflect the blow of the strong yen after 1985 . |
| 12 | ‘ They are likely to phase in sucralose and will enjoy having the choice to help them keep the price under control . |
| 13 | For a few decades , too , the English also used hobelars with success along the borders which separated them from the enemy in France , and in particular at the siege of Calais in 1346–7 , where they had some 600 or so to help them keep the French at a distance . |
| 14 | Moreover , as we have seen , firms have developed facilitating devices such as information agreements , trade associations , and price leadership to help them solve the problem of achieving and maintaining agreements . |
| 15 | Engineers from St Helens Council 's highways department are now relying on computerised Met Office reports to help them plan the gritting of icy roads . |
| 16 | This chapter presents a model for transformational change that HRD practitioners may suggest to managers facing this difficult task , and it provides useful information that practitioners can pass along to managers to help them develop the understanding of the process that is so critical to success . |
| 17 | ‘ Tell my children how that was , Ilbrec , to let them learn the powers of our enemy . ’ |
| 18 | Even if Brady were able to sell one of several players who would be allowed to leave the club in response to a reasonable offer , Celtic 's bankers might be unwilling to let them use the money for the purchase of McGinlay or anybody else . |
| 19 | Mr. Gordon had persuaded Sir George Phillips , who was a rather crabby old man , to let them use the Park for their meetings , but , all the same , Judy had the feeling that Mr. Gordon did it for Brown Owl and not at all for the Brownies . |
| 20 | They will probably resent any other fish so it 's a good idea to let them have the tank to themselves . |
| 21 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 22 | The appearance of a hawk-like bird may provide just the encouragement the potential hosts need to make them abandon the nest for a while and take cover elsewhere . |
| 23 | The idea that something so apparently soft and harmless has pain-inflicting daggers on the ends of the feet is enough to disturb certain infants and to make them distrust the approaches of all felines . |