Example sentences of "may help [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may help to dispel any ill feeling associated with an anonymous approach , but more importantly it provides an opportunity for the purchaser to build on the candidate 's positive response before there is any change of heart . |
| 2 | They may help to dispel some of the arrogant delusions prevalent in the country . |
| 3 | Certain features of eurobond market structure , interpreted in the light of other aspects of the new industrial economics , may help to explain these tendencies . |
| 4 | While the newness of many audit committees may help to explain this , it may be that their effectiveness will not increase simply through the passage of time . |
| 5 | His purchases of the clerkship of the Hanaper in Chancery ( for £2,400 in 1620 ) may help to explain this . |
| 6 | A sudden variation in sentence complexity may help to give this effect : Norman Page points out that at the beginning of Jane Austen 's Emma , the three-word sentence " Miss Taylor married " stands out momentously against a background of longer sentences ( the average sentence length for the first five paragraphs of the novel being 26.5 words ) . |
| 7 | A change of position may help to minimise this , such as raising the head or turning them from side to side . |
| 8 | Short intervening courses of topical treatment with an antibacterial agent such as benzoyl peroxide may help to eliminate any resistant propionibacteria that have been selected . |
| 9 | Further studies comparing the bile acid absorption in polyp patients with that in patients with established colorectal cancer , may help to clarify this issue . |
| 10 | The defended sites in Britain have to be studied in detail against this development and I can only hope that this short contribution may help to inspire more thought and action along these lines of research . |
| 11 | It may help to keep this in mind next time your two-year-old throws a wobbly at the supermarket checkout . |
| 12 | The growing consumer power of older people and the fact that already one in four voters is retired may help to bring this about . |
| 13 | Now new synthetic polymers and composites may help to alleviate these vexing problems . |