Example sentences of "may help [to-vb] this " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 His purchases of the clerkship of the Hanaper in Chancery ( for £2,400 in 1620 ) may help to explain this .
3 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 ) .
4 A change of position may help to minimise this , such as raising the head or turning them from side to side .
5 Further studies comparing the bile acid absorption in polyp patients with that in patients with established colorectal cancer , may help to clarify this issue .
6 It may help to keep this in mind next time your two-year-old throws a wobbly at the supermarket checkout .
7 The growing consumer power of older people and the fact that already one in four voters is retired may help to bring this about .
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