Example sentences of "could help [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had to be a balance of power in Eurasia , and Britain ( above all others ) was the state which could help to preserve that balance by realistic diplomacy , deterrence or war . |
| 2 | Most of these , if asked , would have been unwilling to support any increase in attainment testing or in subjective assessment of character , but their expressed unease about testing could help to feed that of others , who would then fall back on what had ‘ worked ’ in the past . |
| 3 | If inquiries , or some of them , were to be viewed in this light then the courts could help to devise procedural rules to fit this type of decision-making . |
| 4 | Dr Owen 's endorsement for Mr Major could help to swing some undecided voters back to the Conservatives . |
| 5 | It would also reduce dependence on oil , which was a sensible strategic aim , and the regular orders for the British railway manufacturing industry could help to win more export orders for electrified systems overseas . |
| 6 | It has been argued that one could help to break that circle by integrating the school system ( Fraser 1974 ; Heskin 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Laser light can not interact directly with the atomic nucleus , but experiments with lasers are revealing details of nuclear size and shape and could help to solve key problems in nuclear physics |
| 8 | And there would be a lot in it for China too : if it could help to pull all this off , it would establish itself firmly alongside America as the other power to be reckoned with in Asia . |
| 9 | Changing the law on mistake in rape could help to change these social attitudes , even though for some time to come defendants might find themselves charged with rape because of such ingrained attitudes towards women . |