Example sentences of "help [verb] [Wh adv] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth contributed to the growth of ‘ Humanity ’ , the climate of opinion in which Shaftesbury was able to proceed with factory legislation ; and surely his attitude of reverence towards landscape formed public opinion , so that one now needs planning permission to site a factory and the line of a motorway has to be negotiated ; certain areas have become National Parks , and one can not help noticing how many of these were districts where Wordsworth lived or with which he was in some way associated ( see Gazetteer ) . |
| 2 | Because of the better opportunities in the States emigration from the West Indies was common at this time , and one can not help wondering how many more outstanding players might have graced their cricket had their parents not left . |
| 3 | However , I ca n't help wondering how many people after seeing the engraving based on Turner 's painting by Middiman and Pye of Hardraw Force got off their wagonettes and hurried through the door of the Green Dragon Inn — only to be underwhelmed by a narrow , peaceful , tree-clad valley that leads serenely to a rocky bow with a high fall dropping from its lip to the valley floor which , impressive though it certainly is ( particularly after heavy rains ) , is nothing like the falls depicted by Turner . |
| 4 | The Bill also imposes an automatic one-year driving ban , but I can not help wondering how many young people will be deterred by that — particularly as many of them drive without a licence anyway . |
| 5 | One could not help wondering how many tries the Australian , French , or dare I say it , English backs , would have run in that day , but double figures would not appear unreasonable even against an ordinary Welsh defence that is the norm in international rugby these days . |