Example sentences of "to help them [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , two of the three are offering a consultancy service to local authorities to help them to retain control of the service . |
| 2 | Others have hired government relations consultants to help them build communication links with the Government and Whitehall . |
| 3 | Whereas in the past voters had looked to parties and party workers to help them make sense of politics , this function was now largely given up to television news broadcasts . |
| 4 | Having won less than 20 per cent of the vote in the recent polls , the Socialists will have difficulty in finding partners within the National Assembly to help them pass legislation . |
| 5 | For those employees who may need some encouragement in the privacy of their home to help them stop smoking , Andrew has a video which is available on loan . |
| 6 | Some are resorting to alcohol or cigarettes to help them overcome work pressures . |
| 7 | This too is a good way of providing learners with extended exposure to the target language with the support of the subtitles to help them keep pace with the plot . |
| 8 | They will want to use their qualifications to shape their future , relying on the currency of these awards to help them gain access to more education/training , to support job applications or to underpin planned personal development . |
| 9 | Each of these principal officers will have a deputy ( e.g. vice-dean ) and a group of qualified staff specialists to help them administer college affairs . |
| 10 | In a constructive spirit , I certainly would wish to help them to find work and I am sure that the hon. Gentleman would too , if he will bring those individuals to our attention . |
| 11 | They hunt at night , and can not use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles . |
| 12 | Job-seekers in East Cleveland will soon have a new service to help them find work . |
| 13 | To pick out just a few examples : grandparents treat their grandchildren in the same way whether they live in Aberdeen or London ; middle-class people use money to support their close relatives in similar ways whether they live in Swansea , Sheffield or London ; people use their kin network to help them find employment whether they live in Glasgow , Basildon or Corby . |
| 14 | Native peoples in Africa and South America have employed animal toxins to help them catch prey ; Kalahari bushmen anoint their hunting arrows with the squashed contents of beetle larvae to produce a slow-acting poison , and the Colombian Indians , as described , dip their blow-darts into the secretion of the poison arrow frog . |
| 15 | Further , an Army section actually helped the occupants of houses threatened with eviction to barricade their homes , and actually stayed with the family for a week to help them resist eviction if need arose . |
| 16 | We offer some therapies to help them regain confidence in themselves so they can express and release some of those tensions which are causing them to behave irrationally . ’ |
| 17 | Within this there are three particular concerns : the practical reasoning employed by ordinary policemen and women to help them accomplish routine duties ; how they interact with various sections of the public , from ethnic minorities to road users ; and how they perceive various aspects of police work , including the area within which they function and its people , what comprises ‘ real ’ police work , and what constitutes ‘ good ’ or competent practice . |
| 18 | Japanese computer makers are turning to scientists overseas to help them develop software and applications for massively parallel supercomputers . |