Example sentences of "helps [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , open to the criticism that it helps to preserve the anachronistic situation in which proprietary interests receive more protection than the interest in physical security . |
| 2 | The choice of such shares will increase the profits of the arbitrageurs , as the adverse price movement ( which helps to restore the no-arbitrage condition ) will be minimized . |
| 3 | In the same way , the pressure of the groundwater in a confined aquifer helps to support the overlying rock layers . |
| 4 | And secondly it helps to combat the unconscious drift from inevitable professional limitation to guilt-inducing personal inadequacy which the injunctions , like unseen magnets , are trying to bring about . |
| 5 | It helps to promote the political stability and economic growth that is an essential backdrop to any kind of lasting change . |
| 6 | It helps to emphasise the elderly person 's past strengths and coping abilities . |
| 7 | Most surveys of disability have made use of medical advice in identifying the responsible injuries and diseases , which usually helps to confirm the pluralistic nature of the disabled population . |
| 8 | There are three kinds of seed and it helps to know the Latin names : |
| 9 | Sharing the problem at once halves it , reduces the feeling of victimisation , and helps to establish the larger dimensions of what had previously been regarded as a local problem . |
| 10 | If I again mention Mason 's Lighthouses — in its way a score of not dissimilar scope and fascination , written only a year later by a composer a generation younger — it 's because a comparison ( which Collins Classics has now made possible ) of these two pieces helps to highlight the individual nature of Birtwistle 's achievement . |
| 11 | Though the American literature on spectator disorder generally contributes few useful insights , Smith 's distinction between issue-oriented and issueless riots helps to highlight the crucial difference between hooligan behaviour and the other forms of public disorder referred to in previous chapters . |
| 12 | Besides honeymooning in deepest China ( off the traditional tourist route ) she still helps to organise the modern pentathlon ( run-swimshoot-horseride-fence ) Varsity matches as President of the Old Blues Association . |
| 13 | Whereas identification of an E may quite easily be aided by the introduction of a P actually applicable to a different E , to claim completeness of an E and a P when the latter neither helps to identify the former nor is applicable to it is to leave us with a construction which does nothing coherent at all . |
| 14 | This helps to identify the hidden talent and to capture a vision of the wide range of communication possibilities . |
| 15 | At a time when other galleries are extending exhibitions or raiding stock , London 's younger dealers are providing a special energy which helps to alleviate the difficult trading conditions of the present market . |
| 16 | More particularly , reappraisal of the fossil evidence from the Triassic not only helps to undermine the old view that superior mammals ousted the cumbersome dinosaurs , but may completely reverse it . |
| 17 | Although it helps to illustrate the multi-vibrator family in this way , here we are really concerned with the electronic version . |
| 18 | But it helps to illustrate the general lesson . |
| 19 | Such an analogy helps to reinforce the distinctive orientations of the two modes . |
| 20 | The technology employed is not simply a neutral manifestation of progress : it both reflects and helps to reinforce the social relations which exist between managers and those who occupy their buildings . |
| 21 | Our study helps to resolve the apparent paradox : females take a year longer to reach sexual maturity and so have longer to grow . |
| 22 | This activity is doubly advantageous in that it helps to meet the needs of the more elderly for a variety of services and also helps to give the younger elderly person a sense of usefulness , a strong interest and in some cases a degree of insight and preparation for the inevitable transition to a greater ageing that must be faced . |
| 23 | Fluoride helps to toughen the protective enamel on children 's teeth , but wo n't prevent decay if they eat lots of sugary snacks . |
| 24 | This is as significant and interesting material as the recently released Mosley papers and helps to illuminate the divergent nature of British fascism and the very mixed and complex attitudes fascists and anti-semites had towards Hitler . |
| 25 | That first re-reading reinforces the learning process and helps to fix the essential points in your memory . |
| 26 | The system operated by the park authorities to limit numbers into the Canyon can be tiresome and bureaucratic , although it helps to retain the essential peace , solitude and ecology of the area . |
| 27 | Chamomile also helps to regenerate the damaged intestinal epithelium . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , having excellent tools with which to work is no guarantee of an excellent end result , but I firmly believe it always helps to use the best materials you can afford . |
| 29 | It helps to use the paper-based index World Banking Abstracts or the CD-Rom product ABI/Inform , as well as our in-line catalogue . |
| 30 | 60 ) , in fact , helps to emphasize the consistent but often indirect relationship between the mosaics of this group . |