Example sentences of "it help [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though this distinction could be abused , at this precise moment it helped to clarify two sets of problems the Council would have to deal with : internal questions ( nature of the Church , worship , ecumenism , etc. ) , and external questions ( war , peace , birth control , hunger , etc . ) . |
| 2 | Saying it helped to quell that flicker of excitement . |
| 3 | But if nothing else , the McKenna decider served one purpose — it helped to put additional fire in Derry 's bellies . |
| 4 | The examination not only confirmed the findings of the comparison stage of the FAOR study , but also highlighted the difficulties and expense that would be involved if the proposals were to be implemented at the level suggested ; at the same time it helped to dispel certain misconceptions about the needs of the users overall . |
| 5 | Charles Kingsley and his associates saw the question , Cole records , as a moral issue ; and valued Consumers , Co-operation only because it helped to provide retail outlets for producers ' co-operatives . |
| 6 | Encouraged by the long minority of the new Stadtholder it helped to influence Dutch policy in a pro-French and anti-British direction during the Seven Years War ( the Orange family , now closely associated by marriage with that of Hanover , was generally pro-British in outlook ) . |
| 7 | It helped to start whole categories of publication , such as free sheets , Sunday paper colour magazines , and successive speciality magazines ( yachting , autos , DIY , computing ) . |
| 8 | As was pointed out earlier , it responded to popular taste , observing new taboos about racism and sexism , just as it helped demolish old ones of sexual modesty and obscene language . |
| 9 | Conservatives have even learnt to love the deficit : it helps to resist any movement towards an increased government share in the economy . |
| 10 | This is deliberate , in that it helps to identify key questions about support in families which need to be addressed in later chapters . |
| 11 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 12 | It helps to avoid potential conflicts of interest , but equally it has pitched for business against its parent — and won . |