Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the brothel-owners paid for the restoration of village temples and schools to help keep up the supply of young girls . |
| 2 | Darman stated that the size of the 1991 deficit reflected ( i ) an increase of $105,500 million in estimated outlays to help pay off debts resulting from the collapse of savings and loans institutions , or " thrifts " [ see pp. 36843 ; 37412 ] ; and ( ii ) a decline of $87,000 million in estimated receipts resulting from a weaker than expected economy . |
| 3 | During her time at social services she had overseen much of the work , and had been involved in some of the preliminary work setting up housing associations to help provide much needed accommodation for the elderly . |
| 4 | Then rest your feet on a chair slightly higher than your hips to help drain away excess fluid . |
| 5 | £9.4 million will be contributed over three years to help phase out CFCs in developing countries and energy efficiency initiatives will also receive support . |
| 6 | Mr Richard says : ‘ It was more cost effective to use consultants to help draw up the ITT and provide quality assurance for our questions and requirements . |
| 7 | We got other things to do have n't we ? |
| 8 | Scientists at Los Alamos have suggested using particle beams to help burn up the plutonium , rather than relying entirely on particles given off by a chain reaction going on within the material ; they think it would be like holding a flame underneath the plutonium , rather than starting a dangerous plutonium blaze . |
| 9 | Awarded a free place at Birmingham University to study music for three years , Peter was short of basics like clothes and books until Elaine Blond gave him £30 and arranged for Peter to work at Bloomsbury House in his holidays to help make up any shortfall . |
| 10 | Experts were preparing defences of floating booms across their intakes , with " skimmer " ships to help mop up any oil that may come through . |
| 11 | Where our competitive position is weak , we have continued to divest assets to help fund more profitable ventures elsewhere and build on our areas of strength . |
| 12 | Initially this will involve the disposal of certain peripheral and non-core assets to help drive down group debt and gearing . |
| 13 | A report in the London Evening Standard stated that the chairman , David Rowland , and the chief executive , Peter Middleton , are ‘ actively considering ’ tapping international capital markets to help bail out financially strapped ‘ names ’ , the individuals whose capital supports the market . |
| 14 | It is therefore useful to get a few adults to help calm down the too lively children . |
| 15 | In his thesis Andrew Fortune made a number of recommendations to help step up the improvements in customer service , which have been echoed in the recommendations of the Customer Focus Task Force . |
| 16 | They enjoyed huge success from ‘ 63 to ‘ 68 , not only because of the Ventures connection but also because they looked cool and had great-sounding handwound Alnico pickups ( Moseley purposely slanted his rhythm pickups to help balance out the treble and bass response ) . |