Example sentences of "[coord] help [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the money went into the pockets of individuals but most went into the coffers of the local or central parties or helped finance the mysterious research institutes which seemed indispensable to Roman politics . |
| 2 | He served on important committees and helped organize the United Colonies of New England , a confederation of the Massachusetts , Connecticut , New Haven , and Plymouth colonies . |
| 3 | A U/V Steriliser was connected to the header pool circuit and last year I also added a shop-purchased filter to this to give more filter power and to help polish the water . |
| 4 | There is also a growing need to measure what many think is immeasurable — our consumption of natural resources — and to help evaluate the extent to which business activities are truly sustainable . |
| 5 | The measures are designed to improve competitiveness and to help ensure the businesses within Chemicals are in a strong position to take advantage of the eventual upturn in the market . |
| 6 | Money , of course , was scarce , and to help pay the bills she began to take in lodgers , moving me in to share her bedroom and letting my room and the attic . |
| 7 | Secondly , the policy aims to reduce the amount of absenteeism and poor work performance caused by excess use of alcohol , and to help improve the quality of life for those concerned . |
| 8 | While some training is aimed at specific jobs , some is planned in the hope that jobs will become available and to help make the area more attractive to firms planning to move by having better trained people . |
| 9 | Here we examine carbon-bearing and carbon-free granulites under a range of electrolyte saturations , confining pressures , pore pressures and temperatures to assess their contributions to the bulk conductivity of the rock and to help understand the nature of the rocks causing the high-conductivity zones in the lower crust . |
| 10 | All the techniques discussed in this section can be used to find out more about the organisation and to help determine the area for further work , the area for data analysis , database development and information systems development . |
| 11 | When Jones made the offer he said he was ‘ attempting to establish an open and cooperative relationship ’ and to help mend the broken fences of the previous day 's rancour . |
| 12 | There are five main ways in which these forecasts are used : for resource allocation in the near future ; to plan longer-term capital expenditure ; to assess planned admission limits for schools ; to aid reorganization ; and to help forecast the future budget for the local authority — both educational and corporate . |
| 13 | Limits is designed to integrate with corporate treasury systems and to help indicate the extent of potential risks from involvement with other parties such as members of the Maxwell empire or from fluctuating currencies . |
| 14 | Blackwell produced an ingenious if not wholly convincing scheme for a land bank , to provide credit and to help overcome the colony 's chronic shortage of specie . |
| 15 | They were alerted by his screams and helped douse the flames before calling the emergency services . |
| 16 | The maritime chronometer took Britain to pre-eminence in safe navigation and helped secure the empire . |
| 17 | Horrified by the obstructionism of his superiors and unable to make progress , Schiller leaked information to the press and helped fortify the outside criticism , though his superiors decided not to discipline him for this . |
| 18 | In just nine months , Wimpey Construction UK 's London and South East region has transformed a derelict site into a thriving residential community — and helped ease the shortage of rented accommodation in Surrey . |
| 19 | Busby had five years ' experience in the lower divisions with York and helped lift the club out of the doldrums . |
| 20 | Certainly it can be concluded that the circumstances of Sisson 's early life fuelled his salutary hatreds and helped form the outsider 's perspective which now makes him a scourge of the age 's insidious orthodoxies . |
| 21 | These popular films encapsulated the very appealing elements of adventure , travel , intrigue and discovery — and of course romance — and helped transform the dusty image of archaeology into a infinitely more attractive package . |
| 22 | In his four years as DMA director , Mr Brettell had been instrumental in planning the facility , and helped raise the $55 million to build and endow it . |
| 23 | Prof. Street , who is married with three children , is a graduate of Oxford University and helped establish the North-East Biotechnology Centre in partnership with Sunderland Polytechnic . |
| 24 | The two shipments were estimated to cover consumption needs for up to two months and helped bolster the determination of the military leaders to resist attempts by the OAS to secure Aristide 's return . |
| 25 | Unemployment and recession increased the decay of inner city social systems , and helped pave the way for the drug-fuelled despair of the late Eighties . |
| 26 | It is a local landmark which received national and international recognition and helped turn the tide against the thoughtless demolition of the Sixties . |
| 27 | He inspired the Prince , worked alongside him , coached him in the ways of business , schooled him in the art of responsible land management , encouraged him to try out new ideas , and helped turn the Duchy from a non-profit making concern into one that five years later had made net profits of £1.46 million . |
| 28 | It was this subordination of the social and political value of a newspaper to commercial priorities that so exercised politicians and helped get the second and third Royal Commissions on the Press set up in 1961 and 1974 . |
| 29 | The sexual revolution escalated the pressure and helped remove the prohibitions on sex , but changed neither the form nor the content . |
| 30 | He was mayor of Belfast in 1885–7 and helped co-ordinate the campaign against the home rule bill . |