Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And Mary said , ‘ My soul doth magnify the Lord , and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour .
2 King : What pale and ghastly apparition here Doth tear the eyeballs from my living sight ?
3 And who on earth dares utter the cliche that mankind has ‘ reached heights unknown even in the realms of fantasy ’ ?
4 A wide provision of extra-curricular activities also helps enhance the school 's reputation .
5 ‘ This helps make the gallery seem like a friendly place to them , rather than just somewhere other people go . ’
6 What makes people effective in organizations is the ability to create a whole set of backers and supporters , specifically for projects of innovative activities , that helps lend the power necessary to vitalize those activities .
7 Whether to use or repress helots , then , was one Spartan dilemma , which helps explain the vicissitudes of Spartan foreign policy .
8 This helps eliminate the noise that results from the speedy switching on CMOS devices .
9 This helps facilitate the organisation of labour and the servicing of rooms .
10 This helps preserve the wood .
11 This helps preserve the wood .
12 ‘ We do our best to hunt them down , but eventually accept defeat , ’ says Chris Henderson , who helps edit the biennial volume from Beckenham , Kent .
13 It also helps prevent the wood from absorbing any strong flavours and stains — both are disadvantages of wood .
14 She helps break the ice when I am interviewing .
15 I agree he is probably past it — Just lets give the bloke some credit — he was a key figure for us , and not as bad as a lot of people make out .
16 I boil it like a tea and it helps hurry the process up , if the woman is ready .
17 So it 's the presence of magnesium ions in surface sea waters that helps keep the calcium carbonate from precipitating .
18 She says if it just helps keep the research going , every little helps .
19 The Carmel Woods case helps highlight the enormous difficulty of challenging the validity of IDO claims under the 1991 Act and also helps keep the spotlight on the legacy of old minerals permissions which planning authorities are powerless to tackle under the 1981 Act .
20 Hence to appreciate this fish a low water level is best used , which also helps keep the fish in the tank , because they take every opportunity to leap out .
21 lets keep the action rolling … darts … racing … table tennis … ice hockey … netball … rugby league …
22 Weighting the footrest still further increases grip by counteracting the tyre 's tendency to sideslip and crucially helps move the machine upright where the tyre contact patch is larger , offering improved grip and predictability .
23 The first thing to say is that the spool is large and ribbed — this helps stop the bedding in of line that can sometimes occur .
24 Children are excited by it ; it helps reinforce the children 's understanding of and commitment to the time shift , and in this case introduces the idea of a journal as part of the fiction , thereby leading into writing-in-role activities . )
25 Sometimes the prey is impaled , at other times the tool simply helps manoeuvre the larva into a position in which the bird can reach it with its beak .
26 But on the other hand this helps avoid the pitfall of showing people with AIDS as passive , somehow guilty victims .
27 Electronic marking is particularly appropriate on large courses , since it helps avoid the problems of managing the handing-in of work .
28 In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen .
29 If this achieves nothing else at least it helps shift the burden of guilt .
30 and lets hope the words of another American president ring true … we ai n't seen nothing yet … no stars or stripes for Swindon Town this weekend they lost out at top of the table Blackburn … two-one the score
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