Example sentences of "to help [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explained that the appointment and dismissal of teachers was a matter for the local authority alone and that the board had no authority other than to help supervise the ‘ educational efficiency ’ of the school . |
| 2 | It turned out to be so big that he invited people specially to help eat it , and then it proved so salty that they could manage only a little of it . |
| 3 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 4 | He came to Baldersdale a hundred years or so ago to help construct the Hury Reservoir — I think Low Birk Hatt was built around the same time . |
| 5 | In ‘ Jimmy Munro 's Troubles ’ ( Ex. 1.8 ) Corvan uses the banality of its phrasing , repetitions , sequences and harmonic structure to help construct a mock-simpleton persona which enables him to cloak the bite of his social criticism in humour ; he plays at ‘ acting the fool ’ , in tortuous verbal constructions and juxtapositions of the serious and the trivial — just as the ‘ Bow , Wow , Wow ’ song originally did — but the real problems of railway accidents , rent and ragged clothes turn the joke around . |
| 6 | So this afternoon 's news that Paul Getty is prepared to give a million pounds to help construct a building to house the mediaeval map and chained library has presented the townfolk here with yet another opportunity of keeping their heritage intact . |
| 7 | We can then use this information to help influence the design of future products . |
| 8 | We can then use this information to help influence the latest designs according to your needs . |
| 9 | Members from all areas in accounting and audit are being sought to join a group to help influence the development of electronic data interchange in a way that takes into account the profession 's requirements in the UK and Europe . |
| 10 | There is no pension ( except the which have to be paid for ) , no goodwill to sell , no partner to help earn your money if you are ill . |
| 11 | Income has dropped by £80million in the past 2 years and travellers will have to help bail them out . |
| 12 | Companies were invited to invest in the market it is considering a ‘ modest ’ contribution to help bail out those affected . |
| 13 | But independent councillor Tony Moore said : ‘ We should be looking to private business to help bail out the museum . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Much more could be done to help assimilate our refugees — for example , help with schooling and specialist support . |
| 16 | The leader needs to encourage participation , to build on staff strengths , to help evolve a vision amongst staff -s remains the primary challenge of leadership , and the vision requires the building of quality in a participatory enterprise ? . |
| 17 | It seeks to help evolve a more equitable social order where women are treated with respect and dignity and given equal opportunities with men in all walks of life . |
| 18 | The RSPCA has produced a detailed manual to help Badger Groups , conservation officers and county trusts deal with problems and advise on road schemes . |
| 19 | International Seacontrol is designed to help ship operators in a recession-hit marine industry who are increasingly under pressure to reduce operating costs while sustaining an acceptable level of maintenance . |
| 20 | Other grants recently given to firms include : — Barry Chow , Wilson Street , £14,880 to help modify empty building for take-away restaurant , with up to ten jobs created ; — Ruby Tuesday , Parliament Road , £11,804 to help create extra space for planned business expansion by fashion accessories firm , with five additional jobs planned ; — S Upex and Son , North Ormesby Road , £7,690 to help improve premises ; — Tyne Tees Cash-and-Carry , Cargo Fleet Lane , £20,975 to help reconstruction of access road and security fencing ; — A Razzaq , Linthorpe Road , £6,667 to help refurbish property used as a take-away restaurant ; — Laing Employment Training Organisation , Parliament Road , £1,908 to help with site security at its base in the old Cleveland Transit bus depot ; — Fletcher Investment Consultants , Wilson Street , £1,108 towards painting and cleaning outside of premises . |
| 21 | More importantly , Emperor Henry had also agreed to send an army to help throw the Normans , once and for all , out of Apulia . |
| 22 | Gist of this intelligence ( with , of course , the utmost care to protect its source ) must have been conveyed to all regional commands in the United Kingdom , and from there filtered downward , for this moment coincided with the time when Leslie declared his willingness to perform almost any task in order to help repel invaders . |
| 23 | To help absorb the effects , BP set up a company called D'Arcy Developments , which aimed to help the unemployed set up in business . |
| 24 | It is also advisable to float something on the surface of a concrete pond to help absorb some of the pressure produced by the ice patch , an empty , sealed lemonade bottle , plastic football , large piece of cork or even a tennis ball will do the job admirably . |
| 25 | This stance , it was suggested , would enable the government to obtain from the USA US$10,000 million in housing loan guarantees to help absorb the latest wave of immigrants [ see p. 38787 ] . |
| 26 | Later it may prove that he is a real visionary and her cautiousness is to help refine his vision . |
| 27 | Jordan is now expected to press Asian governments to act more vigorously to help repatriate their nationals , meanwhile reports that Iran is willing to open its border with Iraq to refugees , have been greeted with relief here , although it 's still not clear whether the Baghdad authorities will cooperate with this . |
| 28 | We will be printing a new cumulative index to help research into back issues of Women 's Art and some educational ‘ fact packs ’ . |
| 29 | Christopher Attwooll , prosecuting , said the cousins got some friends to help knock through an internal wall between the sitting room and kitchen of Crook 's flat . |
| 30 | After he and Anne had gone to the Red Cross centre to help comfort some of his neighbours , he told a friend , ‘ Thank God , I 'm not poor ! ’ |