Example sentences of "help [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consultancies were preoccupied with learning the commercial disciplines of planning and marketing to help qualify public relations as an acceptable modem commercial tool which could help earn profits . |
| 2 | But the later start to harvesting could help eat into surplus stocks that have threatened to keep prices low . |
| 3 | The feeling of fullness you acquire from , say , jacket potato or brown rice or wholemeal bread can certainly help compensate for the restriction of saturated fat and refined sugar . |
| 4 | He could not help touching the pupils ; extensive re-training was required . |
| 5 | He would help fructify their holdings , bring them up in the world where they should be . |
| 6 | It will also help to heal mouth ulcers and prevent the onset of gingivitis . |
| 7 | The bond between them might help to heal old family conflicts . |
| 8 | I had visited his tomb in Westminster Abbey before starting on this trip , and read the words there , from the last entry in his diary : ‘ Here in my solitude , I can only ask God 's blessing on the men — whether British , American or Turk — who will help to heal this open sore of the world . ’ |
| 9 | It therefore recommended that the WEA should continue as a teaching as well as an organising body , while suggesting that some increase in financial contributions from voluntary sources ‘ would materially help to preserve its independence and its status as a voluntary body ’ — a hint that the WEA could not expect to rely too heavily on government or local authority aid and that its members and friends must continue to dig deep into their pockets . |
| 10 | Even if you are one of the lucky few , blessed with a fine trouble-free skin , the use of essential oils along with the techniques outlined in this chapter will not only help to preserve its suppleness for as long as possible , but will improve your health in general . |
| 11 | However , to prevent friction between country residents and visitors , the Commission is recommending that a new Country Code should be established , and the tourism industry should help to preserve the attractive elements of the country . |
| 12 | Sometimes very small things can help to preserve an elderly person 's feeling of value and self-esteem , like encouraging her to make some special dish or cake ( for which she has long been praised in the family circle ) once a week , or on birthdays . |
| 13 | On the one hand , and most obviously , it comprises a set of repressive practices which among other things may help to preserve the conditions of production by deterring crime . |
| 14 | Thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction and the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to prevent ventricular remodelling and dilatation may help to preserve left ventricular function , which is a powerful determinant of risk for sudden as well as non-sudden cardiac death . |
| 15 | There had to be a balance of power in Eurasia , and Britain ( above all others ) was the state which could help to preserve that balance by realistic diplomacy , deterrence or war . |
| 16 | Taking a little live yoghurt or a lactobacillus supplement ( available as acidophilus capsules : the best are enteric coated , which prevent the capsule dissolving in the stomach where the acidophilus would be killed by the stomach juices thus allowing a safe passage to the lower gut where they are needed ) will often help to restore this balance more quickly . |
| 17 | Most of the Poles who went to Russia in the belief that this would help to restore their country 's independent existence never returned : of the 82,000 Poles who made up the Grand Armée 's V Corps , only 2,300 survived the retreat from Moscow . |
| 18 | These are relatively inexpensive and can help to restore order to superficial chaos . |
| 19 | The teacher 's perception is likely to be affected by his feelings about the pupil , dented self-confidence through not being able to be a ‘ good enough ’ teacher to him , which a more objective analysis may help to restore . |
| 20 | It is hoped that a positive report will emerge which will help to restore the standing of the mineworkers with the business community . |
| 21 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 22 | For instance , if examples in which females play an active role appear as often as those in which the active person is male , this may help counteract the prevailing view in society that mathematics is primarily an activity for males . |
| 23 | Instead of investing money in education programmes which might help counteract rising crime , politicians prefer to hold up the death penalty as evidence that they are doing something tough about crime . |
| 24 | Links can be established between home , school and the relevant authority which can help to monitor the child 's progress , review placement and promote a well co-ordinated plan for the pupil 's education . |
| 25 | If any reader can help locate either replacement parts or drawings that will help to fabricate new ones , we would be very grateful . |
| 26 | Auque 's news appeared to point to the fact that John was being held by an Iranian-backed group , and in March Hashemi Rafsanjani called a news conference in Tehran during which he repeated his request that Britain should help locate the missing Iranians in Beirut if it wanted Iran to help with the British hostages . |
| 27 | The measure would force up long and short-term interest rates and could help to support the pound . |
| 28 | And what affronts the system most of all is the idea that the state could help to support women 's independence . |
| 29 | Some biologists saw ecology as a science that would help to support the exploitation of the environment by showing how to minimize the damage caused . |
| 30 | It is our express hope that through the development of business and language awards we can help to support those organisations which are relative newcomers to competitive world markets . |