Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] helped [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A COMPANY owned by the Ministry of Defence helped build a weapons facility in Iraq which could be used to support Exocet missiles , the Scott arms-to-Iraq inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 2 | Yet the very development of television helped reduce the intended impact of the Gospel of good news delivered at the 8 o'clock ‘ mass ’ . |
| 3 | The comptroller 's scrutiny of items of expenditure helped promote Treasury and parliamentary control of public expenditure . |
| 4 | Although a number of concessions helped pacify minority nationalists , the most militant remained unreconciled . |
| 5 | The desegregation of education helped bring sports such as American football inside their reach during the 1960s and , by 1972 , black players comprised 40 per cent of the total of professional footballers , most , however , occupying ‘ positions with the fewest intellectual and leadership demands ’ ( Eitzen and Sanford , 1975 , p.959 ) . |
| 6 | A cross section of employees helped test the package . |
| 7 | Throughout this year they have faced strong competition from National Savings and , throughout the summer months , new savings flowed away from building society accounts , although accrued interest of £8bn helped offset the immediate impact of this outflow . |