Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] help [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm hoping that I can help to change this attitude , ’ he says . |
| 2 | But meanwhile , I will give you a prescription for some pills which should help to relieve some of your anxiety and then suppose we say , provisionally … ’ she glanced at a diary at the side of her desk , ‘ you come here next Monday at the same time ? ’ |
| 3 | There are certain supplementary sources of revenue which might help to offset some of the costs . |
| 4 | This leads inevitably into the complex , ambiguous , but probably unavoidable subject of policies , rules and deployments which might help to limit any nuclear war should it occur ( Clarke , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Experiments are planned which will help to answer these questions , thereby increasing theoretical understanding of face recognition , and failures to recognise faces ( which are important in social and legal contexts ) . |
| 7 | The question of which type of cell is most likely to give the desired result remains unanswered , but work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter . |
| 8 | Another sound recording problem is wind-noise off the micro-phone , and some camcorders are fitted with a wind-noise filter switch which can help to reduce this annoying fault . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | You can help to prevent any problem at this time simply by not giving the dog all its food in the bowl at once . |
| 11 | It has been argued that one could help to break that circle by integrating the school system ( Fraser 1974 ; Heskin 1980 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This is a great worry to us and we believe we can help to prevent these losses by giving them something to distract them from smoking like liver , bacon , eggs , or steak and onions . |
| 14 | They may help to dispel some of the arrogant delusions prevalent in the country . |
| 15 | It may help to keep this in mind next time your two-year-old throws a wobbly at the supermarket checkout . |
| 16 | And there would be a lot in it for China too : if it could help to pull all this off , it would establish itself firmly alongside America as the other power to be reckoned with in Asia . |
| 17 | They have gone no further than to promise a ‘ modest ’ central contribution if it would help to settle all disputes . |
| 18 | She just felt it would help to establish some boundaries , and just then she felt they both needed space to get over the incident . |
| 19 | It would help to emphasize that , contrary to what some West German voters imagine , the pasty-list vote carries greater weight than the constituency vote . |
| 20 | You wo n't actually make the tonsils better any quicker , but it will help to prevent some of the taste and the gunge . |
| 21 | I hope that he will help to rectify that situation . |
| 22 | If the interviewee is very nervous it can help to ask some questions which can readily be answered with a yes or no , this provides the opportunity to adjust the tension . |
| 23 | Preliminary results indicate that an assessment instrument which links specific aims and the actions necessary to achieve them can help to overcome this problem . |