Example sentences of "[conj] helping [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An information pack is available from the hospice office for any firm interested in entering a team or helping to sponsor the tournament , which hopes to raise more than £7,000 . |
| 2 | It is no accident that Londoners were to be found financing enterprises in the shires — Henry Fyner , a goldsmith , had built the first English blast furnace at Hartfield , Sussex — and helping to create the country 's stock of ‘ social overhead capital ’ — roads and bridges , schools and colleges . |
| 3 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 4 | There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth . |
| 5 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 6 | The Government are confident that this defence plan , while helping to relieve the strain on the economy , will produce compact all-regular forces of the highest quality , armed and organized on the most up-to-date lines . |
| 7 | I damaged my back while helping to load the trailer . |
| 8 | Youth club groups around the country have a chance to win a share of £5,000 worth of prizes while helping to enhance the environment in the Youth Action For The Earth competition . |
| 9 | ‘ We hope their arrival will strengthen the West League while helping to raise the standard of Welsh hockey . ’ |
| 10 | He had taken part in the search that morning for a while , talked to some of the children from the school , as well as helping to organize the house-to-house . |
| 11 | In India he developed his work among students , and founded the first Christian hostel for students at the University of Poona , as well as helping to build the ashram at Poona . |
| 12 | Their appeal was that they were conceived in Keynesian terms as helping to reduce the extent to which measures to alleviate unemployment , in a largely fully employed economy , created inflation . |