Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] help [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Greenpeace International Atmosphere and Energy Unit ( based in the UK office ) requires an assistant to provide general administrative support and help co-ordinate the energy research programme . |
| 2 | The IMF on April 8 , 1991 , approved a financing package for Costa Rica , authorizing disbursements of up to SDR88,300,000 ( about US$119 million ) over the next 12 months to support the government 's economic programme and to help meet increases in the cost of oil imports . |
| 3 | The officers are backed up by four police cars whose job is to try to keep up with the train on nearby roads and help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
| 4 | The ODA says that the report was designed to evaluate old errors and help prevent new ones , and that it will be published soon . |
| 5 | They are paying tribute to Prime Minister Robert Mugabe 's policy of reconciliation , which had forestalled the kind of ‘ white flight ’ from the commercial sector that helped cripple the modernizing economies of African countries in the 1960s . |
| 6 | The 12-pounder exposed on a turntable mounting , the mortars and the oerlikons all fired at the flashes of German guns , as did the commandos in the MLs , firing brens in a pre-arranged fire-plan that helped conserve ammunition . |
| 7 | The Orange/Matamp GT120 , the beefy 1960s British amp that helped define the sound of bands like Free , Wishbone Ash and the original Fleetwood Mac , is available again as part of the Matamp ‘ Roots ’ range , with only one big difference — it 's green . |
| 8 | THE white cliffs of Dover are graveyards consisting of trillions of coccoliths , skeletons of microscopic marine algae that help control the climate . |
| 9 | Bernard was present at their interrogation by Australian and British officers and helped escort them to Singapore Supreme Court , where some were found guilty of war crimes . |
| 10 | Similarly , at various times nationalized industries have been instructed to pursue social objectives or to help implement incomes policy by holding their price increases to less than the general inflation rate . |
| 11 | Some of the money went into the pockets of individuals but most went into the coffers of the local or central parties or helped finance the mysterious research institutes which seemed indispensable to Roman politics . |
| 12 | I want to reinterpret the metaphor of the fifties , of childhood as a community 's investment in the future , and find its material base in the individual circumstances that help interpret historical developments . |
| 13 | ‘ I really believe any reasonable scheme that will give the Naze extra status and help try to save it is a great thing , ’ he said . |
| 14 | But we also need the broad generalizations that help show whether we are closer to meeting the basic needs of all the world 's people than we were at the start of the 1970s . |
| 15 | Soft words that help protect the fantasy that is Disney World . |
| 16 | Both mystification and misdirection preserve the appearance of corporate respectability and help keep invisible , to themselves and others , the underlying ugly reality of corporate crime . |
| 17 | Certainly it can be concluded that the circumstances of Sisson 's early life fuelled his salutary hatreds and helped form the outsider 's perspective which now makes him a scourge of the age 's insidious orthodoxies . |
| 18 | It is a local landmark which received national and international recognition and helped turn the tide against the thoughtless demolition of the Sixties . |
| 19 | Darkroom work for Cecil Beaton ( whom he also regularly photographed ) and for Peter Rose Pulham ( whose studio he took over in Berkeley Square when the latter went to Paris to become a painter ) provided Goodman with the visual stimulus that helped create his most imaginative work . |
| 20 | The working groups will look at particular topics , consider the existing legislation and help prepare a discussion document for wider public consultation setting out the various options for reform . |
| 21 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 22 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |
| 23 | The attribute file refers to part classes allocated according to the source of the component : unique , base part , made from , and variable have been defined as four fundamental classes and help simplify the CAD data base by reducing duplicated data stored about similar parts ( see Figure 5.8 ) . |
| 24 | He served on important committees and helped organize the United Colonies of New England , a confederation of the Massachusetts , Connecticut , New Haven , and Plymouth colonies . |
| 25 | The Scots spirit of liberty , frustrated at home , had been exported to magnify the noble principles that helped create a new world across the wide Atlantic . |
| 26 | WINDSOR Castle 's burned-out state rooms will be opened to the public next month in an effort to win backing for the troubled royals and help boost the town 's ailing tourist trade . |
| 27 | The maritime chronometer took Britain to pre-eminence in safe navigation and helped secure the empire . |
| 28 | By improving family planning services , we will reduce unwanted pregnancies and help achieve our target of cutting the number of abortions by at least a quarter . |
| 29 | The identification of factors within Dukes 's B colorectal cancer associated with recurrence would modify patient selection for trials of adjuvant therapies and help avoid unnecessary treatment of the 60–65% of those who remain disease free without their use . |
| 30 | Freezing sprays give immediate relief and help reduce swelling . |