Example sentences of "can help [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be a two-way flow ; a good home base can help to create contentment , and at the same time personal satisfaction in life will feed back into the home and make it a pleasant environment for others . |
| 2 | The study of history can help to create a more discerning or aware market which can distinguish the more superficial theme park approach from the more rigorous attempts at historical reconstruction , as can be found in places such as Coalbrookdale and York . |
| 3 | An extra tablespoon sprinkled over the breakfast cereal can help control irritable bowel syndrome , piles , appendicitis and bowel cancer . |
| 4 | Systems thinking can help to put all new and existing factors into context , clarifying relationships and providing a baseline for deciding what action is needed to absorb the new requirements . |
| 5 | popular books and magazine articles about science can help to put across new developments , but even the most successful popular book is read by only a small proportion of the population . |
| 6 | Too much acid can cause digestive upsets , whereas an alkaline diet can help to decrease cravings for baddies , such as sugar , alcohol and ciggies . |
| 7 | The opportunity provided by groups for individuals to share their problems with other ageing people can help to recontextualize individual feelings of helplessness , and assist in refocusing their minds more positively on the prospects of the future . |
| 8 | Having seen how analysis can help dismantle a question and construct an argument , you may try the process on one or two of the following examples : |
| 9 | Fourteen people attended the first meeting last week but Phyllis Horsley , a member of the Darlington Trust said : ‘ There is room for everyone ; we need more people who can help with conservation work , people who can help record data on local animals and plants , and older people who just want to help raise money . ’ |
| 10 | As we saw in chapter 8 , a logistic transformation can help straighten out a flat S-shaped curve ( figure 8.5 ) . |
| 11 | There is a general family of power transformations that can help promote symmetry and sometimes Gaussian shape in many different data batches . |
| 12 | Rather , by exploring the determinants of similarities and differences found between national systems , they can help promote the development of industrial relations as an academic discipline . |
| 13 | Previous studies have suggested that social support can help promote good health and well-being amongst adults and children living under difficult circumstances . |
| 14 | Wishing you a very happy and successful 1987/88 season — if there is any way in which we can help promote classes , arrange publicity or membership benefits for you , please do not hesitate to ask . |
| 15 | Derek Birchall , a senior scientist at ICI , based in Runcorn , argues that a vital something possessed by the harder waters of the south can help to explain its lower rate of sudden heart attacks . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the notion of career structures can help to explain behaviour which might otherwise appear irrational and disorganised ; it places the activity of the individual within the wider context of age and class dimensions . |
| 17 | The specialist teacher can help to explain and deal with such problems and increase the confidence of the pupil and the understanding of the regular teacher in unusual cases of anxiety that might otherwise be deemed trivial . |
| 18 | It is these pedagogical concerns that linguists must appeal to if they want teachers to listen to them , by demonstrating how linguistic concepts and knowledge can help to explain or solve them . |
| 19 | The existence of ceilings and floors can help to explain the regularity of cycles when c and v are such that , without these constraints , cycles would be explosive . |
| 20 | This particular aspect of thematic organization is of special relevance in translation because understanding it can help to heighten our awareness of meaningful choices made by speakers and writers in the course of communication . |
| 21 | The cross-fertilisation of information and technology from physics and chemistry , for example , can help to fill in some of archaeology 's missing pieces by ‘ bringing new techniques to bear on old major questions ’ , noted Harris . |
| 22 | Three claims were made about Mozart during 1992. ( 1 ) Listening to Mozart can help ease the pain while giving birth . |
| 23 | Relatives ' support groups have such a full agenda that they may become almost swamped by shared suffering unless they have a facilitator who can help ease the ‘ tension upon tension ’ one group member described . |
| 24 | Beryl Smith died at home , cared for by loving friends and family , but for those who find it difficult to cope Macmillan Nurses can help ease the burden . |
| 25 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 26 | Laughing at your own silly mistakes can help to take away any embarrassment and the need to apologise constantly for your gaucheness without any loss of dignity or selfrespect . |
| 27 | Expert systems can help diagnose electrical , electronic and/or mechanical problems by accelerating the problem-solving process . |
| 28 | Leith shows how the notions employed within pragmatics and discourse analysis for the study of conversation can help to shed light on the properties and functions of dialogue in ballads , while Short applies the categories of speech presentation developed for the study of the novel to a corpus of journalistic texts . |
| 29 | Trials on women suffering from advanced breast cancer start soon , but it 'll be at least five years before scientists know whether gestodene can help treat the disease and 15 before it 's known if it can help prevent it . |
| 30 | Self-massage can help break through this built-up tension — and , luckily , the most effective zones for self-massaging are the hands and feet . |