Example sentences of "it help [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say that the CNAA was responsible for establishing the arts in higher education , first as subjects valid for higher education , and second as subjects valuable to the country , in other words it helped to establish a national reputation for the arts at this level , which had never existed before . |
| 2 | A critical examination of the Soviet past , as in Andreeva 's letter , was a necessary part of perestroika in that it helped to provide a better , clearer picture of the way forward . |
| 3 | Methylation is now generally recognised as one way of switching genes off , and is particularly interesting one because it helps to explain a crucial but mystifying fact of multicellular life — the differentiation of the genetically identical cells of an embryo into the many different tissues of the mature organism . |
| 4 | These latter actions highlight an important aspect of the MINSE approach , ie it is not necessarily concerned with changes of a technological nature , but with any that result in improvements to the problem situation ; furthermore , because of the continual participation of the people that the organisation depends on , it helps to ensure a firm commitment to those changes . |
| 5 | we always use at least three for a piano because although two men can lift them very often if you 're going round awkward corners it helps to have a third person s to steady them . |
| 6 | It helps to have a high IQ , though I suspect a talent for mimicry is more useful ; being able to adopt at will the tones and attitudes of the educated middle classes . |
| 7 | ’ Anyone does , in business , if it helps to provide a better service … ’ |