Example sentences of "[vb base] helped [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three so far have been studied ; naloxone helped relieve gas accumulation and discomfort in all of them . |
| 2 | You 've helped clarify my thoughts . |
| 3 | At a more day to day level we 've helped improve food quality in the Ukraine and have provided advice on improving bread supplies in Moscow . |
| 4 | I 've helped develop his department into the best collections department in Britain , as far as the the banks are concerned |
| 5 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 6 | Its bigger brothers , Tandy 's CGP-115 and the Oric MCP-40 , have helped bring colour plotting to the home computer user . |
| 7 | Hong Kong 's investment and know-how have helped transform the Pearl River delta of Guangdong Province into China 's most prosperous region . |
| 8 | The cruel killings of real or imagined collaborators have helped restore this image , yet who has forgotten that Jews executed traitors during their own struggle for national liberation ? |
| 9 | The cruel killings of real or imagined collaborators have helped restore this image , yet who has forgotten that Jews executed traitors during their own struggle for national liberation ? |
| 10 | All have risen to the challenges of the year in many different ways and have helped ensure our future progress . |
| 11 | Live sets on ‘ Paul Jones ’ Rhythm and Blues show on Radio 2 and The Happening on Sky TV have helped spread his fame further afield . |
| 12 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 13 | If changes are to command public support , Londoners must play an active part in shaping their local service mix to meet needs which they have helped identify . |
| 14 | Tests on existing family members have helped locate the gene to a region of chromosome 17 . |
| 15 | CHILDREN have helped create a green oasis in the heart of an industrial pollution blackspot . |
| 16 | A number of other arguments have helped dissuade Lord Young and his colleagues from publishing the report : |
| 17 | But Stretch , whose aftershave-commercial good looks and bright personality have helped make him one of British boxing 's most marketable commodities , soon recovered , and began to take the fight to the challenger . |
| 18 | Also there 's been friends and people around me that have helped make things easier . |
| 19 | Friendly and efficient staff have helped make the Hotel San Remo a favourite with Citalia guests for many years . |
| 20 | American tourists wanting to spend a night in a real English castle have helped make £750,000 expansion plans possible for a local hotelier . |
| 21 | Basketball stars from the United States have helped promote the sport in Italy and Spain . |
| 22 | PUB regulars have helped fulfil the last wishes of a friend who died from cancer . |
| 23 | Roycroft also claims — and many in the health authority agree with him — that relationships between the social services department and the health authority , both managerially and professionally , have long been good and have helped underpin a high level of community care . |
| 24 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 25 | Yet they have helped persuade a suspicious population to accept Mr Salinas 's much-needed reforms . |
| 26 | Rising expectations of stronger economic growth have helped keep the dollar relatively strong . |
| 27 | But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn , says chairman Sir Roy Watts . |
| 28 | They have helped define the systems requirements for : needs assessment , financial assessment , resources directories , costing care packages , budget management , commitment accounting , payments to suppliers , and invoice generation . |
| 29 | Through aeons of geological time , rivers , in the wake of glaciers , have helped shape the very structure of our landscape . |
| 30 | By keeping double taxation to a minimum and cracking down on phoney transfer pricing , these international arrangements have helped boost the efficient allocation of capital worldwide . |