Example sentences of "and [modal v] help " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique of removing surplus letters from English words , for example , makes the language easiest to learn , quicker to read and may help to reduce eye strain |
| 2 | Eating live yoghurt may also be worthwhile as it contains some of the ‘ useful ’ members of the gut flora , and may help to reestablish a healthy balance among the inhabitants of the gut ( see p 194 ) . |
| 3 | Police believe a cheap gold-coloured bracelet found beside Robert 's body in Addlestone , Surrey , belonged to one of the killers and may help trace them . |
| 4 | The references and further reading I have included here would make useful introductory reading to this subject and may help to prepare you for sessions and discussions based on the concept of accountability . |
| 5 | ABOVE , RIGHT Regular cleaning of the upper part of the ear is recommended , and may help to prevent infections from becoming established lower down in the ear canal . |
| 6 | This will enable you to develop a better appreciation of the skills and aptitudes of young people and may help you to enhance your recruitment procedures . |
| 7 | Opiates , particularly diamorphine , are better at relieving anxiety , but diamorphine has an additional advantage in that it is a vasodilator , it unloads the left ventricle and may help heart failure . |
| 8 | These are partly shielded by small flaps of skin on each side which form a corridor and may help to guide the babies towards them . |
| 9 | The energy you use in the process of exercising burns up extra calories and may help to increase your resting metabolic rate . |
| 10 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 11 | It helps the speech to hang together , and may help listeners to follow it more easily . |
| 12 | While not exhaustive , these examples indicate how many interpretations can be given to the goal of income redistribution ( and may help readers ‘ spot ’ their own attitudes ! ) |
| 13 | The protein encoded by the gene is one of the G proteins ( guanine nucleotide binding proteins , see Steel , May 8 , p 1187 ) and may help to control the passage of potassium ions through membrane channels ; it is possible that the defect in LQTS lies in signal transduction at the level of these proteins . |
| 14 | Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed a method of identifying polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) which indicates their source and may help to follow them through the environment . |
| 15 | In general terms this diet is very high in fibre and should help everyone towards healthier bowels . |
| 16 | This facility has been sought by UK businesses and should help traders to be more competitive with their counterparts in other member states , some of which already operate such a scheme . |
| 17 | The further reading I recommend can help you to challenge some commonly held assumptions about where stress comes from , and should help you to structure your own plan for coping with it in a way which is appropriate to you personally . |
| 18 | It said it was the last phase of a pre-arranged plan and should help pacify cloners . |
| 19 | x and should help users more easily integrate new Solaris 2. x-only boxes like the Sparc Classic and LX . |
| 20 | IBM Corp is expected to announce the Unix version of its DB/2 successor to OS/2 Database Manager this Tuesday , although the company was expected to preview it in Paris last Friday : it is IBM 's first in-house relational database offering for AIX users , and should help the RS/6000s fit into DRDA ( Distributed Relational Database Architecture ) and SAA environments — but it 's unlikely to appeal to those more used to going to third parties for their database technology . |
| 21 | Don Sargent 's diagrams of Great Zawn in particular , are excellent and should help demystify areas like this so they achieve the popularity they deserve . |
| 22 | The documentation is comprehensive and should help you master the more technical aspects of the program . |
| 23 | ‘ That will make things easier and should help people in Darlington find somewhere decent to live , ’ said Mr Bergg . |
| 24 | Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ . |
| 25 | 's Thank you below gives us an insight into what she personally appreciated and might help others in the future . |
| 26 | The measure would force up long and short-term interest rates and could help to support the pound . |
| 27 | Laser light can not interact directly with the atomic nucleus , but experiments with lasers are revealing details of nuclear size and shape and could help to solve key problems in nuclear physics |
| 28 | The psychologist had suggested among other things that Mrs Singh could help to improve Jeetinder 's spoken and written language by reading to him at bedtime and could help to improve his numeracy by encouraging him to spend and account for his pocket money . |
| 29 | The difficulties of this approach were that it was slow , time-consuming and could help very few . |
| 30 | Later on I produced a medical certificate , given me by the doctor , stating that my father was ill and that Saturdays and Sundays were the only days of the week I was at home and could help my mother look after him . |