Example sentences of "[modal v] help [verb] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the coming months , the cuts in interest rates since last September will be filtering through to homeowners ' pockets , and this should help to lift consumer confidence , Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel , said yesterday . |
| 2 | And do n't keep cooked food for more than one day — this should help prevent stomach upsets from ruining your holiday . |
| 3 | Outside directors and company bosses disagreed most strongly over whether non-executives should help develop business strategy , and over the sort of decisions in which they should have the final say . |
| 4 | In the 1990s the number of people of working age will either fall or grow more slowly than over the past two decades in all the big industrial economies , which should help to reduce dole queues . |
| 5 | Whilst training was no guarantee that losses would not occur it might help to identify health disorders at a stage early enough to allow successful treatment . |
| 6 | Any such development depends crucially on popular initiatives and can not simply be legislated ( there are , however , important ways in which a socialist government could help to foster enterprise democracy , by making changes in company law , e. g. turning shareholders into mere bond-holders , granting the right to set up democratic mechanisms where this was approved by the workforce , and by means of preferential funding for democratic enterprises and ‘ workers ’ plans ' ) . |
| 7 | While it would not be cost-effective to administer instalments for lower subscription rates , it was this method which could help make Life Governorship more attractive . |
| 8 | The Wood Energy Development group believes that the reintroduction of short-rotation schemes could help solve land-use problems such as crop surpluses and forestry management which are currently at odds with environmental concerns . |
| 9 | Secondly , the techniques , although not widely developed to date , may culminate in the creation of more productive plant and animal crops that could help alleviate food scarcity problems in developing countries by increasing the viability of traditionally based agroecosystems , thus obviating the need for the cultivation of new lands . |
| 10 | In this case it could help to identify family links . |
| 11 | Social workers could help to assist communication patterns , or to enable partners to feel close , but without their individuality swamped by the changing needs of the other . |
| 12 | A network of high-speed pan-European rail services could help to reduce road traffic jams within the Continent and ease pollution , he says in a report , Transport in the Nineties , the Shaping of Europe , for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , which meets in Paris this Thursday and Friday . |
| 13 | A growing national income would ease the political and social difficulties of redistribution and allow the provision of more generous social benefits which would help to equalise consumption patterns . |
| 14 | Such a link would help make IT security issues and concerns more widely known so that these can be taken fully into account in the formulation of appropriate DTI policy and programmes . |
| 15 | This , it claimed , would help reduce nitrate pollution of water supplies in line with EC demands . |
| 16 | The report lists practical measures that , if implemented , will help restrict greenhouse gas emissions with a view to meeting these targets . |
| 17 | The council is hoping that local firms will help to fund tourism promotion in the future . |
| 18 | It is likely that this money will help to fund administration costs , post and telephone , establishment of data bases , salaries and publicity , as well as additional funding for schools . |
| 19 | In a country with no official opinion polls , street conversations suggest the pragmatists will win a majority , mainly because voters hope the reforms will help to improve living standards and curb Iran 's high inflation . |
| 20 | Long sea out-falls and more sewage treatment works will help improve beach quality , he said . |
| 21 | It works alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise and just a few minutes massage each day with Cellutherapie will help to stimulate blood circulation and improve the skin tone and texture on your hips and thighs . |
| 22 | Amongst other projects , this will help to tackle equipment shortages and the backlog of school repairs . |
| 23 | This will help to prevent surface evaporation and ensure that the roots receive all the moisture they need . |
| 24 | For the beginning reader uncertainty will occur over the identity of individual letters and words , but the flexible interaction of different sources of information will help solve recognition problems . |
| 25 | The prospect of discovering drugs which will help to alleviate memory diseases like Alzheimer 's deserves every encouragement . |
| 26 | All the measures that I catalogued earlier will help to reduce vehicle emissions — the principal cause of bad air . |
| 27 | Even so , environmental experts agree that cutting phosphates in detergents is a step in the right direction and will help to reduce phosphate levels in the rivers . |
| 28 | Pre-soaking will help to make wood sink — or it can be leaded . |
| 29 | A photographic company might wish to support our conservation programme for glass negatives ; a charitable trust may be willing to support the microfilming of the archive collection , or the establishment of an image database ; European Community funding may be available for information technology and database work ; potential employers may be able to help with computer training for DHE students ; specialist societies and scientific groups may help to fund image databases or conservation-related biogeographical studies , and educational publishers are likely to be interested in interactive video for schools and colleges . |
| 30 | Cerium has been found to be notably depleted in the metasediment-derived waters , and this may help to define redox processes and groundwater provenance more widely . |