Example sentences of "[conj] help us " in BNC.
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| 1 | His article outlines the failure of research programmes in Argentina , Peru and Colombia during the last fifty years ( p.27 ) but does not explain it or help us to find a way round the problem . |
| 2 | Many eastern approaches are passive in that they aim to empty the mind , or help us to reach the stage whereby we become observers of our own thoughts as if we were somehow separate from them . |
| 3 | We had grown together not just in terms of affection but in our attitudes , in our views on personal dignity and in a mutual trust that helped us deal with the curious life we now shared . |
| 4 | One of the things that helped us over this difficult period was the fact that earlier that year the cutter crews had decided to form their very own association . |
| 5 | And cer the determination of the women , that we were n't gon na be starved back to work , we were n't gon na be forced back to work , we were n't just gon na end in chaos and some of us going back and some of us staying out , I think it was the women possibly talking to their husbands or , and just reassuring each other , you know that helped us no end . |
| 6 | The blue book is really our instruction manual , and the red book unlocks that to help us identify those procedures which affect the quality of service that we provide to our clients . |
| 7 | It marks the event and the behaviour we all become party to , namely attending a funeral service , sending flowers , writing a letter of condolence , and whatever else it might be that helps us cope with the situation . |
| 8 | ‘ Not a thing that helps us , ’ said the Captain at last . |
| 9 | The things they have in common , or critical attributes , are the things that help us to define a concept , which in turn helps us to identify further examples of that class of things . |
| 10 | There are various pointers that help us to decide when that time has come . |
| 11 | As a consequence , we need to ask questions that help us to conduct a sociological analysis of teachers and teaching . |
| 12 | This system produces white cells and antibodies that help us resist infection . |
| 13 | What then , are the significant features of British history that help us understand the contemporary political system and the political culture . |
| 14 | This gives us space for others , allowing us to show kindness and understanding and helping us to live appropriately with others . |
| 15 | This is taking us from the mundane and the ugly and helping us to see something of the reality of the splendour of God in our lives , particularly when we worship Him . |
| 16 | The picture does its job by ‘ introducing ’ us to the person and helping us relate to him . |
| 17 | The observation schedule shown on pages 100 to 101 was used by students during a day 's observation of people in a bookshop and helped us to realize that the women shoppers were often much more purposive than the men in their bookshop behaviour . |
| 18 | Our grateful thanks go to all who participated in any way and helped us to have such an enjoyable and satisfying evening . |
| 19 | And the people Nigel had spoken of came and sat on the chairs and helped us . |
| 20 | This was evidently the work of Calum and Effie , our immediate neighbours , who soon greeted us in person and helped us to settle in . |
| 21 | Elizabeth was brave and helped us ; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother 's death . |
| 22 | Roadpeace contacted us and helped us greatly . ’ |
| 23 | In chapter 27 , when Jacob steals his blessing , the writer goes to great lengths , as we have indicated already , to evoke our sympathy for Esau , and to help us share his anguish . |
| 24 | While Davidge could not at that time be more specific , he observed , ‘ the appointment of Sir Anthony is intended to stimulate discussion and to help us rexamine all existing and potential services ’ . |
| 25 | Quite a number of speakers stressed the importance of events like this to bring people together and to help us recognise our collective strengths . |
| 26 | ‘ Sometimes we laugh to cover up nervousness and to help us relax . |
| 27 | And to help us to try to avoid some of the more obvious pitfalls to be avoided . |
| 28 | He has done a great deal of important work to expose the problem and to help us find a solution to it . |
| 29 | The Attorney General will soon convene a crime summit of our nation 's law enforcement officials , and to help us support them we need tough crime control legislation , and we need it now . |
| 30 | And to help us in these explorations we have as a guide Dr. Low Thomson . |