Example sentences of "of [det] help " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she wants to repay some of that help , but that is not the only reason for her unstinting charity work . |
| 2 | Now the princess is claiming much of that help came from the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Unluckily , this may be of little help to the reader if the pictures illustrated are used as mere decoration , and not the subject of critical discussion . |
| 4 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 5 | Criticism and cajolery are of little help in changing the basic trends of an individual 's psyche . |
| 6 | Looking at the objects available is of little help , as it 's only by trial and error that the problem can be solved . |
| 7 | Even her Christianity was of little help . |
| 8 | Sending your customers broke is of little help to anyone . |
| 9 | This measure may be of use to health care planners , but , even if it is eventually validated and accepted as an equitable way of allocating resources , it will be of little help to general practitioners , whose decisions are mostly concerned with managing self limiting minor illnesses . |
| 10 | There were no effective leaders with whom he could deal and , at this point , Congressional parties were of little help to a chief executive trying to meet his responsibility to govern . |
| 11 | High-tech tools are of little help here , and even a saw is of limited use : it 's a job for mallet and chisel . |
| 12 | Spelling rules are of little help , because if they are thorough enough to explain a pattern , they 're likely to be incomprehensible to the children . |
| 13 | The manager who seeks to increase the nurse 's embarrassment or difficulties is of little help . |
| 14 | This agency would , essentially , be fashioned on the model of the continental investigating magistrate , but , as we have already seen , that model is of little help . |
| 15 | Studies of the book trade and of the commerce of publishing are of little help here , referring to the romantic paperback variously as ‘ non-books ’ , ‘ formula fiction ’ , and ‘ products manufactured on an assembly line ’ by ‘ fiction factories ’ . |
| 16 | It is possible to argue that the single occurrence of they in the data with a singular verb is accidental ( a ‘ performance error ’ ) but equally possible to claim that the non-occurrence of you , we and these with a singular verb is the consequence of an accidental gap in the corpus ; the line of reasoning characteristic of generative grammar is of little help to us here in choosing between these alternatives . |
| 17 | Even so , two meagre sessions of firing practice in all that time were of little help in strengthening his nerve or stoking up his fighting spirit . |
| 18 | In this context , the linguist 's proclamation of the functional equality of all varieties can be of little help . |
| 19 | In most cases , the kind of predictions about successive words which are possible from the preceding context are much less specific and would select a very large class of words , which would be of little help in discriminating between possible candidates . |
| 20 | But the register with which we are presently concerned is of little help ; in the case of a listed company the majority of the shares will probably be registered in the names of nominees . |
| 21 | The problem is , however , that it is of little help in producing a list of user needs : the temptation would be to say either that everyone requires the same information or that everyone requires different information ; the former would make the exercise redundant and the latter would make it impossible to handle . |
| 22 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 23 | ‘ Livée , perhaps you can be of some help to Citizen Vaubrun , ’ said Mme de Ratho pointedly . |
| 24 | Now , however , she felt that she could be of some help . |
| 25 | I hope that this has been of some help if you were not too sure of which rib to use on what occasion . |
| 26 | There was no evidence that Berowne had started his own meal — that in itself might be of some help in deciding on the approximate time of death — but he had apparently either cajoled Harry into the church with the promise of a meal or , more likely , had supplied an obvious and immediate need before he was ready for his own share of the supper . |
| 27 | I hope that all this is of some help to the new knitters and will encourage them to learn to lover their Duomatics as much as I love mine . |
| 28 | yeah it is local so I 'll still be coming to the group , I mean it 's erm , going , I mean erm just bear that in mind I might need sort of some help with coordinating cards and things , and erm , particularly if we do opt into the campaign , er it might be advisable for somebody else to do it , or at least sort of give me assistance . |
| 29 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 30 | Besides , I might be of some help settling the young gentleman . ’ |