Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [adj] help [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , a secretary attached to a legation or an embassy and not to an individual minister or ambassador , and remaining at his post over a fairly long period , could become a valuable source of information about local conditions : this might be of great help to a new head of mission coming to a strange country of which he knew little . |
| 2 | It was the view of the assessment panel that a few months of reasonably stable attendance could be of great help to Jim when he left school and they decided that a flexible arrangement might encourage attendance where previous efforts had failed . |
| 3 | READERS who care for a dementia sufferer may like to know that Counsel & Care has just published a fact sheet which could be of considerable help to them . |
| 4 | He felt that Congress could be of significant help in the area of branch representative and activist training within the Association . |
| 5 | Whether or not he 'd be of similar help in the present case , Lewis did n't know , of course . |
| 6 | That would be of enormous help in staunching the flow of treacly sentiment on which so many Trust properties base their appeal . |
| 7 | Such a scheme would be of considerable help to private suppliers of education . |
| 8 | ‘ In all the circumstances it would be of considerable help to the BBC if Mr Birt seriously considered resigning , ’ he said . |
| 9 | This will be of great help to both of us when we come to continue his therapeutic treatment . |
| 10 | They know Britain well , and will be of great help to you . |
| 11 | In a statement issued on March 3 a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade described Bush 's veto as " a very wise decision which will be of great help to the future development of Sino-US relations " . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , this will be of great help in ordering raw materials , but sometimes we get part deliveries , could we have an extra facility to deal with those ? |
| 13 | The information will be of great help in preparing my remarks to the conference which will take place in Oxford in April . |
| 14 | Until then , the computer will be of considerable help to the less successful reader . |
| 15 | Abolition of the minimum 20 per cent contribution — which will be of particular help to young people — will be followed by an improved rebate system , with special help to retired people on low incomes living alone . |
| 16 | Accountancy Books has recently published two brand new books that will be of particular help to students . |
| 17 | It will be of immense help to people who need to discover who owns a particular property or piece of land and to solve any disputes that might occur over ownership . |
| 18 | Quite the reverse , these become the trusted friends that truly understand and can be of real help in time of trouble . |
| 19 | In this chapter it has been argued that the uncertainty map can be of great help in managing such a portfolio . |
| 20 | The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control . |
| 21 | The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control . |
| 22 | Grandparents can be of special help to a child who feels — mistakenly or not — that he or she is the odd one out or a failure compared to the others in the family . |
| 23 | Interesting work has been undertaken in Sweden by Braf ( 1984 ) relating to those aspects of the environment that can be of positive help to visually handicapped people . |
| 24 | During an Ad Limina address to Bishops in March 1992 , Pope John Paul II said , ‘ The National Board of Catholic Women can be of particular help at this time when the role of women in society and in the Church is undergoing such a radical questioning and transformation . |