Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] help " in BNC.

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1 Such features may have increased the cost slightly and perhaps put the encyclopedia beyond the reach of individual purchasers , but they should be of great help to reference librarians and readers .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 He felt that Congress could be of significant help in the area of branch representative and activist training within the Association .
6 Whether or not he 'd be of similar help in the present case , Lewis did n't know , of course .
7 Antibodies of IgA class directed against Saccharomyces cerviciae are common in Crohn 's disease but not in ulcerative colitis , and determination of such antibodies may be of diagnostic help .
8 ‘ It would be of great help . ’
9 Meanwhile it would be of great help if the accuracy of death certification could be improved , possibly through audit .
10 That would be of enormous help in staunching the flow of treacly sentiment on which so many Trust properties base their appeal .
11 Such a scheme would be of considerable help to private suppliers of education .
12 ‘ In all the circumstances it would be of considerable help to the BBC if Mr Birt seriously considered resigning , ’ he said .
13 ‘ 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 ?
14 The information will be of great help in preparing my remarks to the conference which will take place in Oxford in April .
15 Such facilities as these will be of great help where vehicles and walkers conflict .
16 This will be of great help to both of us when we come to continue his therapeutic treatment .
17 If you are starting completely from scratch , however , and have the cash available , I recommend that you purchase a basic helicopter radio which can still be used with a fixed pitch machine if required , but will be of great help if a variable ( collective ) pitch machine is purchased .
18 If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help .
19 They know Britain well , and will be of great help to you .
20 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 " .
21 Until then , the computer will be of considerable help to the less successful reader .
22 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 .
23 Accountancy Books has recently published two brand new books that will be of particular help to students .
24 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 .
25 Quite the reverse , these become the trusted friends that truly understand and can be of real help in time of trouble .
26 In this chapter it has been argued that the uncertainty map can be of great help in managing such a portfolio .
27 The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control .
28 The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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