Example sentences of "[adv] be helped " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need to be greeted in a welcoming manner and would perhaps be helped by being offered a cup of tea and time to talk quietly together . |
| 2 | Sentiment has not been helped by sharp profit downgrading from such pillars of Japanese business as Sony , Matsushita and Pioneer , though computer group Fujitsu recently said it expected current profits to be modestly increased . |
| 3 | Self-belief has been a problem this season and has not been helped by narrow defeats against Wasps ( 11–7 ) , Saracens ( 13–12 ) and London Irish ( 12–9 ) and a 9–9 draw with Rugby . |
| 4 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 5 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 6 | The situation had not been helped by the fact that the subject of the Stuttgart relay had come up . |
| 7 | Palace , FA Cup finalists in 1990 , currently lie second from bottom of the Premier League , and Coppell 's efforts have not been helped by sniping on the sidelines from his chairman Ron Noades . |
| 8 | Coppell , who turned down an indirect approach from Sunderland , has not been helped by the public criticisms of Noades . |
| 9 | Matters had not been helped by the murder of the Earl of Moray at Linlithgow by a member of the rival Hamilton family , who aimed his musket from an upper window behind a line of washing . |
| 10 | With observation that the primary sufferer has not been helped by the previous well-meaning actions of the family member while at the same time the life of the family member has definitely been harmed by various attempts to help or control the disease of the primary sufferer . |
| 11 | Geomorphological understanding has not been helped by the educational device of splitting geomorphology into two simple categories of climatic geomorphology and structural geomorphology which obscures the subtle interdependence between structural and climatic influences on landforms ’ |
| 12 | But their image has not been helped by some leaving damaged and defaced properties . |
| 13 | Matters have not been helped by the disastrous fire in the Piper-Alpha field which put a lot of potential production out of commission for a number of months . |
| 14 | Preparations for tomorrow 's Division Three match at Lincoln City have not been helped by injuries to defender Mel Pejic and striker Steve Watkin in Wednesday 's 3-2 Midland Senior League win over Tranmere . |
| 15 | 4,000 people have already been helped by Victim Support in the Banbury area , including John and Rose Hayward . |
| 16 | For parents who 've already been helped by the society it 's proved to be lifeline . |
| 17 | During swimming the young may press its flipper against her side and thus be helped to move with her . |
| 18 | There is much evidence of the ways in which bilingual children can best be helped to attain competence in English . |
| 19 | Against those who advocated the end of any separate provision for the mentally ill were those who argued that some patients could best be helped by care within specialized institutions provided these were not huge , obsolete in design and rigidly organized . |
| 20 | Problems with addictive relationships , compulsive exercise taking-workaholism , compulsive overspending , and similar behavioural addictions may also best be helped through Emotions Anonymous and possibly initially through a 12 Step treatment centre . |
| 21 | Birley and Hudson ( 1983 ) and Berkowitz and her colleagues ( 1984 ) have given sensitive descriptions of the ways in which the family might best be helped . |
| 22 | It has er generated a great deal of documentation er which I hope that your Lordship has with him now in court , er , the documentation has been divided for trial into two parts , part A and part B. With your Lordship 's leave erm , my learned friend and I have discussed erm , how your Lordship may best be helped in this matter . |
| 23 | We believe that the children of all lone parents can best be helped by po policies which support their commitment to their family and their children and pathways out of poverty should be built which ensure that all families living in poverty have the chance to change their situation . |
| 24 | X and her husband could find peace of mind and could somehow be helped to strengthen their marriage . |
| 25 | ln that case the last clause — ‘ in that land were we born ’ — is no patriotic bugle-note , but rather a flat acknowledgement of what can not be helped . |
| 26 | When she pointed out this might mean she would be on her own yet again throughout another summer he shrugged and said it could not be helped and he had no choice . |
| 27 | I would hope it could work some miracle for myself also but I fear the burden I feel upon my back will not be helped by fine weather . |
| 28 | Similarly , a Tory government would not be helped if Patrick Moore , the astronomer , kept popping into Number 10 for a nightcap . |
| 29 | It was therefore recognised that there might well be some dementia sufferers who could not be helped by this project because their needs would be so great that they would be more expensive to meet in the community than in an institution . |
| 30 | Viral meningitis is generally more common but less serious and can not be helped by antibiotic treatment . |