Example sentences of "[noun pl] for help " in BNC.
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| 1 | In approaching institutions for help , the appearance of subservience can help people who are clearly powerless . |
| 2 | At PAC we have a lot of contacts for help . |
| 3 | There was , in many cases , a reluctance to go to lecturers for help ; for example : |
| 4 | The characteristics of the clients are described , as are the circumstances leading to their requests for help . |
| 5 | David Landale , Duchy secretary , said there were numerous requests for help , but the Birmingham project ‘ caught the Prince 's imagination ’ . |
| 6 | The organisation is also considering how it should respond to increasing requests for help with victims of domestic violence . |
| 7 | Before he had even set off , however , Pliny the Elder received urgent requests for help from people living nearer the volcano , so his trip which had been intended as something of a scientific investigation rapidly became a rescue mission . |
| 8 | We posted requests for help to a cross-party selection of 15 MPs . |
| 9 | All social services departments are being hit by inflation and are short of cash and staff with which to meet the many urgent requests for help from all sections of the community . |
| 10 | An unduly large caseload of pupils can make this difficult , with the possibility of resentment building up if requests for help are not promptly met . |
| 11 | Requests for help tend to centre upon children within the family but when financial or emotional disaster strikes the advice sought centres upon much more fundamental questions than progress in literacy or computation . |
| 12 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 13 | In that time the Great Criminal sent us not even one reply to our requests for help . |
| 14 | Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) . |
| 15 | They react to requests for help with specific topics and resources but they are proactive in terms of the health promoting school and in teacher education . |
| 16 | Together they handle incoming requests for help from the whole company , many for translations of technical material , contracts , safety reports , business correspondence , patent specifications and standards . |
| 17 | The story is that the brave telegraphist continued to tap out messages and calls for help as the roaring fire closed in around his log cabin No 30 beside the railroad track , and he was still tapping out the Morse code for ‘ end of message — 30 — end of message — 30 … ’ as the burning log cabin collapsed around him . |
| 18 | Her maternal instincts would be so strong that she would be unable to resist their calls for help and would soon approach them , pick them up individually in her mouth and place them in her bed . |
| 19 | Every day Theo hears calls for help and especially for pastors for the infant churches , which can not be met as the personnel are not available . |
| 20 | Researchers for National Breakdown said calls for help were 20 per cent higher on Friday December 13 last year than any other Friday that month . |
| 21 | How can we as Black women have any faith in a police force which refuses to acknowledge our calls for help , refuses to provide protection , and refuses to take action against those who attack us ? |
| 22 | The floods , combined with heavy snow , produced 300 calls for help to the police . |
| 23 | Any calls for help in the estuary will have to be dealt with by a second boat from Chepstow , until repairs to the Sharpness boat are complete . |
| 24 | Detectives hunting the killer who dumped a woman 's body in the loft of a guest house have renewed their calls for help in tracing the victim 's last movements . |
| 25 | Detectives hunting the killer who dumped a woman 's body in the loft of a guest house have renewed their calls for help in tracing the victim 's last movements . |
| 26 | The Friend Teesside group was formed four years ago to provide a counselling and advice service and last year received 597 calls for help . |
| 27 | How to find the money necessary to carry out Amnesty 's work has always been a worry , and from the very beginning the Section Office asked groups for help in this area . |
| 28 | As police and volunteers scoured the wrong area of Brecon , Mid Wales , passer-by Terry Higgins , 46 , heard the boy 's screams for help . |
| 29 | The volume of the music muffled the sounds of the attack , and no-one heard her screams for help . |
| 30 | Neighbours were awakened at about 11.45pm by screams for help . |