Yet her brief gesture helped him pull himself together.

Such simple gestures helped give Ian the reputation for being a just man.

The gesture helped him win his party's leadership and, eventually, the post of First Minister.

Two important gestures taken by senior West German leaders helped this process along.

Sometimes a gesture of sorts helps, but it isn't really necessary.

But his gesture may just have helped open a door for blacks all over the city.

But symbolic gestures such as this can only help us preserve memory.

This gesture helps to mend the gap between father and son.

It was time well spent, he told a visitor to the palace, since in the Arab world such gestures help gain trust.

Though the small gesture had helped, her nerves were still stretched to the breaking point.