Example sentences of "[vb -s] contribute " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an author who has contributed to the Russia which has come after him — to the emergence there , at the present time , of the demand for a lawful Opposition , for the duality of democracy . |
| 2 | It is possible that this has contributed to the risk of the glider zooming too high just after take off . |
| 3 | An important feature of the 1980s which has contributed to InterCity 's financial turnround is market segmentation and pricing — or the shaping of products to meet the needs of customer groupings . |
| 4 | Morris Dickstein has contributed an excellent essay to the collection in which Davie 's piece appears , called ‘ Journalism and Criticism ’ . |
| 5 | All its profits are covenanted to third world charities : since November 1986 it has contributed £33,500 to organisations such as Unicef , a Tibetan children 's home , Oxfam , Church Relief in Uganda and others . |
| 6 | The Camelford pollution incident , coupled with the bungled appointment of a new finance director , has contributed to an impression of management incompetence . |
| 7 | The Countryside Commission has contributed a grant of £75 000 towards the cost of improving Lancashire 's network of footpaths and bridleways . |
| 8 | The altered structure of society — the small family size , the small dwelling unit , the substitution of mechanical aids for domestic service — has contributed as much as the mere increased expectation of survival to this striking phenomenon of a large and increasing number of aged and isolated individuals . |
| 9 | Sexually exiled trom the repressiveness of the home culture ( to which psychoanalytic theory has contributed in no small part with theories like the one just mentioned ) , homosexuals have searched instead for fulfilment in the realm of the foreign . |
| 10 | Recently television has contributed dramatically to the rejuvenation of particular sports , most notably darts and snooker . |
| 11 | This month she has contributed a terrific interview with Jane Goodall , the intrepid watcher and champion of chimpanzees ( see pages 34–36 ) . |
| 12 | If anyone admits to taking the Tatler , they will find that one of the Clergy of the Parish , Dr William Oddie has contributed a major article in the June number on the appointment of a new Archbishop . |
| 13 | Over the last three years the board has contributed £581,275 towards improving such facilities at tourist attractions , in hotels and self-catering apartments . |
| 14 | The commission suggests that anyone over 18 who has contributed to the cost of the property he or she occupies should have to agree to its sale . |
| 15 | JAPAN 'S economic miracle has contributed to its population having the longest life expectancy in the world and Britain 's social and health policy makers could learn from it , two researchers claimed yesterday . |
| 16 | Since 1973 , Ireland has received around £9 billion in EC funds — five times more than it has contributed to the community . |
| 17 | The cuisine of France has contributed so much to the culinary traditions of the world that to attempt to summarise all that is good about French cooking in the space of a page or two would be impossible . |
| 18 | This lack of reflectiveness and disinclination to make policy has contributed to the failure of the Interregional Group of Deputies , an informal club of MPs , to turn itself into an effective parliamentary opposition . |
| 19 | The Netherlands has contributed a lot on the side to Hollywood in recent years , what with the success of Paul ( Robocop ) Verhoeven and , of course , Rutger Hauer . |
| 20 | Even Dorothea Shottery had the comfort of a home and money left by her husband , even Dorothea who has contributed nothing to life , has a married name and her freedom . |
| 21 | Because they are a form of money they have often been concealed for safe-keeping in hoards , and such careful burial has contributed to the excellent state of preservation today of so many objects made hundreds of years ago . |
| 22 | The pace of Taylor has been complemented by the kicking form of captain Nick Edmonds , who has contributed 342 points so far . |
| 23 | Britain has contributed to the European Space Agency 's ERS-1 satellite , launched last July to monitor the oceans . |
| 24 | Scheduled for launch in 1995 , Britain has contributed some £70 million . |
| 25 | For a man who has contributed so much to the world of chemistry , could we do any less ? |
| 26 | This book is dedicated to his 30 years ' research in the area , and he has contributed an interesting first chapter on his reminiscences . |
| 27 | Agribusiness , which has been moving into the luxury end of the market , with the growth of carnations in Colombia and strawberries in Mexico for sale in the United States , has contributed to the high level of exports . |
| 28 | Let there be no doubt , these young criminals are not in any way representative of the vast majority of the Afro-Caribbean community whose life has contributed to the life and culture of the West Midlands over many years and whose hopes and aspirations are at one with those of every other law-abiding citizen . |
| 29 | The situation in Powys reflects that in Wales as a whole and has contributed especially to the threat to upland broadleaved woodlands but also to the losses of heather moor , rough grassland and to the degradation of species-rich pastures . |
| 30 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |