Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] contributed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt such perception had contributed to the man 's wealth , D'Arcy considered , as he sought the most diplomatic way to accuse his client of dealing with a terrorist organisation . |
| 2 | No , the Pigs were on to something about some holiday fund that disappeared — some scheme for sending kids in Homes on a holiday that people in a pub had contributed to — fraud , they called it . |
| 3 | The Times of Dec. 11 , however , had quoted an Icelandic doctor who had headed the intensive care unit at the Mubarak al-Kabir hospital , who described as " not true " the reports that Iraqi looting had contributed to the deaths of premature babies , but said that some babies had died " because of lack of staff " . |
| 4 | The post had been vacant since the resignation of Chedli Klibi ( Tunisia ) in September 1990 , when inter-Arab divisions heightened by the Gulf war had contributed to controversy over the timing of the proposed relocation of the Arab League headquarters from Tunis back to Cairo [ see p. 37726 ] . |
| 5 | SHOP OPENINGS COULD BE TRAUMATIC OCCASIONS BUT LAURA ALWAYS PLAYED DOWN HER OWN ROLE AND MADE SURE THE PRESS KNEW HOW MUCH HER HUSBAND HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUSINESS . |
| 6 | There was initial speculation that hooligan behaviour had contributed to the disaster , but an official inquiry by Lord Justice Taylor ( Taylor , 1989 ) blamed police crowd-management tactics . |
| 7 | It was abolished in 1892 , amidst justified concern that its harsh enforcement had contributed to rural destitution in some districts . |
| 8 | There was some debate about whether Western policy had contributed to the Communists demise . |
| 9 | In the next chapter , we shall see whether insubordination in science was encouraged by insubordination in religion , whether the Protestant Reformation had contributed to the conditions in which a re-formed philosophy of nature could flourish . |
| 10 | Concentration on yardsticks such as earnings per share or gearing had contributed to a lack of understanding of the wider business . |
| 11 | In return he presented the Pack with a WWF miniature shield as a token of appreciation of the £200 their golden silence had contributed to WWF funds . |
| 12 | Mr Lamont , who sees the Budget as his attempt at political rehabilitation , was boastful , saying he believed last year 's Budget had contributed to the Tory victory at the election and this one would also prove a winner in the next election in 1996 ‘ or whenever the election comes ’ . |
| 13 | Due either to age or lack of an appropriate patron , he held no central office again until 1668–9 , when he was secretary to the public accounts committee , the body charged with investigating whether financial malpractice had contributed to the naval disaster at the end of the second Dutch war . |
| 14 | Until now , red tape required an inquest if a doctor thought smoking had contributed to death . |
| 15 | The north 's position as a border region had contributed to the emergence and survival of a powerful nobility whose position was underpinned by strong regional loyalties . |
| 16 | The north 's position as a border region had contributed to the emergence and survival of a powerful nobility whose position was underpinned by strong regional loyalties . |