Example sentences of "to the development of " in BNC.

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31 It contributes to the development of capitalism in two ways .
32 Sambrook , on the other hand , sees greater efficacy in Goldsmith 's protest ; he suggests that this poet ‘ established the myth of rural catastrophe in its familiar form ’ and thus contributed to the development of English Utopianism among writers from Wollstonecraft to Ruskin who project a countryside humanized by fit housing and land reform .
33 Schools were urged to recognise the importance of ascertaining pupils ' views both generally and more specifically in relation to the development of a behaviour policy by the school , and to instil a sense of ‘ belonging ’ amongst pupils .
34 The amount of time given to the development of the basics , the school 's approach to equal opportunities , special needs work , sex education , multi-cultural and anti-racist education and pupil assessment will be seen in action .
35 In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age .
36 Take an active part in group discussions , contributing constructively to the development of the argument in hand .
37 Prior to the development of Wagner 's ( 1976 ) theory , the role of contextual factors had received little attention ( but see Anderson , O'Farrell , Formica , and Caponigri 1969 ; Anderson , Wolf , and Sullivan 1969 ; Dexter and Merill 1969 ) .
38 The path which an agricultural society will move through history , particularly with regard to the development of its agricultural technology , is determined by a highly complex reality .
39 The major obstacle to the development of radical national ideas in the six counties is the lack of any form of communication between the Movement and the people .
40 The danger of contamination through the use of shared bar soap , the need for improved skin care , when washing is frequent , and the requirement for control over the bacterial skin flora has led to the development of a range of more sophisticated products .
41 Paul Newman , Director of the British Flat Roofing Council , describes the Council 's major research project which will contribute to the development of European Standards
42 Its fifteen subject committees usually met three times a year and contributed to the development of a long series of projects .
43 This , as has been shown , was the background to the development of policy under Attlee , although critical voices and advocates of a more unified form of secondary education began to be heard .
44 Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension .
45 This returns us to the earlier point about the other major forces which contributed to the development of political responses to the riots : namely the media , Parliament , the political parties , and popular ‘ common-sense ’ debate .
46 One special case in which the influence of Islam made an important cultural contribution to the development of temporal concepts in Europe concerns music .
47 The idea of older workers being surplus to labour requirements has been crucial to the development of pensions both in Britain ( the 1925 pensions legislation ) and the United States ( the Social Security Act of 1935 ) .
48 In a post-war broadcast in 1946 , he referred to the development of eight-feet wide trams with resilient wheels which he hoped to introduce to Blackpool , and these were manifested in the 1952 Coronation trams .
49 They were also used to living out , tolerating salt-laden Channel weather and forage , both of which no doubt contributed to the development of the breeds .
50 ‘ I am rather inclined to think that the working conditions in this part of the country are opposed to the development of first class footballers , ’ he said .
51 In addition , Colwell et al ( 1978 ) have postulated that abnormal platelet function secondary to the diabetic state may contribute to the development of the specific microvascular disease of diabetics which makes an important contribution to morbidity and mortality in the diabetic population , principally through retinopathy , nephropathy and neuropathy and possibly also a cardiopathy ( Keen & Jarrett , 1982 ) .
52 Platelets may also contribute to the development of atherosclerosis .
53 It was Virchow in the middle of the nineteenth century who first put forward the concept of arterial wall injury leading to the development of the atheromatous plaque .
54 However , there does seem to be considerable evidence linking platelets to the development of proliferative arterial intimal lesions following experimental removal of endothelium in animal experiments , either mechanically or chemically ( reviewed by Mustard et al , 1983 ) .
55 However , plasma triglycerides were elevated in the diabetic animals soon after the induction of the disease and the authors speculated that this may have contributed to the development of the platelet and vessel-wall changes .
56 His special interests include factors contributing to the development of atheroma and its complications and prevention by ensuring that patients benefit fully from the practical application of current knowledge and developments .
57 It is known to act as a barrier to the development of delinquent tendencies , among other things .
58 The widespread use of prophylactic antibiotics has contributed to the development of a dependence on their effectiveness and less emphasis on the importance of surgical principles , a breakdown of isolation procedures and the establishment of antibiotic-resistant and virulent bacteria in hospital .
59 In order to compete against some of the global competitors , they need to make sure that the various businesses build upon each other , contribute to the development of core competences and use these core competences to build their competitive advantage .
60 Political comment from a high Tory stance and literary reviews were its chief contents , but there were architectural contributions , usually from the pen of its joint editor , owner and founder , A. J. B. Beresford Hope , who was later to make an important contribution to the development of the scheme .
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