Example sentences of "contributions to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance which Ellis laid upon the drafting and promulgation of such rules is generally regarded as one of his major contributions to the civilizing of Texas prisons . |
| 2 | any problems , any problems the council for er two years , there are and I think that she 's actually provided a very significant contributions to the council . |
| 3 | Gollancz , for example , is commended not only for his qualities as a teacher , but also for his contributions to the development of institutions such as the British Academy , the Shakespeare Association , and the Early English Texts Society . |
| 4 | However , its main contributions to the development of policy were the ‘ workhouse test ’ and the doctrine of ‘ less eligibility ’ . |
| 5 | Clark made two key contributions to the development of pharmacology and hence medicine . |
| 6 | One of Watson 's main contributions to the development of the Modular Course has been to build in evaluation mechanisms at many levels , to foster positive attitudes to evaluation by using evaluation data in course development and not to shrink from its application to his own roles and activities . |
| 7 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , we have made very large contributions to the development agencies , and we shall continue to do so . |
| 8 | But he also mates with several other young females who take turns in coming to the nest and adding their own contributions to the clutch that he is incubating . |
| 9 | Former pupils and staff who wish to make a donation towards a gift for Mr Tovey should send contributions to The Rectory , Inveresk Road , Tilston , before July 20 . |
| 10 | Er , what I would like to propose the erm a a that resolution two of course , was put down at the time it had to be put down er , and is clearly going to be affected by , that it happened at the th the financial services in March and what I have suggested is that you might prefer this be a a a second resolution it is or and turn to the to add on the end of that resolution thus urging local churches to through their consultations with district treasurers and finance committee to increase their contributions to the Ministry of Mission Fund in nineteen ninety three in such a way that provincial commi , commitment may be increased by at least five percent over the nineteen ninety two . |
| 11 | Sitting down together to work out what are reasonable contributions to the relationship on both sides satisfies the teenager 's sense of fairness and cuts out the constant nagging , pleading and resentment that so quickly sours the good relationship that parents and children need to enjoy together . |
| 12 | Although the trustees themselves will not be eligible for interest relief on such borrowings , Newco should obtain tax relief for its contributions to the trust . |
| 13 | In 1981 , at the 150th anniversary meeting in York of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , the University of York conferred its degree of doctor on J. G. Crowther ‘ For creating the profession of scientific correspondent , for scholarly contributions to the history of science and to the social aspects of science , and for acting as a healthy irritant to the scientific establishment for 60 years . ’ |
| 14 | To see the five early seventeenth-century working miniature firearms from the workshop of Michel Mann of Augsburg and Nuremberg , a rare mechanical calculator made by Johann Schuster in 1822 , a German Royal hunting knife made in Berlin in 1699 by Jaques Munier , and a pair of mid-eighteenth-century four-light candelabra ( attributed to Christian Heinrich Ingermann ) made for Augustus III , Elector of Saxony alongside what are traditionally regarded as archetypal ‘ German ’ and ‘ Austrian ’ works , such as paintings , watercolours and prints by the German Expressionists , does indeed focus the mind on the manifold contributions to the history of art made by artists of the German speaking countries . |
| 15 | His work was always informed by a strong historical sense , and he made distinguished contributions to the history of both logic and philosophy . |
| 16 | When he lectured he never made the slightest attempt to underline what had been his own ( considerable ) contributions to the subject . |
| 17 | Politicians with a burgh interest regularly made contributions to the cost of public works in the communities with which they concerned themselves , as Lord Panmure did in 1761 , when he subscribed for the construction of a new town hall in Montrose . |
| 18 | The written document produced in the process belongs to service users and provides them with necessary information to challenge service providers if they do n't fulfil their contributions to the plan . |
| 19 | On the actuary 's recommendation , it decided to eliminate the surplus by suspending contributions to the scheme for the four years from 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1993 . |
| 20 | The company is expecting to receive a refund of contributions to the scheme amounting to £1m ( gross of tax ) in January 1993 . |
| 21 | Your employer 's contributions to the scheme represent the money he is setting aside for your pension and other benefits . |
| 22 | Contributions to the scheme by employees and the group companies have been maintained in accordance with the recommendations of the actuaries in their previous valuation . |
| 23 | In April the Smolensk Party advised the Roslavl' cell that contributions to the Famine were tailing off in the Roslavl' area , so two new directives were issued : first , to collect another famine tax , with every twenty town-workers or employees supporting one hungry child , and every five peasant households contributing for one hungry adult ; second , to hold agitational meetings in all trade-union branches and at village skhod meetings . |
| 24 | All are making significant contributions to the breed at this time . |
| 25 | Her extraordinary enthusiasm for her work ( including regular contributions to the Guardian and Observer ) , was registered in guffaws of delight at new discoveries and scoops . |
| 26 | The residents will pay contributions to the landlord who will pay these to the council . |
| 27 | Firstly , professionals make important contributions to the well-being of society as a whole . |
| 28 | Pavlov , as Finance Minister , had unveiled at the end of November 1990 a new style " union budget " relating only to the centre 's spending and revenue , and leaving the republics free to set their own budgets after meeting contributions to the centre . |
| 29 | Insurance benefits , being linked through contributions to the level of wages , have until recently kept pace with inflation better than other benefits . |
| 30 | Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board . |