Example sentences of "and [adv] contribute to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pump-leak system allows K + ions to recycle across the basolateral membrane , promotes hyperpolarisation of the parietal cell , and thereby contributes to the maintenance of the electrochemical gradient that favours Cl - exit at the apical membrane during acid secretion . |
| 2 | Disenfranchisement takes place in a second , procedural , sense , by virtue of the almost total absence of opportunities for ordinary people to take part in , and effectively contribute to the decision-making process at whatever level , in the outcome of which they feel they have an interest . |
| 3 | A general fall in aggregate investment may lead to a rise in unemployment and so contribute to the phenomenon of ‘ stagflation ’ . |
| 4 | But , as we have seen , regarding authentic Producers ' Co-operation as ‘ the rival doctrine ’ the Consumers ' Movement did little then to help , and so contributed to the inertia against which the industrial co-operative form has had to contend . |
| 5 | Its practical bearing follows from these aims ; for by constructing concepts , forms of argument and criteria of evidence which attain some degree of objectivity and universality , political sociology , to the extent that it is diffused through society , has an effect on ideologies and on political consciousness generally , and so contributes to the shaping of political action . |
| 6 | Others have set up one-year and two-year training courses in church planting , encouraging those being trained to pay for the privilege and so contributing to the financing of church planting , as well as providing workers in training . |
| 7 | Planting large areas of marginal land in the tropics with trees has frequently been advanced as an ideal solution , since fast-growing young trees will act as a " sink " for carbon dioxide emissions which would otherwise rise into the atmosphere and thus contribute to the greenhouse effect . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My hope is that with the aid of a little psychology , I might be able ( without becoming abstruse ) to clarify what these fine ideals mean , and thus to contribute to the debate about how they might be best promoted . |
| 10 | The white dust often found on the casing of salami is bacterial and usually contributes to the flavour of the sausage . |
| 11 | Ralph lord Greystoke was a member of the ducal council and probably contributed to the extension of ducal influence across the Derwent into the Wolds , where he held land and where the ducal associate Ralph Bigod had Greystoke connections . |
| 12 | Ralph lord Greystoke was a member of the ducal council and probably contributed to the extension of ducal influence across the Derwent into the Wolds , where he held land and where the ducal associate Ralph Bigod had Greystoke connections . |
| 13 | If such a flow exists it may assist the seaward movement of debris and hence contribute to the erosion of the coast . |
| 14 | The same problem in France precipitated a national scandal that destroyed careers and even contributed to the defeat of a government : senior public health officials were accused of knowingly allowing contaminated blood to be given to haemophiliacs , resulting in some 1200 infections with HIV and about 300 deaths from AIDS ; some have been convicted and either jailed or given suspended sentences for fraud , criminal negligence , and failure to assist persons in danger . |
| 15 | These so-called ‘ Zubatov unions ’ proved abortive and indeed contributed to the explosion of protest which was to shake the regime during 1905 . |
| 16 | Looking back on these campaigns at the end of her life , she defined the law as the chief agency for enacting God 's work and for abolishing the double-standard , which menaced the young and ultimately contributed to the disintegration of the state . |
| 17 | Such systems are excellent for producing maps and currently contribute to the management of geographic information but their analytical functions are weak . |
| 18 | His findings produced a lively press response , and questions in the House of Commons , and certainly contributed to the passage of a bill through Parliament to limit the availability of such films . |