Example sentences of "to contribute [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents and others are usually less willing to contribute money just to swell school funds , they are much more responsive when there are clear targets at which to aim , such as an extra computer , video recorder , camera or curtains for the school hall . |
| 2 | When asking people to contribute money or time the question ‘ what 's in it for them ? ’ always needs to be raised . |
| 3 | Finally , in 1603 a plan was devised , though never executed , for every county , inland and coastal , to contribute money to standing fleets for the protection of merchant shipping . |
| 4 | In early September the CIA informed current employees that they would be permitted to contribute money to a legal defence fund , set up the previous month by a group of retired CIA officers to help pay lawyers ' fees for beleaguered colleagues . |
| 5 | But it 's not just erm it 's not just this unemployed worker 's centre , they 're asking ten they want ten unemployed worker 's centres throughout Wales to contribute work . |
| 6 | What is even better than placing advertising is to be regarded by the local media as an expert and called upon to contribute editorial , either to the newspapers or to radio programmes . |
| 7 | Bush issued an executive order on Aug. 22 which called up US military reservists for the first time since 1968 ( for the Vietnam war ) and as the month progressed there was increasing US pressure for other countries ( particularly its NATO allies ) to contribute ground forces to Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | Management would not be entitled to interest relief on loans to contribute capital to a partnership which acquires a company because the loans would not be " used wholly for the purposes of a trade carried on by the partnership " ( see s362 ( 1 ) ( b ) ) . |
| 9 | This would consist of a meeting of staff , preferably with a chairman not directly involved with the work of the team , in which staff members would be encouraged to contribute information concerning the patient and his circumstances which would enable a full picture of the events leading up to the suicide to be established . |
| 10 | In these situations they are able to contribute information and guidance regarding the problems that pupils have with visual activities and to consider on an individual basis the compounding effect that these may have in terms of the other disabilities from which the child may suffer . |
| 11 | They might be asked to contribute information to a careers programme , or technical expertise to a science lesson . |
| 12 | Only half of the libraries that returned questionnaires could say that they had considered how automation would affect the way they could continue to contribute information about holdings to the SUC . |
| 13 | NME understands that Jim and William Reid have already approached '60s singer/songwriter and cult legend Lee Hazelwood , who has agreed to contribute guest vocals to the LP . |
| 14 | At 10 degrees off the vertical , shadows and a degree of ‘ depth ’ convey a bird 's eye view impression , and the surrounding activity begins to contribute interest to the photograph . |
| 15 | No one has asked me to contribute material aid for Iraqi civilians who have lost everything in the allied bombing . |