Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] contribute to the " in BNC.

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1 These data suggest that a cohort effect may contribute to the pattern of increasing prevalence of H pylori infection seen with increasing age .
2 He made a point about the exemptions from the levy and said : ’ The Board and much of industry considers that there should be no exclusion from levy but that the whole of industry should contribute to the cost of training .
3 The research should contribute to the development of expert systems used in large-scale monitoring of corporate performance .
4 It aimed to reinforce ‘ responsible parenthood ’ , mindful of contemporary fears that state action would contribute to the destruction of family responsibilities ; and it increased state control over voluntary childcare .
5 The research will contribute to the debate about agricultural change in Europe through a field-work study of the economic , cultural and political dimensions of the development of one estate .
6 In focusing on the criteria of selection and presentation of science in the mass media , the study will contribute to the wider current debate and research effort into sources and media for the public understanding of science .
7 In so doing , the study will contribute to the wider comparative research on the local impact of economic change in the United Kingdom .
8 So , while we have no doubt that prison secrecy should be dispelled , it seems as if ( paradoxically ) both secrecy and openness can contribute to the crisis — as long as there are secrets to hide .
9 The transnational dimension may contribute to the feeling that the corporate culture is a complete world in itself .
10 From the second half of the 1960s , the aims of these new sectors and the tensions between them and the Francoist old guard would contribute to the build-up of pressure for democracy which characterized the last decade of Franco 's life .
11 A similar process of topic identification can contribute to the present project , by reinforcing the choice of words whose senses contain subject codes that have been identified as being representative of the overall text .
12 If law can contribute to the control of the sort of force which threatens nuclear catastrophe then it is likely to be law seen as a morally authoritative contrivance for securing the overriding objective of human survival .
13 She says that the community should contribute to the collections upkeep .
14 This states : The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States . ’
15 The investigation will contribute to the development of the ESRC Council 's Information Resource Management Initiative .
16 In a purely formal sense such an offer does not have to be accepted , but a refusal will contribute to the impression a Claimant Advisor forms of the claimant 's seriousness in seeking work .
17 There is not enough time to meet even short-term demands for preparation , marking , report-writing , sorting out pupils ' disputes and clearing up heat-of-the-moment misunderstandings with colleagues , let alone to invest in the longer-term necessities of clearing the backlog of paperwork , replying to letters , ordering supplies , planning schemes of work , reorganizing last year 's course , thinking about what your tutor group can contribute to the fourth year assembly , setting up a meeting with the educational psychologist about Jessica , and spending some time with the word processor manual .
18 We recognize that every member of the group can contribute to the development and improvement and success of the group , and we encourage every member to make their contribution to the group 's success .
19 For example , Just and Carpenter [ 1987 ] showed that typically only 68% of the words may be fixated during normal reading , suggesting that higher level knowledge must contribute to the processing of remaining 32% .
20 When the Forum for Educational Research in Scotland was inaugurated in 1986 , one of the aims was to provide a way in which teachers and others working in education could contribute to the identification of priorities for educational research .
21 Third , a labour division of the High Court would contribute to the process of constitutional reform in Britain which surely is to be a key political issue in the 1990s .
22 It is unlikely that the Slugs and Leatherjackets are killing the fish , other than that their decomposition will contribute to the poor water quality .
23 Whilst it is hoped that this text as a whole will contribute to the development of the personal qualities necessary for successful salesmanship , this chapter concentrates specifically on those aspects of international selling with which a firm either exporting or contemplating the same should be familiar .
24 Katz and Kahn have developed ideas on how leadership can contribute to the functioning of a system .
25 Apathy , lack of confidence and previous discouragement to use sight actively for learning may contribute to the less effective use of the sight a child does possess .
26 Another possible explanation is that alcohol impairs renal sodium excretion ; the resulting sodium retention could contribute to the development of peripheral oedema .
27 At Level One the student will contribute to the planning and arrangement of work experience .
28 At Level One the student will contribute to the planning and arrangement of community involvement .
29 At Level One the student will contribute to the planning and organisation of residential experience and carry out tasks during residential experience with support from the tutor .
30 I hope that the paper will contribute to the debate about the nature and form of organizing for health in other countries .
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