Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] contributor to " in BNC.

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1 This is adequate if one is simply trying to calculate who is receiving certain benefits , such as old-age pensions , from official sources , but if we are seeking a realistic conception of who is and who is not a dependant or a net contributor to the economy in a broader sense such definitions are not helpful ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 13 ) .
2 They assume this oral culture to be inferior and a major contributor to the ‘ backwardness ’ of so-called primitive societies .
3 Attlee , who had been a member of the Simon Commission and a non-dissenting contributor to its very gradualistic report , had always been extremely cautious in his statements on colonial issues .
4 As a respected Oxford academic , a socialist , and a regular contributor to the Review since the mid 1930s , he was in touch with the historical and modernist , governing and oppositional strands within the discipline .
5 Vickers , one of the most trusted Royal writers and a regular contributor to Harpers & Queen , has been absorbed in his subject since the age of twelve .
6 Bill Cater is a journalist , a former assistant editor of The Sunday Times and a regular contributor to BBC WILDLIFE .
7 Greenpeace has described the Humber as the most polluted river in Britain and a substantial contributor to North Sea pollution .
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