Example sentences of "make [art] [adj] contribution " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain probably made the greatest contribution in literature and science , Germany certainly in music , while in the late nineteenth century , France dominated the world of painting . |
| 2 | As things turned out it was the Americans who made the greatest contribution , drawing heavily on the practice they had adopted in the last few years to incorporate the expertise available from industry and the unions into their CAB ( as they then were ) investigations . |
| 3 | New and expanded towns experienced the highest rates of population growth in the 1950s and 1960s , but in absolute terms it was the medium-sized cities , like Bristol , Leicester , and Southampton , which made the biggest contribution to overall population increase . |
| 4 | Peter needs to understand this and then , if given adequate help and support , will feel that he can make the major contribution towards restoring his own health ( see also Chapter 3 ) . |
| 5 | From dating studies on archaeological ceramics , we know that the environment does not make the largest contribution to the annual radiation dose of ceramics , and a likely range of environmental radiation values can be assumed in estimating the TL age . |
| 6 | The fuel which will make the largest contribution to energy demand growth will be coal though there will be significant growth in both gas and nuclear power consumption . |
| 7 | No one had suggested nuclear power could make the dominant contribution . |
| 8 | Those conscientious airlines that put safety before profit make the major contribution , while all the rest are only too keen to read about other people 's troubles but less willing to contribute themselves . |
| 9 | Cereals and root vegetables make the largest contribution , and are most often cooked to aid digestion . |
| 10 | The solution is strongly opposed by the R & D staff , who usually make the largest contribution to the project in terms of effort . |
| 11 | ‘ There should not be an assumption that those countries that make the initial contribution should be there as long as the UN is there . ’ |
| 12 | The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best . |
| 13 | The award of the medal is accompanied by a cash prize and is normally made annually to the candidate who , in the opinion of Analytical Division Council , has made the greatest contribution , and whose work has made the most significant impact on any branch of analytical chemistry . |
| 14 | But it is in the area of conversational analysis that ethnomethodology has made the greatest contribution . |
| 15 | The annual award is for the trainee deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the Trainee Solicitors Group . |
| 16 | The Hastings brothers , he concluded , had made the significant contribution for the city team as their victory eased them to the sanctuary of ten points in the McEwan 's First Division . |
| 17 | On April 29 , JS sponsored a lunch at Stationers ' Hall in the City of London held to honour the person identified by the horticultural industry as having made the biggest contribution to commercial horticulture in 1992 . |
| 18 | English hill forts and medieval towns have been extensively excavated in recent years , and a new dimension has been added to our knowledge of them ; in this the Biddles have been the incomparable pioneers in their excavations at Winchester — but many other cities have made a major contribution , including York and Lincoln and Oxford . |
| 19 | Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers . |
| 20 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 21 | The Empire had made a major contribution , in men and resources , to the French war effort , much national pride was invested in it , and it was seen as a source of continuing French influence in the world . |
| 22 | And yet , in a separate discussion of education in Cuba since the revolution , Bowles claims the exact opposite : ‘ There is every indication ’ , he writes , ‘ that the allocation of a sizeable fraction of the nation 's resources to education has made a major contribution to the forces of production . ’ |
| 23 | There is no doubt that Kandel and his school have made a major contribution to the study of the neurobiology of short-term processes in memory formation , both in terms of experimental insights and in bringing physiological respectability to a research field which many , in the aftermath of some of the débâcles of the 1960s , felt chary of entering . |
| 24 | The real problem , of course , is that with only one prize in the art world it is so difficult to select only four artists who have made a major contribution over a year . |
| 25 | They have made a major contribution to staff development by means of short courses and modular programmes in various areas of management education and have developed the Certificate of Management Studies on a significant scale . |
| 26 | It has acquired this position for a number of reasons including the fact that historically it was essentially the creation of the people of Wales themselves and has made a major contribution to the educational needs of the nation . |
| 27 | He has made a major contribution to public understanding of science through his books , lectures and broadcasts and through the Exploratory . |
| 28 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 29 | Wimpey became heavily involved in Oman 's drive for modernisation and through Wimpey Alawi has made a major contribution to the fabric of the State by building roads , prestigious offices and government buildings , a police training college , hospitals — including the magnificent £150 million Royal Hospital — and hotels . |
| 30 | Indeed grazing rights could be an issue in themselves , and disputes over these probably made a major contribution to bringing about the Norfolk rebellion of 1549 ( 73 , pp.71 , 142–3 ) . |