Example sentences of "contribute [adv] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 The concentration of tissue plasminogen activator , however , was 20 to 70 times greater than that of urokinase in both groups of patients and therefore urokinase probably contributes little to the overall fibrinolytic activity .
2 Our present understanding of the relationship between ΔC p and the hydrophobic effect [ 17 , 18 ] , leads us to conclude that the latter contributes little to the formation of the single strand helix , and consequently , that water molecules may not be appreciably ordered around the faces of the bases prior to stacking .
3 And it contributes greatly to the reading of all text in ‘ character 's voice ’ — the kind of text exemplified in this chapter .
4 Such an amendment would permit claims where the employee 's invention falls short of revolutionising the employer 's position but nonetheless contributes greatly to the latter 's economic well-being .
5 The cheesemaker has the best control over his cheese if he is able to use the milk from his own flock or herd — he then knows exactly what he is getting and where the animals have been grazed as the type of grass and subsoil contributes much to the flavour of the milk and then the cheese .
6 The ceramic and soil contain minute quantities of uranium , thorium and potassium which are radioactive , and when these decay they produce alpha , beta and gamma radiation ( potassium contributes only to the beta and gamma components ) .
7 The Music dictionary contributes only to the recognition of Music text .
8 Indirectly , however , that region contributed importantly to the re-export trade which balanced essential imports from Europe .
9 Historically the Fabian socialist perspective dominated the development of social policy in Britain from the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s and contributed powerfully to the rationale underpinning a free , comprehensive , universal and state-provided health service .
10 Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight .
11 And so it might , provided it was only a passing mention and that it contributed properly to the pattern of the book .
12 Public commendations and small gratuities were so minor in character , and so random in distribution , that they contributed little to the City Police 's power of inducement .
13 The turnpikes , though important in the history of roads , contributed little to the landscape that did not exist before .
14 This pious strain was much more apparent in the third brother , David I. Although he contributed lavishly to the Dunfermline foundation , David continued to favour the Edinburgh residence .
15 However , it was the loss of Lord Rothermere 's support and the free publicity in the Daily Mail that contributed most to the decline of the BUF .
16 Lung cancer , which contributed most to the excess seen in the MRC trial , was not more common in clinic patients as a whole or in the subgroup taking atenolol ( table VI ) .
17 Jed 's puzzling ploy of playing wing-forward Kevin Liddle in the three-quarters was vindicated as ‘ Lids ’ , as he is affectionately known at Riverside Park , contributed greatly to an entertaining and enthralling 80 minutes of open rugby from both sides .
18 Palmer and Hogan probably epitomise the extremes of the two approaches , and in their differing ways contributed greatly to the legend of the Masters .
19 Thus they contributed greatly to the popularity of national economic planning which underpinned Labour 's election victory in 1945 .
20 The late Basil Rocke was Senior Art Adviser to the West Riding of Yorkshire for nearly 20 years and contributed greatly to the new attitude to the teaching of art in the schools .
21 The editorial notes , which commented , often with scorching indignation , on many aspects of life in Wales , aroused considerable interest and feeling and contributed greatly to the character and impact of the journal .
22 Endoscopy contributed greatly to the diagnosis ( 39% ) , even in cases where an alternative cause was also found .
23 While poor segmenting and labelling contributed greatly to the problem , there is psycholinguistic evidence that people can and do use later information to recover from errors and ambiguities in the input .
24 In their villages of origin the women had been regarded as contributing less to the economic position of the family than the men , but they had at least been recognised as crucial to the economic life of the community .
25 The way he did so was by contributing greatly to the development of the new Lotus .
26 Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund .
27 I suspect that Mrs Moore 's sense of humour contributed much to the genuine streak of misanthropy in Lewis 's nature .
28 Franklin 's pamphlets contributed much to the struggle for American independence with their sharp titles such as Poor Richard , The Drinker 's Dictionary and Plain Truth , titles reminiscent of his great contemporary Tom Paine .
29 Nevertheless , the image of an out of control , imperial president became well established in the early 1970s and contributed much to the strong backlash against presidential power that bedevilled Ford and Carter .
30 Loch 's somewhat high-handed attitude towards many public or philanthropic efforts contributed much to the lack of harmony within the philanthropic movement .
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