Example sentences of "contribution [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 From 1948 when the National Insurance Scheme started , married women were given the option to pay the full-rate contribution for a pension in their own right or to be dependent on their husbands ' contributions and to pay a very reduced rate contribution — called the small stamp .
2 The JCC is a unique body designed ‘ to consider all matters of concern to Kent in relation to the Channel Tunnel project with a view to minimising adverse impacts and turning to best advantage its potential to make a positive contribution for the benefit of the county ’ .
3 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 .
4 Hendrie — His contribution during the promotion year was understated .
5 Women 's immense contribution during the war led directly to their enfranchisement and to greater professional and social opportunities than they had ever before enjoyed .
6 Here the Conservatives have made an invaluable contribution through the creation of a national curriculum with science as one of the three core subjects .
7 She is entitled to make any contribution as a Member of Parliament , and should John Major want to seek advice I 'm sure he would , but I do n't I am certain in my own mind that that has n't happened at the moment .
8 By stabilising that part of the world , we would be making our contribution as a building block to better world monetary arrangements which will be important once the ecu is a means of exchange and a currency that can look the yen and the dollar in the face .
9 Of all the ways in which Eastern Europe contributes to Soviet power , its military contribution as a buffer and forward base for military deployment and intelligence gathering may be the most important to her .
10 If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax .
11 Prospective employers are looking for suitably qualified people , normally graduates — not necessarily law graduates — who show the kind of skills needed to make a successful contribution as a solicitor to the work of a local authority : the ability to analyse a problem and to communicate effectively , flexibility , and the ability to get on well with other members of a team .
12 If my right hon. Friend is fortunate enough to be in the circumstances described by the hon. Gentleman , he is making a far larger contribution as an individual to income tax and other central Government taxation than would otherwise be the case .
13 However the main contributor to the EC budget , West Germany , was unwilling to pay her full contribution towards the adjustment for the UK .
14 Is not his statement a significant contribution towards the Government 's interest in green policies ?
15 £158,000 capital grant to the Church of Go of Prophecy in Chapeltown ( 1990 ) which constituted a major contribution towards the construction costs of the Austin Burke Memorial Centre .
16 They represent the first legal moves against an estimated 400,000 people who , by accident or design , have made no contribution towards the poll tax , introduced last April north of the border .
17 Man and machine can be regarded as sub-systems each making a distinctive contribution towards the achievement of the purposes of the working system .
18 That 's that 's my contribution towards the total of the group is n't it ?
19 The maximum grant is £270 , and you will have to pay a fixed contribution towards the cost , up to a maximum of £15 .
20 From 1 November 1991 , people who hold a partial help certificate ( AG3 ) under the NHS Low Income Scheme will be able to put their patient contribution towards the cost of a private home visit by their optician .
21 Vauxhall and Peugeot are offering £500 ‘ cash back ’ vouchers to buyers of their top hot hatches as a contribution towards the cost of insurance , on top of discounts customers can negotiate with the dealer .
22 Visitors may adopt an animal and thus make a contribution towards the cost of that animal 's upkeep .
23 You will get no help if your assessed contribution towards the cost as shown on certificate AG 3 is more than the value of the voucher you were given .
24 This means that there is financial discrimination operating between those clients who use a law centre and those who may go to a solicitor with the same problem and who will then have to pay fees or a contribution towards the cost under the Legal Aid or Legal Advice schemes .
25 A client who has disposable capital in excess of the prescribed limit is not entitled to assistance at all ; a client who has disposable income in excess of the lower limit is liable to pay a contribution towards the cost of the advice .
26 Whether he had in mind a reduction in the Royalty , or perhaps a contribution towards the cost of the trials , is not clear .
27 Recently I informed you that Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive had not invoiced Lothian Regional Council for it s contribution towards the cost of cross–boundary contract 4870(A) since October 1991 .
28 A charge of £500 per page is made as a contribution towards the cost of reproducing colour figures .
29 Should the patio to be laid require the removal of a substantial concreted area , this may necessitate a contribution towards the removal costs of the winner .
30 It is therefore possible to see Powell as making a serious empirical and theoretical contribution towards the development of a sociology of character .
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