Example sentences of "contribution to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Venturi was a university teacher , son of a famous father , Adolpho Venturi , who had made a substantial contribution to the publication of documents of Italian art . |
| 2 | It is intended to be a contribution to the history of style rather than of individual artists . |
| 3 | Philip Roth 's contribution to The Facts is ( as distinct from Nathan Zuckerman 's ) significantly milder , in relation to family matters , than what we get in these abrasive comic fictions : but then the fictions can be nice too . |
| 4 | Both in the Forum Report ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : xii ) and in their written submission ( Irish Episcopal Conference 1984 ) , they not only repeated their oft-stated attitude to catholic schools , defending them from any contribution to sectarianism in Ireland , but opposed the introduction of divorce and any weakening of legislation which they felt protected the family . |
| 5 | DTS claims the Accommodator system , as well as handling telephone traffic and the facilities mentioned above , makes an important contribution to housekeeping , maintenance and billing functions . |
| 6 | She has made a crucial contribution to the race and representation debate in the U.S. Through works of self-investigation and transformation Piper explores her own racial identity and forces viewers to question their own values and beliefs . |
| 7 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 8 | My only contribution to the debate is to affirm that the colony of twenty or more specimens growing along the lane above my house breeds true . |
| 9 | When you carry out the initial survey to check just what you have got and what you want , do n't discard anything that might make a positive contribution to the garden later on . |
| 10 | We will therefore be unable to pay our contribution to the marioc subsidy . |
| 11 | That was why he promoted the idea of the Grand Slam Trust Fund , an opportunity for the four Grand Slam tournaments , as the pinnacles of the game , to make a major contribution to the grass roots on a global basis , over and above the enormous funding they provide for tennis in their own countries . |
| 12 | In recognition of his enormous contribution to world tennis , fellow ITF members presented him during the World Champions Dinner in the elegant Pavilion Gabriel in Paris , during the French Open , with a specially commissioned bust , complete with that pugnacious chin which perfectly reflects the determined response he has always presented to any potentially damaging challenge . |
| 13 | The collective behaviour of all the inhabitants as well as certain idiosyncrasies and possibly even eccentricities can make some contribution to the overall design . |
| 14 | There was a real fear that cask ale , Britain 's unique contribution to the world of beer , could be drowned in a rising tide of cold , fizzy keg . |
| 15 | But he , whose contribution to the history of these mountains now matches theirs , could not then mingle with them as an equal . |
| 16 | On North Stack Wall The Wrath of Deadly Lampshades E5 6b was a contribution to the real bad route names competition from Alistair Hopkins and George Smith . |
| 17 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 18 | It is thus a contribution to biography , not to criticism . |
| 19 | Thus the reference to the ruined walls of Eblis , in Aquitaine , is not gratuitous ; and we know from other passages that Pound 's refusal in the last resort to take seriously Russia 's contribution to European culture was grounded in his notion that Russia had never produced an indigenous tradition of stone architecture . |
| 20 | United is also arguing that employee concessions in the deal should be considered ‘ sweat equity ’ , reducing BA 's contribution to 35 per cent . |
| 21 | UK overseas travel and tourism contribution to invisible earnings ( July ) . |
| 22 | I was also surprised to see how great the Germanic contribution to European culture had been . |
| 23 | Morris 's contribution to this match is unlikely to find much space in Wisden , but he already looks the part . |
| 24 | Notwithstanding a marked inferiority at centre and back row , the champions , with only nine of their title-winning side and four newcomers to county rugby , made an unstinting contribution to a fluid game in which they were outscored in tries only three to four . |
| 25 | Officially , today 's luncheon honours his contribution to ITV Sport over 25 years . |
| 26 | Rental income and development profits doubled their contribution to £10.5m and other property income brought in £1.5m more . |
| 27 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 28 | He expected the full year contribution to be unchanged from £143m . |
| 29 | ‘ In the same way as a working person and a taxpayer makes a specific contribution to the upkeep of the national health system , so could a specific premium or tax be levied to support publicly funded legal services , ’ he said . |
| 30 | In 1982 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee asked him to write a paper on the Falklands , which was considered a most notable contribution to the debate in this area . |