Example sentences of "[adj] contribution to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members on both sides , particularly those whose constituents were most directly affected , have made valuble contributions to the debate . |
| 2 | Out there in peaceful Vancouver , going about our ordinary daily tasks , even though they did make sizeable contributions to the war effort , there were some of us who felt we were not doing enough , and some of us who wanted to get into ‘ the action ’ . |
| 3 | His work was always informed by a strong historical sense , and he made distinguished contributions to the history of both logic and philosophy . |
| 4 | In 1984 he was given an honorary Academy Award for his ‘ unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form . ’ |
| 5 | He did not restrict himself merely to giving his assent to publication , but added his comments , as , for example , on Two Treatises … concerning Infant Baptism ( 1645 ) by John Tombes [ q.v. ] , where he acknowledged that the author was a godly man ‘ and of the Presbyterian judgement , though I am not of opinion with him ’ and he agreed to the publication of these treatises to encourage further contributions to the debate on infant baptism . |
| 6 | Indeed , some of the British contributions to the study of this topic assert theirs to be a distinctive academic subject , ‘ social administration ’ , which has this concern as its hallmark . |
| 7 | Our joint submission to the National Council for Vocational Qualifications ( NVCQ ) was duly approved and work commenced swiftly to implement this new venture , which was seen as a positive and exciting contribution to the Government 's radical reform of vocational education . |
| 8 | One special case in which the influence of Islam made an important cultural contribution to the development of temporal concepts in Europe concerns music . |
| 9 | We wanted to organise the teachers effectively , to improve their lot economically while at the same time making a cultural contribution to the community ’ . |
| 10 | Bradford 's scientific contribution to the programme will be in the development of photocatalytic particles of high activity , in addition to which it will fulfill the management role of Project Coordination between the partners and with the E.C . |
| 11 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |
| 12 | Some estimates suggest that CFCs direct contribution to the greenhouse effect might be more or less offset by their indirect effect of countering it by depleting ozone . |
| 13 | Traditionally , all non-teaching staff had been grouped together regardless of their actual duties , but the concept of operational and support groups ( rather than teaching and non-teaching ) suggested that some of these staff who were directly involved with classroom activities ( eg workshop technicians ) could reasonably come under the control of the lecturing department heads , recognising their direct contribution to the delivery of courses and involvement in the operational side of the business . |
| 14 | There is , therefore , a wide spectrum of company life where public relations may operate and make a commercial contribution to the company 's success . |
| 15 | She claimed that the British contribution to the budget was ‘ our money ’ which foreigners were taking away . |
| 16 | The British contribution to the philosophy of free speech might be summed up in the Duke of Wellington 's phrase , " publish and be damned " . |
| 17 | I find it difficult to take orders , to be a follower rather than a leader , but I would n't have accepted if I was n't confident that I could make some contribution to the station . |
| 18 | The study also found tribunals frequently willing to attribute some contribution to the dismissal to the employee , which operates like a finding of contributory negligence to reduce the compensation payable . |
| 19 | Thus one of the main considerations of the research will be to make some contribution to the task of developing a more sophisticated literary sociology . |
| 20 | An important indication ( although , as we shall see , not a sufficient one ) that a portion of a sentence is a semantic constituent is that its semantic contribution to the sentence is the same as that which it makes to other , different sentences ; in other words , it carries what is in some sense a constant meaning from context to context . |
| 21 | There are two distinct types of variation in the semantic contribution that a word form makes to different sentences — or , to look at it from a different point of view , two ways in which the sentential context of a word form may affect its semantic contribution to the sentence . |
| 22 | The pleonasm can be cured by making the dependent item more specific so that it makes a net semantic contribution to the phrase : my patriarchal uncle ( notice that adding specificity to the head has no effect : ? my male maternal uncle ) . |
| 23 | It is expected that the project will make a theoretical contribution to the understanding of professional learning . |
| 24 | Judges , barristers , solicitors and court officials packed into court to hear Sir Brian say that Lord Justice Higgins ( 66 ) ‘ made a very important and distinguished contribution to the upholding of the rule of law in this troubled province . |
| 25 | Congratulations to Miss Kay Evans MBE , ex-President and Vice-President of the Society and Miss Eileen Alexander OBE , also one of our Vice-Presidents , on being made Fellows of the Physical Education Association for their distinguished contribution to the work of the Association and in the physical education and movement field . |
| 26 | The College of Art was started as a distinguished contribution to the network of music and art schools and today has the same financial problems as every other higher education institution . |
| 27 | ’ Can pay , wo n't pay ’ is shorthand : written out in full , their credo was , ’ We have the money to make our proper contribution to the cost of essential local services , but , because we wish to indulge in political point-scoring , we will withhold that contribution — knowing full well that by doing so we will force local authorities either to increase charges for the great majority of law-abiding citizens , or to cut services . ’ |
| 28 | If the hon. Gentleman does not think that that is a proper contribution to the health service or a proper qualification for the job that she holds , I am very surprised indeed . |
| 29 | In our relations with the Irish Government and the Garda , we are determined to secure a further contribution to the ending of terrorism in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | Rowntree made a further contribution to the analysis of poverty by pointing out that ‘ the life of a labourer is marked by five alternating periods of want and comparative plenty ’ . |