Example sentences of "'s contribution to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | United is also arguing that employee concessions in the deal should be considered ‘ sweat equity ’ , reducing BA 's contribution to 35 per cent . |
| 4 | Morris 's contribution to this match is unlikely to find much space in Wisden , but he already looks the part . |
| 5 | Teixeira 's contribution to the genre was first performed in 1728 , just after he had return to Portugal from Rome , and it reveals Italian influence in its polychorality ( it is scored for five ‘ choirs ’ of four voices each ) and the florid , operatic nature of the solo snippets . |
| 6 | Law Report : Divorce award recognised wife 's contribution to wealth of family : Gojkovic v Gojkovic — Court of Appeal ( Lord Justice Woolf , Lord Justice Russell and Lord Justice Butler-Sloss ) , 12 October 1989 |
| 7 | The judge found the wife 's contribution to be ‘ exceptional by ordinary standards , if not exceptional as measured against the ( husband 's ) contribution . |
| 8 | Central Council thanks all those Branches and individuals who worked so hard to ensure that the Association 's contribution to this Appeal was so substantial . |
| 9 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
| 10 | It is also an image which tells us that , it Gide 's contribution to the liberation of the subjugated was as a writer , it is also true that he exemplified the writer 's inevitably exploitative relation to the same , and that this exploitation persists as an aesthetic mode long after the blindness or impossibility of desire was acknowledged . |
| 11 | It is clear that for Marx the ‘ discovery ’ of the gens was probably the most important of Morgan 's contribution to anthropology . |
| 12 | She is expected to place great emphasis on Britain 's contribution to controlling the hole in the ozone layer and global warming . |
| 13 | The rewards are just beginning to come through with Mercury 's contribution to C&W trading profit leaping from £4million to £14million in the six months to September 30 . |
| 14 | But the emphasis for ERS-1 is science , as the ERS programme is ESA 's contribution to Woce , the World Ocean Circulation Experiment , an important part of global climate research in the 1990s . |
| 15 | Forget the slick 1950s convertibles of ‘ Wild At Heart ’ or Wim Wenders 's earlier work ; this film pays homage to the Trabant , East Germany 's contribution to the automobile Hall of Fame . |
| 16 | The directive will not require a unified tax system , but will insist that governments recognise certain national forms of fund as equivalent for tax purposes — so that , for instance , the British government would give relief on a British resident 's contribution to a fund abroad . |
| 17 | He treated Clarissa 's interjection with particular scorn because he knew she thoroughly approved of the Prime Minister 's contribution to peace . |
| 18 | Forget the memoirs and the exposés the historical document of Ronald Regan 's contribution to political theory and global statesmanship is Stand Up Reagan , a collection of his after-dinner anecdotes and one-liners from Parkfield Video , £9.99 |
| 19 | Using it as fuel deletes transport 's contribution to the greenhouse problem at a stroke , as hydrogen burns to give just water vapour and NOx . |
| 20 | In Poems and Versions ( Carcanet , £6.95 ) David Wright 's contribution to this sub-genre is so bad as to be fascinating : I turn the leaves of memory To see you , prince of Rathbone Place , In blackout years , defying with Magnanimous and careless spirit … |
| 21 | In fact about 8 p.c. of the value of all management buy-outs supported by venture capitalists last year were in Scotland , matching the country 's contribution to GDP . |
| 22 | However , they keep quiet about Oldham 's contribution to the consolidated accounts by not issuing the Oldham balance sheet until after the annual meeting of MEPC . |
| 23 | Midnight Special 's contribution to the hustings was to make the politicians seem almost human . |
| 24 | And that was about Forest 's contribution to an afternoon when they were content to file back and hope that United 's desire to win the trophy with a flourish might leave them vulnerable . |
| 25 | He fully accepts that there is the problem of the car 's contribution to the greenhouse effect and the way it is making new car buyers more critical and raising their expectations . |
| 26 | Top of the agenda will be the same issue over which Mrs Thatcher fought countless battles : Britain 's contribution to the budget . |
| 27 | By 1958 , with more than 50 papers published , the University of London recognised Barber 's contribution to chemotherapy by awarding him a DSc . |
| 28 | The award , which was made during the year in which both the RSC and the polytechnic celebrate their sesquicentenaries , recognised the longstanding special relationship between the parties , and marks the RSC 's contribution to the work , life and culture of the polytechnic and its precursor institutions . |
| 29 | Janssen 's contribution to preserving the environment is substantial . |
| 30 | Kent 's contribution to the development of the high potencies established an extension to remedy preparation based on the guidelines given by Hahnemann in the 5th edition ( published in 1833 ) , namely the centesimal potency scale . |