Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] contribution to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed grazing rights could be an issue in themselves , and disputes over these probably made a major contribution to bringing about the Norfolk rebellion of 1549 ( 73 , pp.71 , 142–3 ) . |
| 2 | Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers . |
| 3 | He has made a great contribution to anchoring the art of architecture to real life , real science and real modernity … |
| 4 | The acquisition in October 1992 of The Alta Group Inc. , a leading supplier of high purity titanium , has made a significant contribution to operating profit . |
| 5 | If the Union had made a significant contribution to solving health problems , it had also unquestionably played a more significant role in awakening community action . |
| 6 | Perhaps the development by lay shareholders of the scepticism implied by Mr Smith 's survival techniques could make a substantial contribution to avoiding a repetition of the public shock that attended the corporate failures at the end of the 1980s . |
| 7 | Their removal would therefore make a major contribution to alleviating the Corps " administrative problems . |
| 8 | They are already in use in Australia , America , Brazil and Tanzania , and could make a major contribution to managing insect-borne diseases and crop pests , according to Dr Janet Hemingway of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . |
| 9 | I believe we should all warmly welcome this opportunity to debate the role of audit ; it gives the users of audit services the opportunity to have their say and it should make a major contribution to dealing with the expectation gap . |
| 10 | Tutors will also make a positive contribution to learning through structured input , tutor-led discussion and formative assessment of individuals . |
| 11 | Therefore we believe that during the plan period , those sites are likely to come forward and make a improved contribution to meeting our share of the Greater York employment needs . |
| 12 | Money released on that scale could make a vital contribution to closing a gap of about £3 billion a year in investment in affordable , rented accommodation over Britain as a whole , the report states . |
| 13 | If these products replace those derived from fossil fuels , it will make a significant contribution to reducing the greenhouse effect . |
| 14 | Keir Hardie favoured the general strike , not as an instrument of class struggle and revolution , but because he believed it could make a valuable contribution to maintaining the peace of bourgeois Europe . |
| 15 | Though conservation of our most endangered species of butterflies ( such as large blue , heath fritillary and swallowtail ) is largely in the hands of experts , keen amateurs can still make a valuable contribution to conserving commoner species . |
| 16 | The exhibition catalogue , illustrating and analysing its rich array of paintings and photographs , models and mock-ups , artefacts and ephemera , made a major contribution to understanding the multi-faceted role of the railway station both in our lives and in our dreams . |
| 17 | To return to Lévi-Strauss , the point has been made that emotion need not be seen as obscure and incomprehensible , and that Freud 's importance is that he made a lasting contribution to explicating how the most obscure actions can be seen to make emotional sense . |
| 18 | Definitions were always crucial in this debate , and the Church of England Board for Social Responsibility in its submission to Williams made a useful contribution to clarifying the distinctions between terms like eroticism , pornography , and obscenity : |
| 19 | Thus maintenance can make an important contribution to containing machine running costs as well as ensuring optimum machine availability . |
| 20 | We give serious consideration to safety recommendations and , where lighting would make an important contribution to reducing casualties , it is an important factor . |
| 21 | In between , during the Second World War , Bevan made an important contribution to finding a means of reconciling British socialism with a wider international vision . |
| 22 | However , this point should not be taken to imply that the burden can be effectively discharged by the voluntary sector , even though it may be able to make a useful contribution to meeting these needs . |
| 23 | But with the wearing of seatbelts now a legal requirement in many European countries and with adherence rates generally high ( much higher than in the US ) , the airbag is poised to make a significant contribution to lessening the head and chest injuries that even restrained drivers can suffer through impact with the steering wheel . |
| 24 | ‘ Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest methods of generating electricity , ’ it states , ‘ and already makes a substantial contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the UK . |