Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] contribution to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FORMER Darlington businessman has made a big contribution to a health appeal after sophisticated equipment saved his life . |
| 2 | A FORMER businessman has made a big contribution to a health appeal after sophisticated equipment saved his life . |
| 3 | The government has provided the resources in the way of the allowance and in the way of an administrative service ; voluntary effort has controlled the plan and the policy , including the detailed negotiations with manufacturers , bankers , insurance companies and the like , and all these bodies have made a generous contribution to a humane cause of powerful appeal . |
| 4 | Non-executive directors can only make a limited contribution to a company given that they have little knowledge of its day-to-day working . ’ |
| 5 | The conclusion must be that it could , only if there had have been genuine prospects that an improved , amalgamated and better managed canal system could make a viable contribution to an efficient transport system of the country . |
| 6 | The clear lesson here is that the IT archive , whatever form it should take , is not only the carrier of information which the future historian would want to use , but that the very form , structure and dynamic of that archive as it is created and used will make a vital contribution to an understanding of the social relationships , the culture and the power structures of the late twentieth century . |
| 7 | This archive will make a significant contribution to a number of debates in social science which have so far lacked appropriate data . |
| 8 | Now Tim appears to have rekindled Princess Anne 's interest in sailing — she paid £94,000 for the 36-footer Blue Doublet earlier this year — and last year she made a glowing contribution to a celebrity compilation of ideas of Paradise . |
| 9 | Tosh McKinlay , who scored once and forced Taylor to concede an own goal , Gary Mackay and Derek Ferguson all made a creative contribution to an enjoyable match . |
| 10 | He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words , ‘ My Lords , I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica . ’ |
| 11 | On the conditions of lending Hilliard Goldfarb , Chief Curator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner said , ‘ we consider whether the work lent will make an enduring contribution to a work of critical scholarship ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Other surveys conducted among student populations in the US have more or less confirmed Professor Kellert 's basic preference criteria , though they suggest that additional factors such as longevity , slow reproductive rate and rareness also make an important contribution to an animal 's popularity . |
| 14 | Some elaboration of expectations , or a requirement that they be elaborated locally , will help to ensure a worthwhile contribution to a policy process which will otherwise naturally mostly exclude them . |
| 15 | Picking out the salient points of a lengthy report , making a positive contribution to a formal meeting or an informal social gathering ; making an effective presentation or negotiating a deal that will stick … |
| 16 | On world trade negotiations , the leaders committed themselves to " making a full contribution to a positive outcome " of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) which was due to end in December [ see p. 37228 ] . |
| 17 | In the context of plans for Keele , Leavis 's concern with bringing specialisms into communication was considered to offer a significant contribution to a sense of the function of universities in a " democratic " society . |