Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] contribution [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that the ’ collocational overlap ’ technique made a significant contribution toward the identification of the correct words from the alternative candidates . |
| 2 | Needless to say , needless to say this deficit has not involved any additional call whatsoever upon the mission and aid fund of the church from which the Board receives an annual contribution of around four hundred thousand pounds towards its overall budget of twenty million pounds . |
| 3 | The Division made a useful contribution to exhibitions during the year , arranging , for example , for the provision of the well-received background music to ‘ The Hebrides Surveyed ’ . |
| 4 | But Bregawn was the winner , and the £45,260 he earned that afternoon made a major contribution to the £358,837 prize money which saw Michael Dickinson champion trainer again that season , with 120 winners in all — a record total — from 259 runners , a strike rate just short of one in two . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman should note that although the Cornish air ambulance makes a valaable contribution in the county , it has not produced a measured improvement in response times for ambulances in Cornwall . |
| 6 | The chemical industry makes a crucial contribution to our health and prosperity and to protection of the environment . |
| 7 | Profit before exceptionals rose 39 p.c. to £31m helped by increased profits from North America , where Invesco Funds Group generated record sales and Primco Capital Management made a first-time contribution of $3.2m . |
| 8 | I think the the answer to that is that the reference e should be made to the village making a significant contribution to the development needs of Greater York , be it housing , employment or comm erm social and community . |
| 9 | It has the capacity to make a major contribution to the stimulation of scientific achievement for the good of wealth creation in this country . |
| 10 | The private sector makes a major contribution in the field of elective surgery such as hip replacements and is now also a significant provider of long-term care for the elderly via the development of private residential and nursing homes ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 11 | Refugees bring with them not just a bundle of belongings but an accumulation of skills and knowledge and a real determination to make a positive contribution to their new country . |
| 12 | Each Faculty makes a substantial contribution to the field of adult and continuing education , in which the University offers a range of part-time degree , diploma and postgraduate courses together with a comprehensive programme of short courses . |
| 13 | The programme of motorway building played an important facilitating role , while direct government intervention made a substantial contribution in the form of the Location of Offices Bureau , large-scale slum clearance and the official overspill programme , the latter being expanded in the light of the mid-1960s projections of strong national population growth . |
| 14 | These interventions from the outside made a strong contribution towards my freedom . |
| 15 | Your gifts for healing and building relationships and creating community make an essential contribution to our evangelising work in society . |
| 16 | Drama makes an important contribution towards realising the overall aims of English as set out in chapter 2 . |
| 17 | When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office . |
| 18 | By March 1988 there were about 160 subscribers in total and 1988/9 should show a self-supporting enterprise making a considerable contribution to CAB resources through its profits . |
| 19 | If anybody tries to take enough alcoholic drink to make a real contribution to his vitamin or mineral intake , he 's certainly drinking too much ! |
| 20 | While the Course facilitates meeting all of these aims , it has a particular responsibility in respect of 1 b and 1 c , 2 , 3 and 5 and enables the Polytechnic to make a distinctive contribution to the national system of higher education in these areas . |
| 21 | Since Religious Education makes a major contribution to the life of the school it becomes particularly important that any curricular innovation is in accord with the aims of Religious Education in the Catholic School . |
| 22 | We can conclude therefore that both domain-specific collocations and a general collocation dictionary extracted from the LOB corpus make a significant contribution to the recognition process . |
| 23 | Chris Wolley and Dave Carter were wizards of the guitar and song , while the Captain made a modest contribution with his harmonica . |
| 24 | In theory at least , ownership should enable them to use their crofts as security in raising finance , for example to make a matching contribution in projects assisted by the HIDB , but in practice the situation is more complex . |
| 25 | We therefore particularly value our partnership with SCF through TRANSAID since it enables BESO to make a direct contribution to Britain 's relief efforts in Africa . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister told my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) that the Government make a large contribution to the UN development agencies , but he must be aware that our contribution has been cut by 38 per cent . |
| 27 | If you live in such a property your landlord will pay the Poll Tax to the Council and she/he will in turn collect a daily contribution from you . |
| 28 | All the library schools were mentioned , but CLW ( College of Librarianship Wales ) in particular was referred to by almost half of the authorities mentioning library schools , as providing on-site courses , as requested — and in total making a significant contribution to training in the Welsh county libraries , and some neighbouring authorities , e.g. : ‘ Up to 50% of our courses held annually are arranged by ( CLW ) or contributed into ’ . |
| 29 | Frances 's past makes a vivid contribution to her present experience . |
| 30 | Every teacher who seeks to raise pupils ' levels of attainment in another subject makes a valuable contribution to the teaching of English . |