Example sentences of "[noun sg] made 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These interventions from the outside made a strong contribution towards my freedom . |
| 7 | Chris Wolley and Dave Carter were wizards of the guitar and song , while the Captain made a modest contribution with his harmonica . |
| 8 | Although the list of 78 place-names may be far from complete , it shows that men and women from the county made a great contribution to the colonisation of many and varied parts of our planet . |
| 9 | The RAF Benevolent Fund made an initial contribution towards my clothes , and Mr Grice , their representative , would come round after work and help my mother fill in the forms . |
| 10 | The programme of motorway building played an important facilitating role , while direct government involvement 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 ( Hamnett and Randolph , 1983a ; Robert and Randolph , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | This and other changes that year made an important contribution to the wave of inflation which beset the oil-consuming world for the rest of the 1970s and led to the formation of IEA towards the end of 1974 . |
| 12 | As a result , the running costs of Gezira became a burden on the Sudanese government budget , while the scheme made a declining contribution to exports . |