Example sentences of "[noun sg] make a [adj] contribution " 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 | The Banking dictionary made a significant contribution ( to 95% level ) to the recognition of Estate Agents ' text . |
| 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 | I must say that the way the discussion has gone this morning , is n I would say , slightly disappointing because there is some attempt to make a positive contribution , but at the moment it 's not necessarily pointing us quite in the direction which we would hope to go . |
| 7 | The chemical industry makes a crucial contribution to our health and prosperity and to protection of the environment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It has the capacity to make a major contribution to the stimulation of scientific achievement for the good of wealth creation in this country . |
| 11 | to provide opportunities for members not attracted to committee work to make a useful contribution . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | These interventions from the outside made a strong contribution towards my freedom . |
| 17 | The 47%-owned Reading business made a modest contribution , much improved on last year , but the training division continued to make a loss . |
| 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 | The region where the viscous stress makes a large contribution is a small fraction of the total boundary layer thickness ( note the change in abscissa scale ) . |
| 20 | It 's fairly clear when you would use a book or an Overhead Projector or a magazine picture in your teaching and it 's not difficult to see that video makes a different contribution . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Chris Wolley and Dave Carter were wizards of the guitar and song , while the Captain made a modest contribution with his harmonica . |
| 26 | Er I note the comments made around the table about the the likelihood of rail based er traffic making a significant contribution . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 ’ . |