Example sentences of "[verb] a major contribution to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has made a major contribution to public understanding of science through his books , lectures and broadcasts and through the Exploratory . |
| 2 | You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk . |
| 3 | Here he describes the unprecedented amount of sculpture he has found , whose quality demonstrates that the sculptors of Aphrodisias were no mere copyists but artists ofa distinctive school which made a major contribution to ancient art . |
| 4 | Colleges made a major contribution to that work , an activity , as with In-Service generally , for which they would lack both credibility and resources were their teacher education work to be further reduced , as the proposed reforms threaten . |
| 5 | He also made a major contribution to local history through his editorship of the series of pamphlets produced by the local branch of the Historical Association . |
| 6 | The true economics of Keynes , they argue , is a dynamic analysis of the macroeconomy in disequilibrium and as such represents a major contribution to economic theory as well as to economic policy-making . |
| 7 | Banks make a major contribution to industrial financing which is not shown in their lending figures , in that they facilitate the leasing of equipment . |
| 8 | By the mid-1970s the CNAA and its institutions were making a major contribution to legal education : a survey in 1976/77 showed that there were then thirty-two university law schools and twenty-two polytechnics and other colleges offering undergraduate law degree courses , the most recent being at the Polytechnics of North East London and Preston in 1975 , and the Polytechnic of Wales in 1977 . |
| 9 | In poorly drained areas extensive cattle ranching is predominant while in better-drained areas annual cropping is expanding and in some cases , especially in Venezuela , irrigation is making a major contribution to agricultural development . |
| 10 | Graham Sutherland 's wartime drawings and paintings , including views of bomb-damaged Swansea and London , and also of welsh tin mines , Derbyshire limestone quarries and devastated French caves , form a major contribution to modern British art . |