Example sentences of "to contribute [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The police committee is asked to consider whether local government should begin to contribute towards Victim Support schemes .
2 Well , yes , that 's absolutely right , and I think we 've always taken it as part of our responsibilities here really that they should extend over towards students in schools as well as students here at the university , and we do of course do quite a lot , in various ways , across the science area , to contribute towards science in schools .
3 He ex husband George Hailes pleaded not guilty to cruelty , but magistrates banned him from keeping a dog for 6 months and ordered him to contribute towards prosecution costs .
4 ‘ The spirit of the thing was to contribute in kind , ’ explains Mr Hollins .
5 The justification for the discrimination between Muslim and non-Muslim was that the latter were not usually drafted into the army and were therefore required to contribute in cash towards their defence .
6 Although the operation would not disclose just what it managed to contribute to Sun 's coffers in the last financial year , SunExpress president , Dorothy Terell , agreed that it had lived up to expectations — of around $150m — predicted by Scott McNealy when SunExpress was introduced .
7 It is stress causing hostility and aggression that is now thought to contribute to cholesterol deposits in arteries . ’
8 Element : Interpret and evaluate information to contribute to decision making and problem solving .
9 That children and young people , particularly those who are instrumentalists , be welcomed and encouraged to contribute to music in worship ( 606–609 ) .
10 I mean starting from the way children go to school in the morning — they expect their parents to take them quite often , and to contribute to pollution .
11 The pupil with sight defects should be encouraged to contribute to discussion about the best presentation of material for his individual needs , as well as the most useful visual aids to use for independent study .
12 encourage everyone to contribute to agenda creation ( see , for example ‘ The problem list ’ in chapter 19 on page 154 )
13 Alternatively , they can be offered the chance to contribute to society economically , socially and culturally .
14 That is a good way for women to contribute to society , but , of course , it has implications for the unemployment statistics .
15 The employment reserve of which I spoke would help them to contribute to society and to their personal future and well-being .
16 The principle of orality was considered to contribute to unanimity in decision making because of the thorough sifting and testing of argument in unrestricted oral argument .
17 Everyone has something to contribute to life .
18 In the good old days , when we were respected and trusted ( so the train of thought might go ) , we had the freedom to explore opportunities to contribute to education .
19 Those who were educated prior to the mid-1970s may well believe that history has little to contribute to education in the 1990s because they believe it still to be predominantly concerned with narrative chronology with much copying down of dictated notes .
20 Unit 6 : Interpret , analyse and communicate information to contribute to problem solving and decision making
21 Some unions , notably the EETPU , organise joint courses with employers and invite management to contribute to teaching .
22 Participants are encouraged to contribute to tutorial discussions
23 Although advances in urban dialectology are certainly a by-product of his methods , his principal objectives were to use variable data as a means of elucidating processes of linguistic change and more generally to contribute to core linguistic theory ( cf. 5.2.1 ) .
24 He seeks to provide a substantive characterization of the concept of reality which will enable him to do two things : first , to show how certain rules and procedures are logically correct , how employment of them will suffice to guide us towards knowledge of reality ; secondly , to show how it can be rational for a self-controlled agent to seek to contribute to knowledge of reality .
25 Some of the other writers in this book , and a number of other researchers are also seen to contribute to knowledge in this area .
26 A number of agencies , including Government , are taking action to stimulate high quality design by British manufacturers , and this research aims to contribute to knowledge about how high quality design is achieved .
27 The aim of the project is to contribute to knowledge and understanding of the organisation and management of animal experimentation in Britain , of the changing social .
28 To contribute to knowledge about the development of childrens exploratory and argumentative talk through classroom activities by :
29 To contribute to knowledge and understanding by evaluating the usefulness of the concepts of learned helplessness and self-worth motivation in understanding learning and behavioural difficulties .
30 He said the diets , recommended by many GPs , have little impact on blood fats — believed to contribute to heart disease .
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