Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] contributed to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conspicuous support for sporting and other activities has contributed to the rising public approval of the Quit campaign and of antismoking measures generally . |
| 2 | Mechale said that civil conflict , drought and seed shortages had contributed to the poor harvests in 1991 . |
| 3 | The farming community 's increasing concentration on monocultures , particularly wheat , over the past two decades has contributed to the dramatic falls in the populations of a number of native British birds , according to a report by the Agriculture and Food Research Council . |
| 4 | Not having seen the exhibition previously I can not comment on how differing gallery spaces have contributed to the overall effect . |
| 5 | Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned . |
| 6 | The persistent pattern of inequality in economic , social and educational services has contributed to the widening gaps between regions . |
| 7 | Several trends have contributed to the growing attraction of peddling a new share issue in a number of markets simultaneously . |
| 8 | For twentieth-century readers the lack of dogmatism of the poet in dealing with moral and religious matters , his genuine hesitations before categorizing strange experiences , and the fact that , as Hazlitt pointed out , ‘ His Muse is a levelling one , ’ all these factors have contributed to the steady popularity of The Prelude . |