Example sentences of "may contribute [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have demonstrated expression of ET-1 in pulmonary endocrine cells , and reported that ET-1 expression is increased in the lung vasculature of patients with pulmonary hypertension , which may contribute to the medial hyperplasia and intimal fibrosis of this disorder . |
| 2 | Business people may contribute to the actual delivery of education . |
| 3 | Many factors may contribute to the increased incidence of large-vessel disease in diabetic patients , as in non-diabetic subjects ; however , the increased incidence in diabetics has not been fully explained in terms of known risk factors ( Jarrett et al , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | The frequent expression of the various xenobiotic metabolising enzymes may contribute to the anti-cancer drug resistance that is characteristic of carcinoma of the colon , and also to chemical carcinogenesis in the colon as these enzymes can metabolise both exogenous and endogenous compounds , which are implicated in the development of colon cancer . |
| 5 | Recognising that the apparently low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome was difficult to explain wholly in terms of currently recognised risk factors , we sought to identify other differences in infant care practices that may contribute to the lower incidence of such deaths in Bangladeshi babies . |
| 6 | Our study shows that CT imaging was adequate in about one-third of patients at hospitals with limited experience of testicular cancer , which may contribute to the lower survival of patients treated in local hospitals . |
| 7 | Increased basal acid secretion has been implicated in duodenal ulcerogenesis and correction of this abnormality may contribute to the prolonged remissions of this disease seen after eradication of H pylori . |
| 8 | On a more speculative note , an interaction between glial and neuronal oscillators may contribute to the circadian time-keeping mechanism located within the suprachiasmatic nucleus . |
| 9 | InsP 3 does not appear to play any part in the maturation of invertebrate and amphibian eggs , but it may contribute to the spontaneous maturation of bovine oocytes . |
| 10 | Several factors may contribute to the sustained depolarization during a tetanus ; these include summation of AMPA receptor-mediated e.p.s.ps , depolarizing shifts in the Cl - and K + reversal potentials due to build up of intracellular Cl - and extracellular K + . |
| 11 | Therefore , our data support the notion that ET-1 may contribute to the functional and morphological abnormalities of pulmonary vasculature associated with CFA . |
| 12 | Other fields for study include the proliferative response in healing gastric ulcers and the changes which may contribute to the clinicopathological diagnosis of Barrett 's oesophagus . |