Example sentences of "a contribution to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working together is part of a contribution to a whole . |
| 2 | And I instanced Bob Geldof as someone whose commitment to the problem of hunger had certainly got things done , and inspired millions of people to see ( even if only transiently ) that they could make a contribution to a problem that they had previously held in their minds , albeit not very consciously , as ‘ not mine ’ and ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 3 | In making a payment of interest to the lender and a contribution to a life assurance company , the debt remains constant and the borrower is offered the prospect of a maturing policy that will not only repay the mortgage but also provide a lump sum . |
| 4 | Their statements seem to have a number of points in common : first , they tend to be expressed in inappropriate circumstances , for example , someone makes a contribution to a congress , and someone else feels compelled to make an immediate reply . |
| 5 | From a poet whose plays elsewhere show sympathy with Themistoklean policies ( p. 37 ) , this must be a topical not nostalgic allusion — a contribution to a debate about whether Themistokles should stay or go . |
| 6 | Our view is that the maintenance , deployment and continued support for the sea-launched ballistic missile programmes of both Polaris and Trident would be sufficient for us to make a contribution to the defence of the west and of these islands . |
| 7 | Just as with the rates , when people in receipt of social security benefit had living with them someone who was not in receipt of benefit , there was a system known as non-dependent deductions — the hon. Member for Brightside will be well aware of that system — so , too , under the council tax it will be possible for the claimant — the person liable to the tax — simply to let us know , through a single declaration , about the other people in the household who may not be eligible for income support and who may be eligible to make a contribution to the council tax bill . |
| 8 | As a contribution to the development of sources of geothermal energy , an attempt is being made to establish credible gas geothermometry for the East African Rift , for conventional models do not appear to be applicable . |
| 9 | They both made a contribution to the village and the school , but sadly of late these have been demolished , so shrinking village life . |
| 10 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 11 | Indeed part of the attraction of the picture of the world abolitionists presented , that is , a contribution to the success of their appeal , was that their world-view or ideology was capable of accommodating differences of emphasis and expression while recognisably having the same basic shape . |
| 12 | When given the scope and the opportunity , VHWs , as elected representatives of their villages , could make a contribution to the way in which the health centre is managed . |
| 13 | I have prepared this history of the Royal Veterinary College , the oldest veterinary school in the English-speaking world , as a contribution to the celebration of the College 's bicentenary in 1991 . |
| 14 | Occasionally the partners would have to make a contribution to the settlement , but never such as to seriously damage their personal wealth . |
| 15 | But sometimes there was a more direct connection , as David Liddle of Avon County Council described in a contribution to the seminar referred to earlier : |
| 16 | This would , we believe , have the effect of facilitating the professional response to such work and make a contribution to the management of worker stress . |
| 17 | Issued as a contribution to the election debate , it was complemented by a comparison between the housing policies of four political parties . |
| 18 | It is intended to be a contribution to the history of style rather than of individual artists . |
| 19 | The city had to offer higher than average wages to attract civil servants from the Reich and was also forced to make a contribution to the salary and expenses of the League of Nations High Commissioner to the tune of £44,000 per year . |
| 20 | They contain much expansion , however , of the ideas found in the more finished work of that period : the three volumes of Capital and the short Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy . |
| 21 | The second is the statement of a clear evolutionary sequence in the Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy , the work where Marx expresses [ p. 83 ] most coherently his theory of history : ‘ In broad outlines Asiatic , ancient , feudal and modern bourgeois modes of production can be designated as progressive epochs in the economic formation of society ’ . |
| 22 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
| 23 | The introduction of life peerages was partly designed to broaden the base of membership but it can be argued that life peers have not made as large a contribution to the work of the House as had been hoped . |
| 24 | The cost of a practising certificate comprises a fixed fee of £420 ( for 1991 – 92 ) together with a contribution to the Law Society 's Compensation Fund . |
| 25 | It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work . |
| 26 | The latest plan included a stated objective of achieving clean air , water and soil by 2010 , in addition to making a contribution to the fight against international environmental threats . |
| 27 | The Americans may come round to the idea that the termination of the war must be mediated through the UN ; they may even reluctantly come round to the idea that Israel must make a contribution to the peace . |
| 28 | Ivan Dugue , a lawyer and spokesman for the group , stated that the surrender was unilateral and a contribution to the peace process taking place in the country . |
| 29 | Guinness has maintained this tradition , believing that making a contribution to the society in which it prospers is as important today as it was when the company was founded . |
| 30 | Every one of you has made a contribution to the character of this institution and I take pleasure in acknowledging what each of you has done to make this such a satisfying academic and social environment . |