indispensable contribution to

collocation in English

meaningsofindispensable,contributionandto

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indispensable
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈspen.sə.bəl/
us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈspen.sə.bəl/
Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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to
preposition
uk
/tuː/
us
/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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(Definition ofindispensable,contributionandtofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The invisibles sectors make anindispensablecontributionto the balance of payments and to employment.
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Sociologists have taken a similarly strong stance in insisting that their field offers a unique andindispensablecontribution.
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I am a great admirer of non-governmental organisations, which have made a wonderful, remarkable andindispensablecontributionto worldwide development.
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All of you have made an important andindispensablecontributionto the success that we have achieved.
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I believe that these hospitals have a major andindispensablecontributionto make to medical training and research.
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The invisibles sectors make anindispensablecontributionto the balance of payments and to employment.
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Our agriculture is as efficient and competitive as agriculture anywhere, and makes anindispensablecontributionto our economic and social life and welfare.
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Nor should we forget theindispensablecontributionmade by our civilian personnel at all levels.
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It should make a great andindispensablecontributionto the strength of this country, abroad as well as at home, and to the well-being of our tired and jaded people.
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The case for supporting agriculture should be made not on any sentimentality or social need, but simply on the solid fact of itsindispensablecontributionto our balance of payments.
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My disagreement with them does not diminish my indebtedness: they have all made crucial and indeed indispensable contributions to this book.
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