main contributor

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandcontributor

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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contributor
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tər/us
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɚ/
a person who contributes something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with ...
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(Definition ofmainandcontributorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Poverty is themaincontributorto environmental degradation and not new technology.
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The fact that tax allowances have been increased far more than child benefit is amaincontributorto that.
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The service sector is strong and is themaincontributorto the high levels of growth which are believed to be unsustainable.
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Themaincontributorto that report was a man whose private bus company went bankrupt.
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Therefore, the absence of this negative sum is themaincontributorto the apparent increase in agricultural expenditure as a result of the settlement.
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In recent years, domestic demand has been themaincontributorto economic growth, fuelled by buoyant growth in general government expenditure and household incomes.
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The burning of fossil fuels has been themaincontributorto the level of so-called greenhouse gases, among which carbon dioxide is the major culprit.
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This country has rightly been themaincontributorto that outside aid.
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Themaincontributorin that sector is considered to be the direct combustion of organic wastes.
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Shipping has, in the past, been amaincontributorto our balance of payments.
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The son may have been themaincontributorto the household.
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I subscribe to the view that the growth in the money supply is amaincontributor, and its control is therefore the main solution.
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I do not think that the ticketing system is themaincontributor.
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Armitage found no evidence that lorry traffic was themaincontributor.
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Themaincontributorto that particular "brilliant achievement" has been the planning of the location of industry, and we shall continue to pursue that policy with all energy and resolution.
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He had previously been amaincontributorto the podcast for 2006-07 season.
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Currently, through land development, combustion of fossil fuels, and pollution, humans are thought to be themaincontributorto global climate change.
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Furthermore, the volatile dimethyl sulfide is thought by some researchers to be themaincontributorto the odor of fetor hepaticus.
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Distinctiveness of an event has been considered to be amaincontributorto the accuracy of flashbulb memories.
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However, the effect of alphabet order declines as reading experience becomes themaincontributorto experienced letter frequency.
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