big contributor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbigandcontributor
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big
adjective
uk/bɪɡ/us/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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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 ofbigandcontributorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The tax as a whole is abigcontributorto our taxation and it must broadly be sustained.
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The pharmaceutical industry is abigcontributorto the national economy and is an industry that we should be trying to support.
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He was abigcontributorthroughout the season playing in all 35 games averaging 12.5 points, 5.9 assists, and 1.6 steals.
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Immigration is also abigcontributor.
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They are big contributors to the budget, and they do not want to spend more money.
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The big contributors to racing are the racehorse owners.
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Our local industries are big contributors to the national non-domestic rate pool.
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Perhaps we could, for as little as £2 million or at the most £5 million, take politics out of the hands of the big contributors and give it back to the people.
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Some of it will come from big contributors, which gets us again into the grey area of whether we are selling and buying influence or selling and buying access.
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That seems to me an extraordinary amount of money that will keep parties spending more than they can safely raise and keep them beholden to the big contributors.
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