substantial contribution

collocation in English

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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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(Definition ofsubstantialandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial contribution

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The book pursues this question by rigorously separating the linguistic analysis from the nonlinguistic experimental tasks, asubstantialcontributionin itself.
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Such a difference would be expected if there is asubstantialcontributionto net fitness from fertility genes with female-limited effects.
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These four books* make asubstantialcontributionto that end.
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This well-researched, complex but clearly written study makes asubstantialcontributionto our understanding of past - and perhaps future - presidential scandals.
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This suggests the built environment makes asubstantialcontributionto all aspects of society, economy and environment.
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It is widely acknowledged that the social pension programme significantly redistributes income, which many contend makes asubstantialcontributionto the country's development.
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Their work on fluctuating asymmetry is innovative and makes asubstantialcontributionto knowledge.
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For the breadth of its perspectives, the seriousness and subtlety of its analyses, this book makes asubstantialcontributionto gerontology.
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This book provides asubstantialcontributionto the literature on the ethics of reproductive technology.
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The two books reviewed here make asubstantialcontributionto raising the consciousness of health system stakeholders to these issues.
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Anysubstantialcontributionto elicit this issue is most welcome.
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It is asubstantialcontribution, and the editors should be congratulated on putting it together.
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Falling inequality has made asubstantialcontributionto poverty reduction.
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Anothersubstantialcontributionof the present work is the embedding of a novel threat model in a framework for protocol analysis.
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It makes asubstantialcontributionto discussions in political and moral philosophy and provides a clear and articulate discussion of central issues in rational choice and game theory.
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From a fleet of 26 barques, twenty became famous, often under other names and in other countries, and they made asubstantialcontributionto the exploration of the polar regions.
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We hope that this review will encourage the appreciation and application of the unusuallysubstantialcontributionto social gerontological understanding that has been made by psychological gerontology.
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Hommel et al. have made asubstantialcontributionto our understanding of the interrelation of perception and action.
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We acknowledge his passing with sadness and with great gratitude to hissubstantialcontributionto the sonic arts, most particularly, the application of technology to the making of new sounds.
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