substantial contributor

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandcontributor

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

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This is a big business and asubstantialcontributorto our invisible earnings.
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It is a major force in world insurance markets and is asubstantialcontributorto invisible exports.
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It is asubstantialcontributorto our export drive.
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It is already proving asubstantialcontributorto efficient management and that contribution can but increase with time.
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It will remain asubstantialcontributor.
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Straw burning could be asubstantialcontributor.
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As the largest business on the island, it is also the largest employer of locals and asubstantialcontributorto the small island's economy.
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This change was asubstantialcontributorto the difference in the projected costs of the designs.
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Their deaths profoundly impacted him and as an adult, when he had made his fortune, he became a verysubstantialcontributorto philanthropic causes such as hospitals and medical research.
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Considered a co-inventor of activity based proteomics and asubstantialcontributorto research on the endocannabinoid system, he is a prominent figure in the nascent field of chemical biology.
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Privatisation has resulted in companies becoming net substantial contributors to the public purse, rather than blotting paper that soaked up public money.
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