constructive contribution

collocation in English

meaningsofconstructiveandcontribution

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constructive
adjective
uk
/kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/kənˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv/
If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or ...
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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 ofconstructiveandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This book is aconstructivecontributionto the issue of treating negative and deficit symptoms in schizophrenia.
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Sebba's observation regarding literacy levels is an importantconstructivecontributionto this list.
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I am convinced that the parole system has made a positive andconstructivecontributionto law and order.
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I welcome the committee's report as aconstructivecontributionto the debate on how to improve road safety.
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It is the party of scaremongers and has made noconstructivecontributionto the debate.
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I hope that we shall now see people making aconstructivecontributiontowards the social contract rather than indulging in a negative approach.
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The proposals which have been outlined this afternoon should make aconstructivecontributionin that direction.
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I know that he intended to make a characteristicallyconstructivecontribution.
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I do not know whether that was intended to be aconstructivecontributionto the debate; in my view, it was a pretty disgraceful one.
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His purpose was to provide a viable framework within which the independent body would have ample scope to make a distinctive andconstructivecontribution.
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Our initiative is intended as aconstructivecontributionto the discussions and to help in finding the right answers to those and other questions.
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He made noconstructivecontributionto their discussions at all.
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I should like to have views from all those with aconstructivecontributionto make.
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I congratulate him on his moderate andconstructivecontribution.
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It would be infinitely preferable if he made aconstructivecontributionto the debate.
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They are not events to which we ourselves can make anyconstructivecontribution.
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We look forward to hisconstructivecontributionto these debates.
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We hope that the report will make a positive andconstructivecontributionto that debate.
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Those who heard the three previous speakers will agree that they made in each case a valuable andconstructivecontribution.
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I feel that perhaps one ought not to raise that question without trying to make at least oneconstructivecontributionon the subject.
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