But, every tenderly roasted, lovingly stewed and patiently encrusted bit of flesh, that once made salivary glands froth and bellies expand, are now unambiguous contributors to the climate change problem.
We have also been participating in genome sequencing of oral bacterial isolates (8 10), and are now continuing as contributors to the HMP of both reference DNA and strains of oral organisms.
The Flames are now a net contributor to the pool.
Even at IBM, services are now a bigger contributor to profits than hardware.
Human capital, not machines, are now the main contributor, so this new way of looking at and living life, requires a paradigm shift in how we create.
Cardiovascular diseases are now the major contributor to the burden of disease in most countries.
Nonetheless, their analysis suggests that imported foods are now a greater contributor to intake of refined sucrose than they were in the past.
"We are now the fourth contributor in terms of per capita to UNICEF in the world and we would like to get a little bit higher on the list.
Hedge funds are now the second-biggest contributors to state campaigns after the real estate industry, according to a 2012 report by Common Cause.
Expensive oil pads tax receipts: oil and gas firms are now the biggest corporate contributors to the treasury; along with banks they paid three-quarters of the £13 billion ($26 billion) raised in corporation tax in 2007.
