Sentence examples for contributed the idea from inspiring English sources
NG, MH, VS, JW, NK, and MBN made important contributions to the development of the intervention (Of particular note: NG contributed the idea of a social marketing approach, VS conceived of and wrote the initial version of the project website, JW contributed materials for use with pediatricians, NK contributed use of the simulation game "Dr. Cruz", and MBN reviewed the literature).
The colonial and revolutionary periods had contributed the idea, if not the practice, of the heroic citizen-militia.
Expressionism is not quite as dirty a word, mind you, as it was in the 1930s, when the Nazis labelled it "degenerate" and when, adding insult to injury, Thomas Mann contributed the idea that German expressionism and Nazism sprang from the same root of emotional self-abandonment.
Pareto also contributed the idea (which he borrowed from economics) that society is a system tending toward equilibrium: like an economic system, a society that becomes out of balance will tend to correct itself by developing new institutions and laws or by redistributing power.
Thomas says he meant only that he contributed the idea for using cornbread, not the recipe itself.
George Meyer, a writer known among the Simpsons staff for his "bizarre physical jokes", contributed the idea of the barbecue pig getting caught in the spillway and flying into the air.
Flynn contributed the ideas; Kushner created the stage images, and got most of the credit for the show, which caused some bad feeling between the friends.
ZA contributed the ideas underlying this study, interpreted and revised the Results, and wrote the manuscript.
YK contributed the ideas for designing the experiments to examine the model's conclusions, and revised the manuscript.
