Sentence examples for contributed to close from inspiring English sources

From Q3 2012 to Q4 2012, Google Play revenue doubled, in a large part due to increases from Japan and South Korea, which, combined, contributed to close to half of Google Play revenue in Q4.

This project has contributed to close to a thousand peer-reviewed publications and a growing portfolio of US and international funded efforts expanding the use of these tools in new medical computing applications every year.

(Clinician/researcher, Zimbabwe) Government officials also gave researchers other tasks, such as drawing up operational plans, training and supervision, which contributed to close working relationships.

But the falling price of laptops, more computers in public schools and libraries and the newest generation of cellphones and hand-held devices that connect to the Internet have all contributed to closing the divide, Internet experts say.

Index, Balderton, Accel, Partech and the other VC firms who are looking at French startups have all greatly contributed to closing France's funding gap over the past two years.

Focusing on three pillars - improving the normative framework, capacity building, and prevention – the project has contributed to closing the gap between what is written in the law and the actual practice.

A number of studies have already contributed to closing the gap in research on how health care networks should be structured and managed; such as Lin [ 8], van Raak et al. [ 9], D'Amour et al. [ 10], and McInnes et al. [ 11].

This paper aims at contributing to close these gaps and reports the three Murcia Atrium Fire Tests conducted in a 20 m cubic enclosure using pools of 1.3 and 2.3 MW.

Taken together, epigenetic modifications, combined with functional transcriptional mechanisms, are promising candidates contributing to close the existing gap of knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of asthma and also allergy, in particular for different phenotypes.

Wastes, generally, have high levels of organic matter and nutrients, and its agricultural use can contribute to close ecologic natural cycles (Montemurro et al. 2004; Montemurro and Maiorana 2008).

Globally, alcohol use contributes to close to 4% of all deaths and is a leading cause of ill health and premature death among men of reproductive age.