The phrase "contributed to saving" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means that someone or something played a role in helping to save something or someone. Example: The firefighters' quick response and bravery greatly contributed to saving the homes in the neighborhood from the wildfire.
I'd never given blood in my life but 177 people stuck their arms out and gave blood, and they all contributed to saving my life.
"In Germany, a more localised approach has contributed to saving billions of euros in welfare payments by driving up the employment rate.
Shortly before Willkie died he told a friend that if he could write his own epitaph and had to choose between "here lies a president" or "here lies one who contributed to saving freedom," he would prefer the latter.
"If I could write my own epitaph and if I had to choose between saying, 'Here lies an unimportant president' or 'Here lies one who contributed to saving freedom at a moment of great peril,' " he told a friend, "I would prefer the latter".
The report calculated that this contributed to saving of 1.3 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions - about twice as much as emitted by the global airline industry - if the electricity had been generated from fossil fuels.
While we used REBOA to provide initial hemodynamic control [5], the hybrid operating theater allowed use to directly control intra-abdominal bleeding and perform TEVAR in a continuous manner, without the need for further transfer of our patient, which likely contributed to saving our patient's life by reducing the time-to-surgery.
"Educational and recreational activities, while not seen as life-saving, do contribute to saving lives".
"Education, while not seen as life-saving, does contribute to saving lives," noted UNICEF Representative in Somalia Christian Balslev-Olesen, "because it provides a safe and healthy environment for children to learn, to occupy their minds, while we occupy ours with ensuring that they have clean water, adequate sanitation and enough to eat".
Some 70 sites were identified, driving the then housing minister Caroline Flint to ecstasy, claiming that all would be "carbon zero" and contribute to saving "the entire world".
We urge Medicare officials to reconsider their initial coverage denial for a screening tool that could contribute to saving both lives and health care dollars.
"As about one-fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's resources," the committee said.
