Sentence examples for contributed to something of from inspiring English sources

All of that contributed to something of a hothouse environment inside Citigroup during that period.

Other near victories by the brothers contributed to something of a bridesmaid's curse, a family jinx against winning a major that was eventually broken when Jim won the P.G.A. in 1952.

For years, the books of mediums like James Van Praagh and George Anderson have been best sellers, contributing to something of a national fad for communicating with the dead.

Democratic leaders have been increasingly sounding the alarm about the disparity in spending, which may be contributing to something of a thaw among donors, or at least more openness to these efforts.

"Having only a week or two to sketch probably contributed to something fairly pure coming out of it," Mr. Torpey said of the fast-track design process.

Specifically, eschewing appeal to a background theory that justifies health care because it contributes to something else of importance to social justice (fair equality of opportunity, treating people as equals), and appealing instead to a pluralism of considerations, risks losing clarity about what care is part of the "decent minimum" it purports to provide legal entitlements to.

When it's done with a sense of quality and integrity, it gives you, I think, almost an unparalleled sense of belonging to something bigger than yourself, of contributing to something bigger than yourself.

But if you pull back, the dots start to contribute to something greater than the sum of the parts".

It's hard to have multiple people contribute to something together where the quality of the content all clears the bar".

Each of these experiences helped me recapture the same deeply satisfying feeling of contributing to something greater than myself like I had when serving in the military.

And particularly in America, there's a serious and growing demand that work deliver a sense of contributing to something larger than oneself.