Sentence examples for contributed to the breakdown from inspiring English sources

India's strong voice on behalf of developing countries contributed to the breakdown of the last round, in Seattle in 1999.

Hatch acknowledged that the poisonous political atmosphere within the Republican Party has also contributed to the breakdown in the Senate.

By then Angola was already back at war after its UN peacekeeping mission collapsed amid accusations it contributed to the breakdown of peace.

A lack of urgency and a focus on costs both contributed to the breakdown of talks on the Kyoto in The Hague last November.

Although he eventually recovered, there is little doubt that the illness contributed to the breakdown of his health in subsequent years.

It's unclear whether friction over the controversial faith contributed to the breakdown in the couple's relationship, but Ms Holmes has never taken a prominent role in Church affairs.

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But selfish, egocentric and immature behaviour in males will eventually contribute to the breakdown of a relationship.

Welfare had become a trap that hurt more Americans than it helped, discouraging work and contributing to the breakdown of the family.

"At a landfill, these materials wind up causing methane gas emissions and contributing to the breakdown of other cellulose materials, which release greenhouse gases," Dr. Hershkowitz said.

Douthat and Salam are cultural conservatives — Douthat became a Pentecostal and then a Catholic in his teens — but they readily acknowledge the economic forces that contribute to the breakdown of families lacking the "social capital" of a college degree.