Sentence examples for contributed to the first from inspiring English sources

We contributed to the first interferon marketed for human use.

The increase contributed to the first quarterly expansion in 18 months during the April-June period.

This contributed to the first rise in positives for overall drug testing since 2003.

His comment may have contributed to the first rise in the benchmark Nikkei stock index in five sessions.

A string of acquisitions and spending on new services contributed to the first loss in the company's history.

Ambrosini also spoke of the luck that contributed to the first goal, and then the "very nice" second one.

It contributed to the first open friction with France, which sent warships to blockade Buenos Aires in 1838.

Lay religious enthusiasm associated with the peace movement and the cult of the saints also contributed to the first expressions of heresy since late antiquity.

Bad debts jumped to 20% of total loans in January, however, and this contributed to the first banking crisis in Russia.

He also contributed to the first issue of Action Comics, in which Superman was introduced (though he did not draw the Man of Steel).

Shrinking bonuses and underwater stock options have contributed to the first drop in technology workers' pay in at least five years, according to the results of an annual survey to be released today.