Sentence examples for contributed to the number from inspiring English sources

Some said the incessant false alarms at Boland Hall might have contributed to the number of deaths and injuries.

Federal welfare reforms contributed to the number of uninsured by making even legal immigrants who arrived after August 1996 ineligible for Medicaid for five years.

The news coverage of the anthrax cases and of biological weapons in general since Sept. 11, many experts said, has probably contributed to the number of false scares.

A crucial remaining question, investigators said, is whether the design of the towers -- their structure, their emergency stairwells and countless other safety features -- might have contributed to the number of deaths.

Or that the dollies, ponies, cooking and caring toys aimed at little girls may have contributed to the number of women in science, technology and engineering roles standing at only 13 per cent?

Mr. Crothall said it was too early to draw definitive conclusions about whether inadequate fire escapes, a longstanding problem in Chinese workplaces, had contributed to the number of deaths at the poultry plant.

Others assert, in agreement with the military doctors of World War I, that every soldier simply has a breaking point, and that multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have contributed to the numbers who return to a second, psychological war at home.

Large outbreaks like those in 1997 1998 in Southeast Asia (especially Thailand) and 2003 in major cities of India, all popular tourist destinations, contributed to the numbers.

Although postseason suspensions are common, one regulation on academic eligibility put in by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in August could be contributing to the number of suspensions.

Understaffing in the prison system in England and Wales is contributing to the number of self-inflicted deaths of young adults, an independent review has found.

Two other diseases – norovirus and whooping cough – are also widespread this winter and are contributing to the number of people getting sick.