Sentence examples for contributed to the spread from inspiring English sources

The development of market economies contributed to the spread of democracy in other ways as well.

The greater use of garbage bags rather than garbage cans has contributed to the spread of rats.

They've contributed to the spread of the little-known Andean-Equadorian slang which is rich in Kichwa influence.

The hardships encountered by widows in traditional Hindu society may have contributed to the spread of suttee.

Though the missions helped protect Indians from slavery, they greatly contributed to the spread of deadly European diseases.

Impatience with the pace and the nature of reform also caused problems and contributed to the spread of heresy.

Proponents say they want to end a war on drugs that has packed prisons, offered addicts little treatment and contributed to the spread of AIDS.

There are ways this can be true; burial practices involving the cleaning of bodies are said to have contributed to the spread of Ebola in Africa.

Dr. Coquereaux and others said that the "publish or perish" ethos of academic research in the United States had contributed to the spread of unintelligible papers.

Mr. Richman declined yesterday to speculate on whether any of the improper doors in Boland had contributed to the spread of smoke and fire.

The film also fails to address how the government's attempts to conceal outbreaks of H.I.V./AIDS contributed to the spread of the disease.