Sentence examples for contributed to the surge from inspiring English sources

The fall of the dollar has contributed to the surge in commodity prices, many specialists say.

Rising rents also contributed to the surge in the cost of living.

The advent of mortgages in Romania about five years ago contributed to the surge, according to Casper Overduin, director of the Sibiu real estate development company EU Traverse.

The mostly African American demonstrators shouted down the former president at several moments, and said he and Hillary Clinton contributed to the surge of incarcerations in the 1990s, mostly of black men.

Many factors have contributed to the surge of interest and investment in humanist design, from growing awareness of the environmental crisis, to disillusion with the established models for tackling social problems and generating economic development.

WASHINGTON — As Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq headed to Washington on Tuesday, an influential group of senators sent a strongly worded letter to President Obama warning that Mr. Maliki's "mismanagement" of Iraqi politics had contributed to the surge of violence there.

The country's chief justice, Altamas Kabir, has said the huge delays may be one reason contributing to the surge in violence towards women in recent years.

During a conference call with investors yesterday, Mr. Juliano also left the door open to the possibility of a takeover, and that could be contributing to the surge in share price.

Ms. Hopkins arrived at Lucent a superstar, credited with helping turn Boeing around though she was there for just 16 months, and with contributing to the surge in Boeing's stock after her departure to more than $70 last December from about $40 in April.

Importantly, the social context, both at the policy-level and micro-individual-level, has been widely cited as contributing to the surge in the incarcerated population (Alexander 2010; Drucker 2011; Mauer and Chesney 2002).

However, it has also been suggested that the native's behavioral response towards immigration may contribute to the surge of ethnic enclaves (Card et al. 2008; Saiz and Wachter 2011).