Sentence examples for contributes almost a from inspiring English sources

Catalonia contributes almost a fifth of Spain's economic output.

London is very much a country of its own, the fact that London contributes almost a fifth of the U.K.'s economy and has an economy greater than other European countries such as Belgium and Sweden.

This study therefore contributes almost a two-fold increase in EST resources for this species.

For emphysema, where the total weight is much lower, 489 (mean 17.5 for the 28 RRs), the weight of 241 for LAVECC for the sexes combined RR contributes almost a half.

Conventional agriculture, including growing feed for meat production and deforestation for ranging, contributes almost a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (more than the entire transportation industry, which accounts for just 14%).

The drop in pharmaceutical stocks contributed almost a fifth of the decline in the S.& P. 500.

It is also much richer, contributing almost a fifth of GDP and, unlike Scotland, transferring substantial sums to the rest of the country.

In the industrial era of the early 1950s, corporate income tax contributed almost a third of the total tax revenue raised by the federal government, equivalent to about 6 percent of the nation's income.

Sheryl Watson, a spokeswoman for the California State Parks, estimated that of the more than 15,000 volunteers who contributed almost a million hours of service in 2007, a "decent percentage" were people who had recently retired, and the number appears to be steadily increasing.

Asia is the main market, by quite some stretch – China, Korea and Japan each contribute almost a third of MCM's revenue – but Europe is ripe for expansion, as the opening of a dedicated 105 sq m MCM boutique at Harrods last month, and a planned opening in Bond Street next year, attest.

Buildings contribute almost a half of all CO2 emissions in the UK.