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Agriculture contributes almost half of Ethiopia's gross domestic product (GDP).

The emerging-countries business now contributes almost half of the group's income.

GE's reign illustrated the close links between modern industry and finance: GE Capital contributes almost half of the conglomerate's profits.

South Africa, its largest economy, not only contributes almost half of the continent's GDP, but the rest of the continent has a long way to go to catch up with it.

Elevation contributed almost half of the variation (49.1%), while the relative contributions of pH and slope were well balanced and equal to 27.0% and 23.9%, respectively (Table 1).

Commercial and investment banking contributed almost half of the combined firm's gross profits in 1999.

an unusual wealth of original genera, species, and varieties of plants is found in India and China, countries which have contributed almost half of our crop plants.

In the early 21st century the service sector employed the majority of the active workforce and contributed almost half of the country's gross domestic product.

Roughly one-fourth of Tasmania's area is agricultural land, almost all of which is used for grazing; nevertheless, crops contribute almost half of the total value of agricultural production.

That is why Lehman Brothers, a bank, estimates that Pixar movies will contribute almost half of Disney's film operating income between 2000 and 2005 (when the current partnership contract expires).

Faced with dwindling state and city aid, Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy has asked school districts to contribute almost half of the $686 million in cuts the school system will need for the next fiscal year, and district superintendents are warning of bigger classes and fewer programs.