Sentence examples for contributes precious from inspiring English sources

Berry, a Camden councillor who is also running for a seat on the London Assembly, argues that the small airport in the east of the capital next to the Royal Docks in Newham contributes precious little to UK air transport capacity and will become still less important once Crossrail opens, providing a faster rail link between Heathrow and Canary Wharf, which City Airport is closer to.

This new media opines and remarks on everything, contributes precious few objective facts to the debate, and reports on precisely nothing at all.

This book contributes precious insights and experiences from Inner Asia to the field of rangeland management and pastoral development, which used to be dominated by studies in Africa.

They gave Italy no room for manoeuvre, such was the ferocity of their pressing and it said everything that their more illustrious opponents contributed precious little of attacking note.

Announcing the project, Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak vowed the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina would be "a digital lighthouse for the world". Many countries are contributing precious archival holdings on microfilm or CD-ROM and returning documents confiscated during wars and occupations.

We do not have enough water to spend on plants that feed neither people nor wildlife and contribute precious little to ecosystem health.

In a show of misdirection worthy of a conjurer, though not a very good conjurer, Harvard economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw has again tried to depict the 1% as exceptional individuals making unique contributions to the economy or culture, rather than as mediocre CEOs and derivatives traders contributing precious little to society.

The quicksilver Owens contributes two rather precious new works — bagatelles, really — that feature perfunctory touches of paint on silk-screened reproductions of an advertisement for bird feeders and of a notebook page bearing a sarcastic fairy tale written out in a child's guileless hand.

The refusal of the former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan to admit the girls had been taken hostage, losing precious days, contributed to his defeat in last year's election.

The attempt to kill Kyoto dominated Copenhagen and the resulting furore used up days of precious time, contributing to the ultimate weakness of the accord.

Lack of information on the protocol leaves you unable to contribute effectively and wastes precious time.