Sentence examples for contributing close to from inspiring English sources

With the screen industry contributing close to NZ$3bn a year to New Zealand's economy, said Key, "in simple terms, this visit is about jobs for New Zealanders".

Buildings are the largest consumer of energy and greatest contributor to climate change in the United States consuming approximately half of energy produced and contributing close to half of greenhouse gas emissions.

Within a tissue, the number of reads per gene followed a log-normal distribution (Additional file 1: Figure S2), with many genes contributing close to the average number of reads (10−5 of all reads) but a few genes contributing 10 times more or 10 times fewer than the average number of reads.

Though the March of Dimes has no staff overseas, last year the organization contributed close to $800,000 for international programs.

From 1851 to 1862 Marx contributed close to 500 articles and editorials (Engels providing about a fourth of them).

Mr. Haywood and his wife, Cheryl, have contributed close to $50,000 to Mr. Obama's campaigns and to his political action committee, the Hopefund.

Ms. Terrell later joined the race at the urging of Republican officials in Washington, who contributed close to $500,000 to her campaign.

The study shows that from 2011 to 2013, the top 10 Global 500 spenders contributed close to half – 42% – of the total education-related corporate spending.

In the Republican primaries and the genearl election, Mr. Adelson and his wife contributed close to $92 million to super PACs, which must disclose their donors.

The division now contributes close to a third of the firm's total profits, according to an executive at the company.

By the end of the 2000 election cycle, he had contributed close to four hundred thousand dollars to the Democratic Party and was invited to spend a night in the Lincoln bedroom.