Sentence examples for earn a contribution from inspiring English sources

They want people to earn a contribution".

Each hour a worker labored, he or she earned a contribution by the employer into a fund that would pay this benefit on retirement.

Other bills are meant to convince Albany's flush lobbyists that a legislator did enough to earn a nice, fat campaign contribution.

The technician also earned a 10% retirement contribution, a benefit not offered to postdocs.

He also was the first Paralympian to win a medal in open competition, when he earned a silver medal for his contribution to South Africa's 4 × 400 relay team at the 2011 International Association of Athletics (IAAF) world championships.

Replacement Nathan White's first contribution was earning a penalty for Leinster, as referee Romain Poite ajudged that Paul James had dragged down his opponent.

But perhaps he has already made one of his most substantial contributions by earning a faculty position at Harvard, along with the justified praise of serious scholars.

While pursuing a successful career as a general practitioner, Hutchinson went on to advocate circumcision for health reasons for the next fifty years, and eventually earned a knighthood for his overall contributions to medicine.

The problem was in the presentation: potential students should have been told that they would receive their education free at the point of delivery, but that they would be asked to pay a graduate contribution once they were earning a fair whack.

The contribution can be monetary (earning a living) or offered in another way, such as managing a household or even working in public service.

The same year, Voight earned an award for "significant original contribution to research in rock mechanics" from the United States National Committee on Rock Mechanics.