The phrase "materially contributed to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing significant involvement or input in a project, event, or outcome.
Example: "Her research materially contributed to the success of the project, providing valuable insights and data."
Alternatives: "significantly aided in" or "played a crucial role in".
These alterations and failures materially contributed to the collision that killed Walker and driver Roger Rodas, and the actor was well aware of the risks when getting into the car, the manufacturer says in a seven page filing.
The figures follow the Begley inquest verdict on Monday that the use of a Taser materially contributed to his death, when he was hit with "distraction strikes" from a stun gun while being restrained and handcuffed.
"By the time the Napster system was shut down, Bertelsmann had materially contributed to, aided and facilitated millions upon millions of separate acts of infringement by millions of Napster users," the lawsuit says.
In 2007 a parliamentary select committee said that the act had materially contributed to recent tensions between the executive and the judiciary: "Senior judges are now required to police constitutional boundaries and determine sensitive human rights issues in a way which would have been unthinkable 40 years ago".
While the initial Taser shock did not cause Begley's heart to stop, the jury concluded that the use of the Taser and the restraint "more than materially contributed" to a package of stressful factors leading to his fatal cardiac arrest, the inquest at Manchester civil courts of justice heard on Monday.
The judge told McCormick as he sat impassive in the dock: "Your fraudulent conduct in selling so many useless devices for simply enormous profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent individuals".
Traditionally, "one who, with knowledge of the infringing activity, induces, causes or materially contributes to the infringing conduct of another, may be held liable as a 'contributory' infringer".
Endogenous retroviruses materially contribute to humoral immunity in mice.
Since routine precautions could materially contribute to preventing many specific offenses, and could help to meet the practical goals of Crime science, this is a particular problem for the discipline.
Fibroids that did not contain an edge within the inner half of the myometrium were not counted in this total and were not targeted for ablation, as they were believed to be less likely to materially contribute to abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).
So presumably, if faculty, staff, or students are unmarried, "providing access to Viagra is also materially contributing to gravely immoral behavior," she said.
