Sentence examples for that contributes about from inspiring English sources

About 90% of its labor force is engaged in subsistence agriculture that contributes about 30% to the national GDP.

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp). is an agronomically important grass that contributes about 80% of the world sugar production (FAOSTAT, 2010) and, more recently, has become a major biofuel feedstock, contributing about 40% of ethanol production worldwide [ 1].

As the head of a division that contributed about a quarter of the company's $74 billion in revenue in its most recent financial year, he might have been thought to be a possible successor to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive.Others have suggested that his management style was abrasive; but that has not always been an impediment in a business career, not least at Microsoft.

To be sure, Louisiana has seen significant economic benefits from the presence of the oil and gas industry -- not least, approximately 15percentt of household earnings, according to the state, and tax revenues and fees that contributed about 14percentt of the state's general fund.

The authors offer a partial portrait of overall emissions, concentrating on residential electricity and fuel use and the mileage traveled by cars and trucks — factors that contribute about half of overall carbon emissions.

"That contributed to about 2 cents of the uptick, relative to First Call.

Terrorism thus promotes a cycle whereby an attack feeds a reaction that contributes to bringing about a further attack.

It could be shown that the unamended in situ degradation was an appreciable xylene removal process that contributed to about one-third to the total xylene removal (degradation plus extraction).

Lest locals get too disgruntled, a column in the Park Record reminded them that Sundance "contributes about $80 million each year to our state's economy".

The city hopes to triple that rate by contributing about $150,000 per unit — about a third of the cost — to supplement other local, state and federal grants, and federal tax credits purchased by investors.

Indeed it was the knowledge that scrapie-infected sheep posed no threat to humans that contributed to initial complacency about BSE in cattle.