Sentence examples for the former contributed from inspiring English sources

Caughley argued that the former contributed little to the conservation of species in the wild because, beyond the trivial insight that small populations are subject to stochasticity, stochastic models do not provide insight into why species are at risk.

The running-in wear volumes were very low for larger-diameter heads and smaller clearances; but because the subsequent steady-state wear rate was much smaller than the running-in wear rate, the former contributed significantly to the total volume of wear debris even over very long periods of time.

Avis et al. [ 3] studied arthritis and migraines, and found that especially the former contributed to reduced physical HRQL.

When divested fat pads were reconstituted with ERα-/ or PR-/ epithelial cells mixed with wild-type cells the former contributed to all aspects of mammary gland development, establishing that the two hormones can act by paracrine mechanisms [ 61, 62].

The scheme was funded by contributions from both the employers and the workers, with the former contributing more.

Singers Britney Spears and Katy Perry also feature in the film, the former contributing to the soundtrack and the latter voicing the character Smurfette.

As we go towards Scenario 2, the latter effect may be stronger than the former, contributing to an increase; this trend continues as we move towards Scenario 3. We also note that we only account for generation here.

The hypothesis that the two remaining variables proportion of primary industry and proportion of secondary industry—have opposite effects on the resilience rank is also true, with the former contributing positively to resilience and the latter negatively to resilience.

Helmholtz and Hering were pioneers in the physiology of this area, the former contributing to the Trichromatic theory, and the latter to the development of the Opponent Process Theory.

Nett-shape manufacturing of components by the plastic deformation of engineering materials is constrained by two factors — the elasticity of tools and that of the machine — the former contributing a lesser order of error in the form of the component than does the latter.

The former contribute >90% of the high affinity binding sites for nicotine in the rat brain, and the low affinity binding sites (α7 subunits) for nicotine are recognized by their nanomolar affinity for α-bungarotoxin.