Dollars that do not contribute to a country's ability to support basic needs interventions are subtracted.

There are more complex institutions (both new and well established) that contribute to a community's ability to flourish.

This contributed to Oyo's ability to consistently field a large force.

Those spouses who manage to succeed in both areas noted factors that contribute to their ability to work together.

The fact we had strong core leaders contributed greatly to the Packers' ability to make an unexpected impact on the league from 1992-94.

This large relaying across many different areas of the brain might contribute to music's ability to aid in memory function.

There is no reason why any director should fear new ideas or technologies that might significantly contribute to their ability to tell stories.

We don't know how having both sides contributes to Richard's ability to read a situation and do what's necessary.

Military spending was once believed to contribute to the nation's overall technological ability.

This is just another tool that contributes to the students' ability to do things out of class.