Oppenheimer's contribution lay in an idea to police the production of atomic weapons from monitoring source mines for uranium.

Their contributions lay in shipping merchandise for various foreign destinations.

These contributions laid the foundation for much of the genetics work done in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Her own contribution lay in revealing the apocalyptic significance of the English civil war.

Indeed, Osborn's greatest contributions to science ultimately lay in his efforts to popularize it through visual means.

He wrote, "her final contribution to the movies now lay in those she influenced."

His greatest contribution lay in his observations on the functions and organization of the brain and nervous system.

Wardell's principal contribution to his age lay in his church work.

Her most valuable contribution lay in the relationships she built up with delegates from all round the world.

Whatever the meaning of that much debated term, though, the movement's fundamental contribution lay elsewhere.