1 Smoking is a contributory cause of many diseases.

2 He was found guilty of contributory negligence .

3 Alcohol is a contributory factor in 10% of all road accidents.

4 Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis.

5 The plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence for failing to wear a crash helmet.

6 Smoking is a contributory factor in lung cancer.

7 The court made a finding of contributory negligence.

8 Too little exercise is a contributory factor in heart disease.

9 We now know that repressing anger is a contributory factor in many physical illnesses.

10 There are probably two contributory causes.

11 Check that overfeeding is not a contributory factor.

12 A poor diet may be a contributory factor in the disease.

13 There may well be all sorts of contributory factors which need stating but these ought to come after the full apology.

14 This was also the case where contributory negligence was established before 1945.

15 Malnutrition was considered to have been a contributory cause of death.

16 A contributory factor, perhaps,[www.Sentencedict.com] was his concealment of a warm and generous nature behind a self-assertive manner.

17 Thus there was a combination of potentially explosive contributory factors.

18 The Conservative leaders expressed their preference for contributory pensions but did not restrain many of their backbenchers from voting for it.

19 They may not be contributory - but the odds are heavy on their being present.

20 The controversy surrounding the film was doubtless a contributory factor to Hollywood's subsequent avoidance of the subject.

21 Bloody-mindedness may sometimes amount to contributory fault(sentencedict.com), as may any particularly unreasonable behaviour.

22 The grounds of perception, on which all interpretation ultimately depends, can not be eliminated as contributory to interpretation.

23 We therefore arrive at more recent definitions of myth which include a contributory component of surface-meaning.

24 If the plaintiff was thrown forwards and injured, then clearly failure to wear a seat belt is contributory negligence.

25 Under the regulations here they're only allowed to pay up to 80 percent of your salary from a contributory scheme.

26 It was held that the plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence.

27 The plaintiff's action succeeded but his damages were reduced by 80% on the grounds of contributory negligence.

28 Just as actionable negligence requires the foreseeability of harm to others, so contributory negligence requires the foreseeability of harm to oneself.

29 After the First World War the coverage of unemployment insurance was extended and a contributory pension scheme was introduced.

30 With inflammatory bowel disease, the loss of protein through the gastrointestinal tract is also a contributory factor.