The combination of so many factors contributed to a serious decline in the contracts on offer.

The same combination can contribute, along with Federal initiative, to a healthier thrift industry in the future.

The combination of all these factors contributed to the baby music that he would develop with so much success many years later.

The combination, he said, contributed to his poor performance.

These mix-and-match combinations contributed, however, to the richness of the programs.

A combination of reasons contributed to the high ratings.

In complex societies which were increasingly fragile, this combination of factors may have contributed to the collapse.

A combination of these factors contributed to a growing restlessness under English rule.

This combination of geographic factors have contributed to the town's reputation as a resort town and wine region.

A combination of foreign terrorist attacks and poor economic conditions contributes to civil unrest.