Sentences with phrase «several significant contributions»

Thanks to compassionate donors & several significant contributions, we're on our way to a great start.

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They have also established schools and made a significant contribution to the development of the educational system, although in several countries in recent years church schools have been taken over by the state.

«There are several significant hurdles which must be overcome if a study is to make a useful contribution to the debate about whether perinatal death is more likely if a home birth is planned or if a hospital birth is planned, and few (if any) readily available data sources can overcome all of these hurdles.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

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Coker's universally critically acclaimed soundtrack for Ori and the Blind Forest was honored with several prestigious awards, including the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for Outstanding Music Composition and SXSW Gaming Award for Excellence in Musical Score, and his success in the field led to him being awarded recognition as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for his significant contribution to the music profession.

Significant donors include Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Tonkin, who bequeathed a large portion of their collection of Asian ceramics and decorative arts along with numerous European paintings with Asian themes; Dr. William E. Harkins, who has donated more than 150 Japanese prints to the museum since the mid-1970s; Mary Jane Harris and her late husband, Morton, who have given several Italian Baroque paintings with a number more promised; Joseph and Janet Shein, who have donated more than two dozen contemporary paintings and sculptures since 2000; and, of course, Barbara Palmer and her late husband, James, who have not only made great contributions to the museum's collection of American art but also gave $ 2 million in 1986 to initiate the campaign to expand the museum.

Adnan's unique career — spanning several decades and including as wide a range of media as it does traditions and continents — has made a significant contribution to the artistic, cultural and political landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The exhibition celebrates this new acquisition, explores Durand's significant contribution to the history of landscape painting in the United States, and features several major works from both public and private collections.

With beautiful illustrations of works from Louis - Dreyfus's collection, as well as several from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, this publication makes a significant contribution to the study of works from this later period in Frankenthaler's illustrious career.

She has significantly advanced the cause of equal justice for individual clients and low - income communities and has made significant contributions in several areas of public - interest law and for several important large groups of disadvantaged people.

• Significant contributions to several agency - wide financial automation projects, leading a subgroup that identified, reviewed, and made recommendations for off - the - shelf accounting and financial management software.

We have several months before the next election, I think, but it is not too early to acknowledge the significant contribution of this parliamentarian.