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

2.   A major contributory cause of many recent accidents has been shown to be management failure.

3.   As well as identifying the contributory causes of a specific disaster, it is important to look at the positive actions taken afterwards.

4.   The plaintiff had to prove that the breach of duty was at least a material contributory cause of the harm.

5.   On the same basis, they said, they also believed the injection was a contributory cause of death.