The development of neuro-linguistic programming owes debts to general semantics.
In fact, the recent development of bio-neural gel pack technology owes a lot to his early work.
Sofia's development as a significant settlement owes much to its central position in the Balkans.
The development of the village owes a lot to the untiring efforts of its sons in every department of the government.
The development of modern Danish furniture owes much to the collaboration between architects and cabinetmakers.
As was the culture at Balliol, his intellectual development owed more to his gifted contemporaries than to academic tutors.
In the short term, the development of the British executive search industry owes much to a mixture of both demand and supply factors.
Newcastle's development as a major city owed most to its central role in the production and export of coal.
The development of population ecology owes much to demography and actuarial life tables.
We need to remember how much our continent's development owes to the relatively easy access to energy that European countries have enjoyed for over a century.