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1 Smelser argues that male trade-union agitation against married women 's employment after the 1830s was due to the enforced decline of employment opportunities for children and hence the need for an adult presence in a newly constituted home life .
2 They tested a set of assumptions about the attitudes of investors and hence the impact of the P/E ratio .
3 A bidder who acquires over 50 per cent of a company 's voting rights will be able to control the composition of its board of directors and hence the management of the company .
4 The better sorted the sediment of a given calibre the steeper the beach : again it is a question of permeability , the possible volume of voids and hence the permeability being greater in well-sorted sediments .
5 These changes — in particular the increasing size and sophistication of counterparties — have tended to increase competition between firms and hence the need for adaptability on the part of players , as well as reducing profitability .
6 Since then the district rate had risen steadily ; so too had rents , responsibility for which was laid firmly at the door of landlords and hence the Alliance : –Tote Labour and keep out Alliance landlords ' , concluded E Reed after a brief analysis of increases in rents ( Election leaflet 1920 ) .
7 Limits on tanker size , Shell says , will lead to an increase in the number of tankers and hence the chance of an accident .
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