Example sentences of "factor have [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a further significant factor has been the change in the way that users themselves view these units . |
| 2 | The third factor has been the democratisation of civil liberties . |
| 3 | The second special factor has been the role played by the Murid Brotherhood , an Islamic movement founded in the first decade of the twentieth century by Amadu Bamba , which has played a key political role in delivering support first for the French colonial authorities and later for the governments of independent Senegal . |
| 4 | Part of the increase is due to more young people forming independent households , but the most important factor has been the growth in numbers of elderly widows and widowers . |
| 5 | Tony felt that one important factor had been the change in his father 's attitude so that he now seemed to understand how he felt . |
| 6 | The same day it transpired that an additional factor had been the judge 's decision to dismiss " public interest immunity " certificates which had been signed by four senior ministers and which would have prevented the disclosure of certain information about the case . |
| 7 | Another factor had been the effort to help with the Museum project . |