Example sentences of "factor [conj] can [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Fatigue is another factor that can effect the pods causing the end plates to bend or crack and lose contact .
2 Weight is another factor that can aid grouping .
3 Maternal diet is only one of the many factors that can lead to fetal growth retardation .
4 But the tests are susceptible to many factors that can distort the results .
5 Different fields of research have disclosed the many different factors that can affect both physical and mental behaviour .
6 Environmental factors that can affect the success of a bioremediation scheme include :
7 This is because , along with rural-urban differences in health , sanitation , nutrition standards and other relevant measurable factors that can affect the mother 's health before and during pregnancy , there are also rural-urban differences in folk customs , traditions and beliefs and other intangibles that bear upon reproduction and reproductive behaviour .
8 This has the advantage of combining many of the different factors that can interact to cause social and emotional demoralization in older people .
9 BGS investigates all the factors that can influence both abundance and quality of groundwater .
10 Matrix modelling ( or matrix pricing or pricing by analogy ) extends the multiple regression model ( 5.46 ) by taking into account other factors that can influence bond prices apart from term to maturity .
11 There are many factors that can contribute to alcohol misuse .
12 By manipulating ornaments on models we were able to eliminate two factors that can confound mate choice experiments involving manipulation of living birds : ( 1 ) intrasexual competition , and ( 2 ) behavioural changes in a live bird resulting directly from manipulation of its ornament .
13 There are also psychological , interpersonal , and cultural factors that can maintain the disorder .
14 Many of these reports should be interpreted with caution in the light of several factors that can account for misleading results .
15 These cells release enzymes , lymphokines , cytokines , and growth factors that can act on parenchymal and mesenchymal cells .
16 Before I go on to talk about the diet and overweight issue let us first consider the other factors that can cause heart disease .
17 The fact that deafness is an emotive area of practice anyway tends to heighten these factors and can determine the eventual success of the learner .
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