Example sentences of "factor was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was partly due to the economy 's revival , but a major factor was the growth of long-distance commuting . |
| 2 | A further disrupting factor was the academy 's assumption that knowledge did not stand still but was advancing and progressive ; if English accepted the security and opportunities of academic institutionalization , then it had to accept its concept of knowledge , and generate appropriate forms and volume of research . |
| 3 | But the deciding factor was the latter 's growing fatigue in the final stages . |
| 4 | But the deciding factor was the latter 's growing fatigue in the final stages . |
| 5 | The second factor was the change in the Ministry of Defence 's decision-making processes brought about by the increasing complexity of Defence issues . |
| 6 | And the third factor was the splintering of the collective voice of the Chiefs of Staff as decision-making swung away from operational problems to arguments over the Defence programmes . |
| 7 | By and large , the first three factors can be discounted for the inter-war years and it is clear that the most important factor was the decline in birth rate . |
| 8 | The main factor was the absorbing of a son or daughter into the farm , discussed above . |
| 9 | The other family factor was the death or illness of the spouse . |
| 10 | What changed passive patriotism , an incidental by-product of the emerging political and economic order , into an important political factor was the need for popular support to wage war . |
| 11 | An important factor was the support given to the proposal from both the republicans and the CSJ , which as a Dungannon-based group was particularly important . |
| 12 | The second factor was the appearance on the scene of a common enemy — though not immediately recognized as such . |
| 13 | They failed to see that money came from success , not the other way round — Chelsea , for instance , had also paid large sums for players without creating a championship team — and that the vital factor was the genius of the manager in charge for getting the most out of his players , whatever they cost , and for buying the right man . |
| 14 | A countervailing factor was the great tendency at that time to preserve secrecy over the College 's lectures and practice , lest practitioners ‘ steal ’ knowledge to their advantage and to the College 's detriment . |
| 15 | The inheritance factor was the reason . |
| 16 | My Manchester United lads went there three times in a fortnight last season and came home with two wins and a draw , and the biggest factor was the way Gary Pallister handled Lee Chapman . |
| 17 | Another factor was the legendary cautiousness of Franco , for whom slow progress and sure gains were always to be preferred to unnecessary risks . |
| 18 | The other factor was the assessment by committed federalists and functionalists of exactly what had been achieved . |
| 19 | The crucial factor was the reversal of the British stance towards Europe . |
| 20 | The second factor was the changing international structure of industrial production . |
| 21 | Another aggravating factor was the breakdown in talks in early May between the government and the guerrillas of URNG , the Guatemalan Revolutionary National Union . |
| 22 | However , particularly where the interviewee was undergoing withdrawal treatment at the time of interview , a further significant factor was the current treatment itself . |
| 23 | The other factor was the importance of the formations which allowed the archers to act in liaison with the cavalry , of whom some 2,500 served that year . |
| 24 | Another factor was the growing concern for the protection of the environment in Antarctica . |
| 25 | Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel . |
| 26 | An additional factor was the advent of an " executive officer " or " library manager " , for the library . |
| 27 | This factor was the entry of English into a period of even more buoyant growth , both of student and staff numbers , from the late 1950s . |
| 28 | The other factor was the need to cater for population moving out of the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 29 | It soon became apparent that a crucial factor was the readiness of interviewees to take up areas referred to in the questions . |
| 30 | Another contributory factor was the expected favourable exchange rate payments and downward pressures on hotel bed prices , particularly in Spain . |