Example sentences of "factor other [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Factors other than flower quality become important when treating roses as border shrubs : some produce coloured stems or spines , others have decorative or scented foliage , and many bear hips that persist well into winter .
2 The directly employed building operative may be motivated by factors other than money incentives .
3 Factors other than hypergastrinaemia may influence gastric endocrine cell populations , these include age in man and female sex , which , in the rat , seems to promote ECL cell proliferation and carcinoid development .
4 In the past they had a degree of self-doubt because many realized that they owed their position to factors other than merit .
5 It may well be that factors other than orthofunction are producing these improvements ; factors such as better resourcing , a purposeful environment , the amount of time spent in active learning each day , or the one-to-one relationship with conductors , may be equally or more important than the specific application of the technique of orthofunction itself .
6 Many believe , however , that higher [ CO 2 ] has a negligible effect on global carbon fixation because factors other than CO 2 limit productivity of most unmanaged vegetation .
7 Moreover , the stereotype of women 's behaviour stresses the differences between ‘ all women ’ and ‘ all men ’ at the expense of exploring differences among women , or even the possibility that factors other than gender itself may be important in explaining supposed differences .
8 The geography of family types is incoherent , he claims , reflecting the operation of no factors other than chance and what we term here structuration .
9 It is likely , however , that factors other than bile salts are responsible for the massive rise in PYY and enteroglucagon that accompany coeliac sprue as bile salt malabsorption is not a feature of that disease .
10 The condition and appearance of a rug can be affected by a number of factors other than age , and it is dangerous to jump to the conclusion that something is necessarily old because it is worn and in a poor state of repair .
11 The Japanese government claims that the resurgence of pests is linked to factors other than pesticide use , such as climate change and the introduction of new species .
12 Before 1948 , the provision of hospitals was the responsibility of various statutory and voluntary bodies , with the result that their geographical distribution reflected a variety of factors other than need .
13 If some continuously erupting , small-volume systems have short residence times , while other intermittent , large-volume systems are long-lived but continuously fed , this suggests that factors other than magma supply control eruptions .
14 Most measures of morbidity which assess functional impairment , of which sickness absence is one , are influenced by factors other than health .
15 Of these seven patients , six had potential aetiological factors other than use of gangliosides ; protopathic bias was detected in five , and in the remaining one it was doubtful whether the drug could be blamed .
16 An improvement or deterioration in the health conditions of a group in society may be due to factors other than access to or use of medical services .
17 The impact of factors other than entry qualifications will now be considered .
18 In certain topographical regions , linear patterns may develop if water is at a premium , as in the chalk valleys , or if factors other than subsistence are important , such as roads or water routes .
19 Each of the eight conditions listed in the questionnaire can be caused by factors other than food allergy or intolerance .
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