Example sentences of "have been a factor " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's satisfaction with labour relations at Bridgend in South Wales must also have been a factor in the decision to build a £750m engine plant there . |
| 2 | Migration may have been a factor in the 1920s , though the level of net migration from Britain was somewhat less than it had been in the previous two decades . |
| 3 | A clash of personalities must have been a factor , one feels . |
| 4 | But , he added , ‘ we could have been a factor in the , failure of Super-SARA . |
| 5 | This appeared to be based on the geographical location of their offices , although the structure of the firm may also have been a factor . |
| 6 | He also says that high prices and the Northern weather might have been a factor . |
| 7 | Both he and Minton had a fascination with Nelson and his association with the island may have been a factor . |
| 8 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 9 | The source of ivory may well have been a factor in reserving it very largely to symbolic rather than practical use . |
| 10 | The military involvement of the northern Angles against the Picts may have been a factor in the success of Wulfhere 's coup in Mercia in 658 or 659 and in the disintegration thereafter of Oswiu 's southern imperium . |
| 11 | 730 onwards , this could have been a factor in the aggressive policies of Aethelbald in southern England at this time . |
| 12 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
| 13 | Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place . |
| 14 | This may have been a factor , but the authorities dealing with licensing , aliens and discipline reflect much more a judicial conclusion that the substantive interests at stake were not worthy of procedural protection . |
| 15 | It may have been a factor in leading a plaintiff to sue in the county court rather than the High Court when his or her claim lay within its jurisdiction . |
| 16 | He lost the protracted litigation with the Queen and this could have been a factor amongst those which persuaded him into treasonable activity later which cost the worthy earl his head ! |
| 17 | A perceived lack of response may have been a factor in the withdrawal of these patients , but deterioration of eczema was the principal reason for withdrawal in only 8 patients , 7 of whom were assessed at least once on treatment . |
| 18 | They also believe that their poor accomodation may have been a factor in loosing the baby . |
| 19 | It 's known whether this could have been a factor here in the accident . |