Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [adj] factor " in BNC.

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1 With the Government 's overall majority now down to just 18 , the presence of Ulster Unionists and other minority parties became a key factor in whether the Bill could be wrecked .
2 In this assay , activation of the serum-response element ( SRE ) -LacZ reporter gene is strictly dependent on the interaction between chimaeric proteins containing the serum-response factor ( SRF ) DNA-binding and the VP16 transactivation domains , respectively .
3 Group formation may be due here to the collaboration of males in defence against rivals , so that male relationships become the main factor influencing the dispersion of females .
4 The situation was further complicated by those like Stubbes and Perkins who saw dress contusion as symptomatic of impending social collapse , and those like James I whose hatred of female cross-dressing introduced a misogynistic factor which antedated current social anxiety yet found a powerful focus in it .
5 The rejection of a right of accession ensures that the intention of the parties remains the determinative factor in ascertaining whether accession is permissible .
6 Buds of May offers a feel-good factor .
7 While profitability remains the key factor in the use of expensive floor space , it would make sense to display the products which older people are likely to buy on the ground floor .
8 The recent findings about fibre introduce a new factor into this weight-loss equation .
9 There is no doubt whatever that many serial composers disregard the harmonic factor completely .
10 Thus there was little incentive to overcome the second factor , namely that Moscow 's early view of Latin America was governed by what became known as the law of ‘ geographical fatalism ’ .
11 Although obesity seems to be the major factor , he fails to cite studies showing that glucose tolerance remains a significant factor even after allowance for maternal obesity .
12 Historians who have looked at the impact of the Origin of Species have thus been encouraged to assume that Darwin 's introduction of the selection mechanism represented the decisive factor in the conversion of the scientific community to evolutionism .
13 Appleton considers the major factor to be the ability to see without being seen .
14 It was now that gender became a significant factor .
15 Import prices remain a signficant factor in the trend of higher inflation in Germany .
16 Jane Wright who runs the centre says a common factor to all of them is trouble in forming relationships .
17 In this case , land-cover becomes a key factor in determining the internal climate mechanisms in the Sahel and , by implication , land-use becomes the most significant way of combating the problem .
18 In order to utilize the available computing capacity of a CAD system most efficiently , the structure of data storage becomes a critical factor .
19 The fact that almost half his people in the East Bank are either pro-PLO or are ambivalent in their loyalties remains a crucial factor in Husayn 's Palestine policy .
20 Ferman believes every possible factor must be considered after the Bootle killing , including films but also parental responsibility .
21 His career marks an important stage in the development of party management in the post-1832 era , when legal registration of voters constituted a new factor in electoral calculations .
22 Often , the experience becomes the governing factor in their lives .
23 Design of course remains an essential factor contributing to future growth , and is another strength of Wedgwood and its associated companies , all of which are served by a large , highly qualified and experienced team of designers and modellers , with the added contributions of eminent contemporary artists .
24 ‘ But , in pregnancy , the immune system produces a blocking factor to stop the baby being rejected .
25 Such discrimination is contrary to the principle of equal treatment of men and women regarding access to employment , which requires the setting up of a single list of successful candidates , without any regard to their sex , according to the marks obtained , and the hiring from this list according to the marks , irrespective of the candidates ' sex and the needs invoked by the employer , except in cases of occupational activities for which , by reason of their nature or the context in which they are carried out , the sex of the worker constitutes a determining factor .
26 The best fit of all between theory and reality comes , however , when Gilliland adds the third factor , solar variability .
27 But the psychoanalytic theory of paranoia enables us to see that these two equally-well-attested interpretations are not in any way in conflict with one another because in the latent content of paranoia we find both a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun and a delusion of persecution concerning him which in a typically paranoid way denies the homosexual factor by saying I do not love him , he hates me .
28 Loss of mother , through separation or death , was a second vulnerability factor : 47 per cent of women who had lost their mother against 17 per cent of remaining women developed depression following a provoking factor during the year under study .
29 Paraphrasing brings the key factor , phrase or word of the question to the surface and forces you to answer it , not write about the main topic .
30 In its hardline response ETA reiterated that the armed struggle remained the decisive factor in the process of attrition against the " political enemy " .
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