Example sentences of "[noun] have be a [adj] factor " in BNC.

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1 In addition , increasing car ownership and high-speed road provision has been a main factor in the massive increase of rural recreation enjoyed by many people since the 1950s , and discussed in Chapter 7 .
2 And it is crucial to recognize that widespread racial discrimination has been an important factor in reproducing these patterns of employment and settlement and , as we shall see , also has a significant role in explanations of levels of achievement by black pupils in British schools .
3 According to their former captain and hooker , Douglas Livingstone , McPherson 's influence both on and off the field has been a major factor in what has been a very successful season .
4 Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding .
5 where There , the growth of Milton Keynes has been a major factor , but smaller towns have also felt the pressures of development .
6 With Craig McDermott unable to join the county and Paul Jarvis 's constitution again proving tender , skipper Martyn Moxon admits that Robinson 's penetration has been a valuable factor in Yorkshire 's progress this season .
7 At Huddersfield , a strong reserve force had been a vital factor in the Championship run , and Chapman soon set about building a similar force at Arsenal .
8 The issue had been a key factor in the extraordinary victory of Democrat Harris Wofford in the November 1991 contest for the vacant Pennsylvanian seat in the Senate [ see p. 38566 ] .
9 To date , given the inadequate levels of state pension provision and the limited opportunities most women have had to save or invest for old age , their limited access to occupational pension scheme membership has been a major factor in the construction of female poverty in old age .
10 The Conservative government , which seeks to reverse this trend , blames the decline on over-regulation and rent controls , although it allows that the relative attractiveness of owner-occupation has been a contributory factor .
11 Voodoo has been a contributing factor in many horrendous incidences in the United Kingdom in recent years .
12 Bracewell has been a three-times loser in FA Cup finals , but this season his vault of knowledge has been a key factor — especially in the recovery at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea .
13 Lord Salisbury 's active and generous support of the BDA and of the deaf community as a whole has been a significant factor in the development of the Association in recent years .
14 Also , John often insisted that the treatment of black people in South Africa had been an important factor in his decision .
15 In Pendle , the victorious Mr Prentice attributed his win to the collapse of manufacturing industry and poll tax but said the health service had been a contributory factor .
16 He called on their respective governments to cut their public spending by up to 18 per cent , to exercise monetary restraint ( banknote issuing by local authorities having been a major factor in the inflationary spiral of the previous year ) , and to co-operate more fully with national policy decisions .
17 McCallen 's high-striking rate has been a big factor in Bangor 's success this season .
18 CCG 'S RELENTLESS pursuit of quality has been a vital factor in winning valuable contracts since the quality programme was launched 18 months ago .
19 While the rationale for the arm 's length approach , as well as the length of the arm , varies widely from organization to organization , the desire to distance important areas of public administration from direct political control has been a major factor in the twentieth-century growth of quasi-government .
20 Mr Guy said the massive response to the Hoover free flights offer had been an important factor in the firm 's decline .
21 The introduction of bells into all the steeples of Christendom had been an early factor in regularizing the habits of the people — their first lesson in working to the clock .
22 Glyn and Sutcliffe ( 1972 ) argued that low profits have been a major factor in low levels of investment in the UK .
23 The Algiers accord of 1975 , whose repudiation by Iraq had been a major factor precipitating the Iraq-Iran war in 1980 , gave both countries access to the Shatt-al Arab waterway .
24 Tatsumi and Hashimoto also said that their banks ' excessive emphasis on profit had been an additional factor .
25 If these outcomes had not been possible , would protest by sufficient members have been a significant factor in determining that the organisation had acted contrary to its constitutive treaty ?
26 The winger 's dramatically improved form has been a key factor in Norwich 's surprise success and Fox believes that a visit to Manchester United , which also sees the return of £800,000 striker Mark Robins to Old Trafford , will provide the perfect stage to show how far he has progressed .
27 The explosion of television outlets has been a key factor in this trend .
28 The growth of overseas financial institutions in terms of their numbers has been a major factor in the formalisation of supervision with more emphasis on the ‘ rulebook ’ and a relative decline in the less formal traditional system .
29 Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledged on Jan. 2 that unemployment had been a crucial factor in the defeat of the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) government in state elections in Tasmania in late December .
30 ‘ Activity over 12 months of the year has been an important factor .
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