Example sentences of "factor that [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 2 | The factor that governs all cutlery sales is its cost and Young of The Direct Tableware Company warns that big Korean manufacturers are increasing the minimum orders from importers . |
| 3 | There may have been another factor that induced these creatures to leave the ground . |
| 4 | One factor that impedes that aim is the Hawaiian hunting lobby , which wants to keep the pigs as game animals and centrepieces of those Hawaiian barbecues , luaus . |
| 5 | Now we turn to non-consensual influences , differentiated influences , factors that affected some individuals but not others , or that affected different individuals in different ways . |
| 6 | My real interest — beyond my own cancer — was the world I had just entered , those twin factors that made this visit so very different from my last one , age and illness . |
| 7 | Such observations have given rise to the notion of the ‘ invulnerable child ’ and are now leading to a radical re-appraisal of the results of risk research , with a shift of emphasis towards trying to understand the factors that enable some individuals to survive , or even profit from , their disposition to insanity . |
| 8 | Cell vulnerability arises from a number of known factors that influence cellular metabolism ; e.g. sustained adverse mental or emotional conditions , environmental discord , nutritional shortcomings , ultra-violet irradiation or genetic factors . |
| 9 | The researchers will be investigating the factors that influence these decisions as well as the decision-making process itself . |
| 10 | The factors that influence these language attitudes will be examined , focussing particularly on the strength of the learner 's sense of identification with his/her own language group and the minority or majority status of both the learner and the second language . |
| 11 | Readers will find a central concern about the factors that influence social welfare a characteristic of many writings on social policy . |
| 12 | The investigator is interested in finding out what are the factors that influence this variation in awareness and involvement . |
| 13 | Explain the factors that influence this break-even point . |
| 14 | Incontinence can be precipitated by a number of factors that influence this progression . |
| 15 | Again , the difference between them is in the language used to describe this process : for determinists manipulation is achieved by altering the factors that cause criminal behaviour ; for indeterminists it is achieved by making crime a relatively less attractive choice . |
| 16 | But it is also a history which tries to take account of the whole range of factors that shape human societies , from the character of their physical environments to sporadic peasant rebellions . |
| 17 | The meteorological factors that produce abnormal patterns of atmospheric circulation and suppress rainfall over eastern Australia are difficult to isolate . |
| 18 | It is likely , however , that symptom free and symptomatic gall bladder disease share a common pathogenesis and thus we believe it remains valid to examine factors that predict symptomatic episodes of the illness . |
| 19 | It aims to use detailed empirical observations both to draw out general trends and processes that occur in state enterprise industrial relations , and to illuminate the factors that create different responses in similar industries . |
| 20 | This , on the surface , puzzling preponderance of rural over urban illegitimacy rates , does in fact give us a key to the understanding of the very complex factors that shaped sexual behaviour . |
| 21 | Recent research in the sociology of technology has focused on the factors that determine crucial design choices : in the sociology of science , the role of instrumentation in shaping the development of science is being stressed . |
| 22 | If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency . |
| 23 | The association between age , adaptability , and psychological theory remains one of the major factors that disables older people , particularly within a society in which ‘ change ’ and ‘ progress ’ are increasingly important . |
| 24 | These are the arctic fox and hen harrier assemblages , and there are three factors that suggest this deficit may be significant . |