Example sentences of "had be a [adj] factor " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | Although Perot refused to endorse the candidacies of either Clinton or Bush , he conceded that the Democratic Party had done " a brilliant job " in reviving itself , and that this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw . |
| 7 | He said Fisher 's plea of guilty had been a mitigating factor . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tatsumi and Hashimoto also said that their banks ' excessive emphasis on profit had been an additional factor . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Their own very complicated feudal position had been an inhibiting factor . ) |
| 12 | Also , John often insisted that the treatment of black people in South Africa had been an important factor in his decision . |
| 13 | Mr Guy said the massive response to the Hoover free flights offer had been an important factor in the firm 's decline . |