influential factor

collocation in English

meaningsofinfluentialandfactor

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influential
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/
us
/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/
having a lot of influence on someone ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/
us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofinfluentialandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The second mostinfluentialfactoris vaccination coverage.
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Religion was found to be a moreinfluentialfactorthan cultural symbolism.
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For a given care need, the mostinfluentialfactoris the applicant's income.
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The availability of family members is of course aninfluentialfactorin the receipt of support.
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The other importantinfluentialfactoris the longevity, number and form of prior connections with the adopted region for retirement.
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Among the latter, the exploitation of lexical knowledge suited for the target domain results aninfluentialfactor.
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Anotherinfluentialfactorcausing some joints to be actuated before others are the weighted scale factors corresponding to different joints.
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In other words, theinfluentialfactoris not how much television citizens watch but the quality of the content.
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Geographical distance was by far the mostinfluentialfactoron intergenerational contact, although some class differences remained even when controlled.
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However, in the present study immunological differences between the two host species are likely to be a moreinfluentialfactorin their variable susceptibility.
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These results suggest that apparent biomass of individual fruit bodies is a moreinfluentialfactorthan the overall apparent biomass of the genet.
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The inspectors most frequently cited local authority pricing policies as aninfluentialfactor, more particularly for nursing homes (72%) than residential homes (66%).
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The more important finding is that economic incentives, in the form of payment methods, are aninfluentialfactorin determining the diffusion of technology.
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Perhaps the mostinfluentialfactorof these involves a voter mobilisation strategy for electoral success or a turf war within the state apparatus.
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For the adoption and effective utilization of external resources, institutional support and services were considered indispensable and, thus, farm size appeared as aninfluentialfactorfor household participation.
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I am sure that oneinfluentialfactorin the argument will be access to markets.
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Obviously, they play a considerable part in our affairs and are quite aninfluentialfactor.
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Research shows that prior attainment is the single mostinfluentialfactoron performance in later years.
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Anotherinfluentialfactoris oil revenues.
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For some, alcohol will undoubtedly be aninfluentialfactorbut it, too, may be part of a more complex picture.
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That itself is aninfluentialfactorbecause, although it may be amended subsequently, it is rarely totally transformed.
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That must obviously be aninfluentialfactorin the determination of the timing of such a debate.
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This has been dramatic and has been a mostinfluentialfactorin reducing unemployment in the area.
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It may perhaps be an increasinglyinfluentialfactor, but the arithmetic is inescapable and necessarily difficult for us all.
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Obviously this is not the onlyinfluentialfactorcritical to the formation of voluntary associations because it alone is unable to explain the hierarchical format of most of these associations.
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