positive factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpositiveandfactor
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positive
adjective
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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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 ofpositiveandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is apositivefactorto reinforce the anthelmintic effect of diet containing inulin.
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Apositivefactoris also apparently secreted but is unable to override this inhibition.
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Across sites, the seed price is a statistically significant andpositivefactorin a variety's rank.
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Similarly, preference utilitarianism will include the satisfaction of his preferences as apositivefactor.
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Being a single child was apositivefactorfor being seronegative.
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This is thepositivefactor.
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That is apositivefactor.
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A secondpositivefactoris the acceptance within the military hierarchy of the principle of civil supremacy.
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Consumer culture is, on the whole, conceived of as apositivefactorin the equation of later life.
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The autumn statement was apositivefactor.
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Migration is not, as the report suggests, apositivefactor.
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That is anotherpositivefactorthat has not been mentioned in the debate.
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That is such apositivefactorto build on in education and society.
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Generally speaking, mounted police are apositivefactorfor public safety.
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That is apositivefactorand should encourage a deal-doing mentality.
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It includes a proposal that increased majority voting is to be regarded as apositivefactorin terms of efficiency.
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My noble friend mentioned investment in research and development as onepositivefactorto assist in achieving that objective.
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There is no example of an extra tier of government being apositivefactorin stimulating economic growth.
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The onlypositivefactoris the low rate of inflation, which has averaged around 2% and will possibly fall even further.
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Yet anotherpositivefactoris the improvement in public finances - and the concomitant reduction in the rate of inflation - and long-term price stability.
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We must allow third countries in difficulties to develop, and migration must also be perceived as apositivefactorfor development, helping to reduce poverty.
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I hope that the service will operate in tandem with the national diplomatic services and act as apositivefactorto enhance their performance.
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Of course, membership by the recipient country of the non-proliferation treaty is apositivefactorin our consideration of individual cases.
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The other verypositivefactoris that the directive systematically attaches importance to the prevention made so much of in the framework directive.
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Given the circumstances, the decision to extend this measure until the end of 2003 is apositivefactor, as emphasised by the rapporteur.
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