complicating factor

collocation in English

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complicate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.keɪt/
to make something more difficult to deal with, do, ...
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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 ofcomplicateandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplicating factor

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Anothercomplicatingfactoris frequency.
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The procedure known as 'breaking back' is acomplicatingfactor.
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Onecomplicatingfactorin real life is uncertainty.
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However, we acknowledge that dialect differences prior to the migrations may be acomplicatingfactor.
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But although the original examples of framing involved risk, this is actually an unnecessarycomplicatingfactor.
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The equation for d/dt, which is then needed, is acomplicatingfactor.
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Anothercomplicatingfactorcould be different levels of bruchid attack in the two situations.
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That is thecomplicatingfactornow.
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There is a furthercomplicatingfactor.
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Anothercomplicatingfactoris the catchment area.
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They would be merely acomplicatingfactor.
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Acomplicatingfactorin words like train and mattress is the devoicing of the r that follows the stop.
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An additionalcomplicatingfactoris that interference with early and late looping can also lead to an abnormally positioned outflowtract.
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Thecomplicatingfactorwas the length of experimental time required, about 25 min, during which the water became contaminated.
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Onecomplicatingfactoris the multifactorial nature of the interventions described (diet, physical activity and often pharmaceutical).
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That is plainly acomplicatingfactorin some rents.
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Why should we foresee that as acomplicatingfactor?
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The abatement is obviously a furthercomplicatingfactor.
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This is acomplicatingfactorwhen one addresses this issue.
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There is one verycomplicatingfactorin all this.
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However, even here there is acomplicatingfactor.
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Whichever is the case, this is clearly acomplicatingfactorin any attempt to explain performance in terms of heuristics alone.
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Anothercomplicatingfactorin the study of early development of autism is the significant variability in the age of onset of autistic symptoms.
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Onecomplicatingfactoris that many, perhaps all, of the nuclei associated with higher order relays might also contain first order circuits.
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The growth of the capital prevented the police from providing adequate protection or control of its expanding population (in itself a furthercomplicatingfactor).
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