principal cause
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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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This minimizes convection of points that leads to uneven node point distributions and is aprincipalcauseof numerical difficulties.
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Although the castrato is not theprincipalcauseof social decline, the trope of the castrato's effeminacy explains his prominence in literature on the subject.
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The emphasis on neglect as theprincipalcauseof infant mortality was not accepted by all commentators.
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Most apprehended offenders in southern counties were also agricultural labourers, and many poachers themselves often argued that distress was theprincipalcauseof their offending.
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On closer inspection, it is the obstructing function calls which are theprincipalcauseof non e-treeless form.
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Increased utilisation has been theprincipalcause, but there have also been rises in the per capita cost.
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Rare recessives should be theprincipalcauseof variation under the deleterious mutation model.
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In the past, when death was theprincipalcauseof loss, this was not an important issue.
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The damage could be greatly reduced by removing the brush, which is aprincipalcauseof the problem.
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On the contrary, demotion was not a consequence of their dissent, but itsprincipalcause.
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Indeed, the survey report concluded that being solitary was a problem and was in fact theprincipalcauseof poverty.
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The usability issues just described are often theprincipalcauseof frustration for designers, who end up turning their backs on new technology and applications in their workflow.
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During the 1918 influenza pandemic many patients developed pneumonia, leaving it an open question whether to view influenza or pneumonia as theprincipalcauseof death.
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Theprincipalcausewas a combination of drought and the searing heat which affected the whole state and restricted the options of farmers who were most in need of flexibility.
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Time will tell if provoking bipolar mixed episodes is theprincipalcauseof this association or only one of the risk factors.
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The number of stoppages beginning in 1973 where theprincipalcausewas other than pay is 1,411.
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That is theprincipalcauseof the decadence of the steel industry in this country.
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Theprincipalcause, of course, is the enormous increase of production, which is the logical concomitant of a wide increase of electrification.
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Theprincipalcauseof the across-the-board fall in farm incomes has been the lower prices attracted by all commodities, particularly the major commodities.
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This is probably theprincipalcauseof the large proportion of indoor pauperism of this class.
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