contributory cause

collocation in English

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contributory
adjective
uk
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tər.i/us
/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tɔːr.i/
used to refer to something that you ...
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cause
noun
uk
/kɔːz/us
/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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This may be acontributorycausein the relative paucity of this species during the rains.
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In this section we briefly consider the role that a temporal binding deficit might have as acontributorycauseof these impairments.
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Not all these effects could be explained by food lack alone and the authors postulate infection as acontributorycause.
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The recording of a previous attack as acontributorycausefor a current episode seems strikingly in keeping with 1996 thinking regarding the origins of mental illness episodes.
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Hence, the psychiatric model has generally ignored the role of social factors, such as constrained autonomy in longterm care settings, as acontributorycauseof depression.
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In about 1 in 10 of all road accidents, including damage-only accidents, alcohol is considered to be a significantcontributorycause.
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There was more evidence now than ten years ago, and he wondered whether the lenience extended in recent years was not perhaps acontributorycause.
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I shall deal separately with braking, a possiblecontributorycauseto the accident.
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However, unskilled dispensing could well result in less than optimal improvement to sight and could perhaps act as acontributorycauseto accidents.
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Atmospheric pollution is, however, almost certainly acontributorycauseof chronic bronchitis, and clearly a polluted atmosphere aggravates the condition once it has developed.
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None of the investigations so far has shown that electromagnetic interference was acontributorycause.
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In one of the 57 cases asbestosis was mentioned on the medical certificate as acontributorycauseof death.
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Why should narrow roads and low bridges of roof, continue to exist if they are acontributorycauseof the high accident rate in haulage?
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It is anothercontributorycauseto the discontent which exists.
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That is a very largecontributorycauseof the discontent which prompts such demonstrations as we had hero the other day.
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The number of accidents in which dogs were acontributorycauseis not known.
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I deeply regret that acontributorycauseof this tragic accident was failure of those responsible to observe in full the requisite safety precautions.
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I do not contend that the capital levy is the sole cause of that, but it is undoubtedly acontributorycause.
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These campaigns focus on the need to slow down in residential areas, where inappropriate speed is a majorcontributorycauseof accidents.
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That is another seriouslycontributorycauseof the railway accidents that happen.
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