contributory factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontributoryandfactor
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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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factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈfæk.tər/us/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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Examplesofcontributory factor
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It can be suggested that denial of access to adequate physical mobility is acontributoryfactorwithin each of these dimensions of exclusion.
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Technology is acontributoryfactorin tackling these problems.
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It would appear that undertaking a health needs assessment was a strongcontributoryfactorin a reported increased desire to change professional practice.
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Acontributoryfactorin the under-use of interpreters is the low supply of appropriately certified interpreters.
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An interesting issue is the extent to which bifocal and varifocal spectacles might be acontributoryfactorin falls on stairs.
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Problems with staff recruitment, the most widespread factor identified at an area level, was only identified as acontributoryfactorin six instances.
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Arguably, managed care is not the cause of these difficulties, but it surely is acontributoryfactor.
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The cross-contamination resulting from the overproduction was probably the maincontributoryfactorof the outbreak.
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The wording of the questions in these two surveys was very similar and unlikely to be a majorcontributoryfactorto the difference in findings.
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Acontributoryfactorcould have been that the estate owner was opposed to what he considered were far too early retirements.
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As discussed earlier, exploratory analysis suggests that this is unlikely to be a majorcontributoryfactor.
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Environment as acontributoryfactorto well-being is often disregarded within this model creating the dichotomy between social and medical models of health.
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However, the later reduction in trade could have been acontributoryfactorto a rise in both male and female illiteracy in 1820 and 1830.
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It was generally agreed, too, that a failure to match cane varieties to the most appropriate soil and climatic conditions was acontributoryfactorto current low yields.
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Rather, it may be that only when adolescent girls are ruminating about failures and setbacks in pursuing personal goals is selfdiscrepancy acontributoryfactorfor depression.
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Could identity crises be acontributoryfactorin domestic violence?
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While there is no absolute proof that indebtedness finally forced its surrender, the circumstances leading up to its surrender indicate that debt should be considered as acontributoryfactor.
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Whether this was the result of self-help alone is impossible to say, but the scale and popularity of education schemes would suggest at the least acontributoryfactor.
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