decisive factor

collocation in English

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decisive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/us
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing ...
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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 ofdecisiveandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of these, ten said this was thedecisivefactor.
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The expected duration of care is adecisivefactor.
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Four of the five providers reported it to be adecisivefactor, and one provider said it was the singledecisivefactor.
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Thedecisivefactoris not the exact relationship but who is staying in the house.
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The impact of that war on existing political culture seems to have been thedecisivefactor.
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Adecisivefactorin the choice of parameter value is structural simplicity.
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Support for the internal market project among heads of state and government was thedecisivefactor.
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That is thedecisivefactor.
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That will not be thedecisivefactor.
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They are not thedecisivefactor.
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That must be thedecisivefactor.
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That would be thedecisivefactor.
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The social consensus is thedecisivefactor.
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Sometimes it may be thedecisivefactor.
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Thedecisivefactoris the sentence.
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It is not necessarily adecisivefactor.
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Volume is thedecisivefactorin economics.
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That will be thedecisivefactor.
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This teaching power is adecisivefactor.
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Why should it be adecisivefactor?
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The fittest survive and prosper (by and large) - but anything at all may be thedecisivefactor.
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In two of the 20 homes, the recruitment and retention of managerial staff was adecisivefactor.
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Within this framework, funding is adecisivefactor.
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I believe that international trade is adecisivefactor.
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