dominant factor

collocation in English

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dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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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 ofdominantandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While undoubtedly thedominantfactor, level of dependency is not the whole story.
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The process was one of economic rationality, with property ownership being adominantfactor.
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Flourishing trade, both foreign and internal, was thedominantfactorin the development of urban centres.
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First, support for reform was thedominantfactorexplaining both defections.
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For this parasite, there was no cleardominantfactoraffecting worm burdens.
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Coherence for pursuit and perception that this is thedominantfactor.
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Sensitivity analysis shows that thedominantfactorin our results is the carrier prevalence.
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Thedominantfactorexplaining defections was participation in the reform movement.
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Our new findings indicate that re-evaluation is not adominantfactorfor the benchmarks.
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Onedominantfactorwhich appears in a self-similarity formulation of the problem is the density ratio.
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We are focusing on the cases where luck is thedominantfactorthat contributes to the harm.
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Inspection of the data in table 2 clearly shows that it is the latter that is thedominantfactor.
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The weather is thedominantfactor.
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That is the mostdominantfactorin this tremendous programme.
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None the less, it is thedominantfactor.
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My guess is that this was thedominantfactor.
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They will be the sole anddominantfactor.
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I would say that it was thedominantfactor.
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That situation is governed after all by onedominantfactor.
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The need for efficient sampling is adominantfactordetermining methodological decisions, but comparative analysis of efficiency has been lacking in the tropical eco-floristic literature.
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Thedominantfactorthat controlled when and if an instability occurred was the heat flux from the interface into the ice.
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Thus, neighbourhood knowledge and consequently spatial distance might be the mostdominantfactordetermining the chance of marriage in these populations.
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This is especially true in light of mounting empirical evidence in the translation competence literature that supports functional considerations as adominantfactorin professional translator processes.
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