explanatory factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexplanatoryandfactor
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explanatory
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tər.i/us/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tɔːr.i/
giving an explanation ...
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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 ofexplanatoryandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There are persuasive theoretical and empirical arguments in the literature that suggest corruption in particular may be a majorexplanatoryfactorin the resource curse.
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Sibling status, then, is an unlikelyexplanatoryfactor.
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The mostexplanatoryfactorby far, however, is the intersection of surface morphology and tense.
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Surely the singleexplanatoryfactorapproach needs more detailed empirical evidence to support it if it is to be sustained.
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I believe the fourth and most likely response to both versions of this case leads the reader to reject physical interdependence as theexplanatoryfactor.
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However, it is also worth mentioning the so-called "relational goods", which could be anotherexplanatoryfactor.
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Gerontologists were more inclined to support activity theory and the associated ideas of social exclusion as anexplanatoryfactorfor social retreat.
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We do not need this as anexplanatoryfactorat any moment in human history.
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This is not explained, but is theexplanatoryfactor.
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There are persuasive theoretical and empirical arguments in the literature that suggest corruption may be a majorexplanatoryfactorin the resource curse.
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Theoretical debates about the efficiency of sharecropping discuss risksharing in relation to farmers' wealth and credit, as oneexplanatoryfactor.
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This factor is affected by a large number of variables, and constitutes a dominantexplanatoryfactorfor marital power relations.
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To be sure, character is an unusualexplanatoryfactorin contemporary historical writing, but the book is not contemporary historical writing.
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Another interestingexplanatoryfactormay be patient perception of health status.
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The secondexplanatoryfactorwithin the educational system relates to the importance of school transition itself.
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Another importantexplanatoryfactoris the supply of wet-nurses.
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The political ambience is frequently noted, but often somewhat in passing, as a contextualexplanatoryfactorthat in some way shaped his argument and approach.
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It is important to remember that policy horizons are not meant to replace policy distance as anexplanatoryfactorbut rather to qualify it.
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This shows that altitude, a powerfulexplanatoryfactorin the spatial variation of temperature, does not introduce any effect of scale (the curves are flat).
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Unlike the previous empirical analysis, malapportionment is employed here as anexplanatoryfactor.
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