| His reluctance to commit himself to one genre has undoubtedly been a contributing factor to his stop-start success. |
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| Employer discrimination and ageism are a contributing factor in relegating these workers to the scrap heap. |
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| Depreciation of sterling against the US dollar has also been a contributing factor to the decline in gross margins. |
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| The major contributing factor for heart failure decompensation was medication lapses. |
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| Embryo immaturity at the metabolic and physiological levels is not a contributing factor. |
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| Some scientists believe that a chronic shortage of dietary calcium is a contributing factor in developing osteoporosis. |
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| It is believed that the illegal drug crystal methamphetamine may have been a contributing factor in transmission of the virus. |
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| The precipitous fall in the stock market has been one contributing factor to this reassessment. |
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| Whether the patient has a history of regular or irregular menstrual cycles does not appear to be a contributing factor. |
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| Mr Li said the low profits that farmers had realised from the sale of their produce mainly maize last year had been the main contributing factor. |
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| The scandal was a contributing factor to a slide in world equity markets, knocking billions off stock values. |
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| Overall body robustness is an important contributing factor to preservation. |
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| School may not be the number one source of stress for everyone, but it certainly is a contributing factor in most cases. |
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| While wet conditions have been cited as a contributing factor in the shaky landing, it's still too early to know what went wrong, said Armour. |
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| Indeed, the old standby of chromakey, aka Colour Separation Overlay, could well be a contributing factor in this development. |
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| Success on the field certainly has been a contributing factor to students remaining excited about attending games. |
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| My inability to have uninhibited learning experiences in the library was one contributing factor to my disengagement from formal higher education. |
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| Freezing spray can be a contributing factor in the sinking of ocean-going vessels. |
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| Another contributing factor was the lack of auditors, whose skills must always be at the heart of combating financial fraud or irregularities. |
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| This unresolved debate could be construed as a contributing factor to the fragmenting of support for the arms control and disarmament agendas. |
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| A contributing factor is the weakness, in country, of information dissemination between agencies on plans, activities and lessons. |
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| The currency effect of a declining Canadian dollar was clearly a strong contributing factor. |
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| We cannot be responsible for any damage to property, personal injury or death in which environmental exposure is a contributing factor. |
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| Neither the condition of the rolling stock nor the condition of the track is considered a contributing factor in this accident. |
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| Limited awareness of the mechanism and its implications for NGOs is also seen as a contributing factor. |
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| In the rural areas and urban slum areas, this is a contributing factor to the high rates of infant mortality. |
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| The price of electricity continued to rise last month, although weather conditions were a major contributing factor. |
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| The diversity of the country's agriculture land and crops is also a contributing factor. |
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| Consequently, fatigue is not considered to have been a contributing factor in this occurrence. |
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| Small arms and light weapons proliferation is another contributing factor to conflicts. |
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| The ease with which methamphetamine can be manufactured is a major contributing factor to the increases in its use. |
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| These may help to relieve itching, even though histamine is not a major contributing factor in eczema. |
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| Lack of knowledge and information was also an important contributing factor to poverty. |
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| If it starts showing up in movies like kick-ass, that could be a contributing factor of diluting the force of the word. |
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| Nighthawks have been on a steady decline in the last few decades and part of me wondered if peregrines being reintroduced into metro areas was a contributing factor? |
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| Put differently, several experts on labour markets, political extremism, public health and economic history view the social dimension as a key contributing factor to national resilience in the face of economic downturns. |
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| The involvement of certified enologists and viticulturists is the greatest contributing factor to the progression in quality. |
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| Geri Kamenz, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture says he doubts the transfer tax will be the deciding factor on whether the next generation takes over the farm, but he hopes it will be a contributing factor. |
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| Again, for what it's worth, I think they were a contributing factor to the fish that were floating up in Smith Sound a couple of years ago, in my honest opinion. |
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| One contributing factor is probably force. |
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| Internalized racism is a contributing factor to the inability of African Americans to overcome racism. |
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| Fatigue could also be a contributing factor. |
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| One contributing factor was Hurricane Dolly. |
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| Free school choice is a contributing factor. |
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| Port Alberni Detachment: Arrangements have been made to have mental health nurses security cleared to attend cells and meet with those offenders whose mental illness is a contributing factor to the criminal behavior. |
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| For example, the low income of seniors, particularly senior women, may be one contributing factor toward seniors developing sensory disabilities, and impaired vision and hearing may be direct factors for seniors falling. |
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| As a stimulating environment is an important contributing factor to farm animal welfare, environmental enrichment should be provided to prevent boredom and stereotypic behaviour. |
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| Inexperienced personnel were also a major contributing factor. |
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| This positive agreement between LPI and profit clearly shows that genetics is a significant contributing factor but that management also plays a major role. |
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| Volunteer effort has already been a huge help and will continue to be a large contributing factor to the overall upgrade of the mountain track. |
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| Some also pointed to the structure of the British Empire as a contributing factor. |
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| Air pollution is also a contributing factor by carrying off pesticides or dirt into the ocean. |
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| Livestock production is a contributing factor in species extinction, desertification, and habitat destruction. |
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| While the addition of Canada Trust this quarter is a contributing factor, the majority of the increase was from our investment banking and wealth management businesses. |
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| The Huns may have stimulated the Great Migration, a contributing factor in the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. |
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| The invention has thus been identified as an inadvertent contributing factor to the outbreak of the American Civil War. |
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| Fellow Lakes resident William Brownrigg may have been a contributing factor in this decision. |
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| A third contributing factor, which we didn't foresee, has been the extent to which financial markets had expanded without proper support structures, like a house built on sand. |
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| This has been a major contributing factor to the triggering of the crisis. |
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| The key contributing factor behind the success of this connection is demand from a huge and loyal public that was already there ready and waiting. |
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| S nearly eight decades before, was also a contributing factor. |
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| Another contributing factor may be lobbying by earlier immigrants. |
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| In introducing the volume's 11 chapters, Ainsworth notes that flowers are a major contributing factor to Angiosperms being the dominant life form in the terrestrial ecosystem. |
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| A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck. |
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