main factor

collocation in English

meanings of mainand factor

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk /meɪn/ us /meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others 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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Examples of main factor

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Granivorous taxon was the mainfactor explaining variation in seed removal rates.
One of the mainfactor would have the error tag: grammatical/number.
Planting density was the mainfactor that determined the onset of canopy closure.
This was the mainfactor affecting the predicted low soil quality score.
In this case, the mainfactor is the probability that a customer will react positively.
The mainfactor causing the gap is the difference in labour productivity.
Economic considerations were therefore the mainfactor driving the new initiative.
A repeated-measures design was employed, with essay context as a mainfactor with five levels.
The other mainfactor must be history, in the widest sense.
Here the transitional features at segment boundaries are the mainfactor in sound identification.
Here the mainfactor explaining the systematic differences is not the drift.
Table access has been the mainfactor limiting parallel speedups so far.
The mainfactor is the child's orientation toward the peer group.
The mainfactor affecting successful outcome was the age of the donor.
It argues that problems of co-ordination were the mainfactor advanced to justify establishing networks of regulators.
In contrast, there was less evident response to grazing as a mainfactor structuring this bird community.
Instead, like the larger literature on children's memory development, the mainfactor controlling these differences in memory performance was age.
The mid-pregnancy feeding treatment was used as the mainfactor for the data obtained during the midpregnancy feeding period.
Crucially, the mainfactor that differs in the two conditions is whether thematic roles have been reversed.
The mainfactor determining the programs' impact on pressure on the common resource is the factor-intensity of the crops.
Although impermeability of the seed coat was the mainfactor preventing germination, embryos were also partially or conditionally dormant.
The beginning of the dry season is considered as the mainfactor determining the o ccurrence o f adult reproduction.
In most cases, the mainfactor limiting plant establishment on undiluted or untreated marine sediments is salinity rather than pollutants.
For 0.27 < y < 0.73 there is an inflow as the pressure gradient is then the mainfactor.
The mainfactor concerning parents was that the nurse would refer to the general practitioner if unsure.
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