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"a factor behind this" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you want to describe the cause or reason for something. For example: "The budget cuts were a factor behind this decline in attendance."
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This was a factor behind the sharpest increase in starting salaries in the history of the survey, it added.
This was a factor behind another recent takeover battle -- Pfizer's failed chase for AstraZeneca.
This observation does not rule out the possibility that dynamics of the flap could be a factor behind linkage specificity.
What we do know, however, is that homelessness is on the rise and that the cost and availability of housing is a major factor behind this increase.
Although it has to be said that a major factor behind this "rebalancing" – the 2007/2008 devaluation of the pound – occurred well before Osborne arrived at No 11.
Even before the recent heatwave and the added pressure it brings, the Environment Agency classified a number of rivers as under "serious water-stress" with abstraction for domestic use a major factor behind this.
The ISC report may have been written before they were published but one cannot help but speculate that the anticipation of those rulings was a major factor behind this new move towards transparency.
A major factor behind this growth in non-U.S.
The interaction of occupants with building controls is often cited as a key factor behind this discrepancy.
Our econometric analysis reveals that a major factor behind this technology market imperfection is the potential licensors' difficulty in finding licensing partners.
More people are foregoing traditional burials in favor of cremation, and a major factor behind this trend is decreased religiosity, the Religion News Service's Simon Davis reports.
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