The phrase "a host of variable" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "a host of variables"? You can use it when referring to a large number of different variables in a particular context, such as in research or data analysis.
Example: "In this study, we examined a host of variables that could influence the outcome of the experiment."
Alternatives: "a multitude of variables" or "a range of variables".
Turkeys are problematical to raise — susceptible to disease, cold and a host of variables that seem to crop up during their four-month lives.
But in most of the business-to-business market, transactions involve complex purchasing decisions, a host of variables, lots of money and manufactured items bought and sold among a comparatively small but educated audience.
The impact of pornography is also complicated by a host of variables including the type of material being viewed, the amount of exposure and the individual characteristics of the viewer.
These effects remained significant following adjustment for a host of variables likely to be associated with reactivity and/or smoking.
Whether it will eventually push Bicknell's out of its old habitat may depend on a host of variables from nesting behavior to food preferences.
And while a host of variables such as gerrymandering and urban packing kept Republican seat losses to a minimum, they lost the national House vote by over a point.
Marketers instead rely on a host of variables, chief among them an event's popularity with television viewers and, as important, an athlete's conduct in and out of the arena.
A recent study by the economics professors Keith Bender and John Heywood found that, when you control for a host of variables, public employees are not actually paid more than their private-sector counterparts.
Since 1996, the national and state parties have been compiling a computerized database that allows officials to identify targeted voters by a host of variables, including demographic and economic data, party affiliation, consumer preferences, religion, education and likelihood to vote.
A conclusive study of public school students, scholars said, would be costly and would have to account for a host of variables, including teacher experience, family poverty and the like.
