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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a major factor behind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a significant reason or cause for a particular outcome or situation.
Example: "The lack of funding was a major factor behind the project's failure."
Alternatives: "a key reason for" or "a significant contributor to".
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First, a major factor behind the shift is religion.
Anaemic government spending, not profligacy, has been a major factor behind the economy's lacklustre recovery.
"The schools are a major factor behind our sales," said Jane Brause, a real-estate broker.
His close relationship with the 42nd president was a major factor behind that influence.
A desperate need for economic support is assumed to be a major factor behind the North's overtures.
Take aluminum supplier Alcoa, which said the stronger dollar was a "major factor" behind its strong fourth-quarter earnings.
As the Autumn Statement says, it is a major factor behind the decline in British living standards.
These differences were once cited to explain Japan's economic miracle, but were also cited as a major factor behind the lost decades of the 1990s and 2000s.
Our econometric analysis reveals that a major factor behind this technology market imperfection is the potential licensors' difficulty in finding licensing partners.
Anger at the time they were spending in their cells was cited as a major factor behind last weekend's riot at Bedford prison.
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.
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