Sentence examples for a string of factors from inspiring English sources

In citing a string of factors that led to war in Iraq, he said Washington thought its huge troop presence around Iraq would make President Bush "lose face" domestically and destroy the nation's credibility if it did not attack.

Even in the relatively simple demo with Dempster, the speaker's trustworthiness is one in a string of factors the robot must consider before acting (though robots, thankfully, are quick on their feet).

Investigators have released their first public report on the disaster, which blames a string of factors as contributing to the disaster, including chronic problems with a faulty rudder system, and the way pilots tried to respond.

He reeled off a string of other factors: exam results that gave employers no idea of the educational level of graduates and school leavers; four levels of government – national, regional, provincial and municipal – each with their sets of laws, and the market distortions introduced by Italy's mafias.

Oil has fallen more than $30 a barrel from its record peak of $147.27 reached on July 11 due to a string of bullish factors, including a weak U.S. dollar, expectations of a tighter supply/demand balance long term and political tensions over Iran.

The inner segment of each arm is a string of 3.5-kDa epidermal growth factor domains, seen here as a thinner segment.

Few others have used string of factors together to explain the heterogeneity of farming systems (Ojiem et al. [2006]; Bidogeza et al. [2009]; Guto et al. [2010]; Tittonell et al. [2010]; Rowe et al. [2006]).

In these turbulent times, it is the awareness of the dynamics underpinning energy markets that is crucial for both decision-makers and investors to form informed opinions on how to reconcile a string of technical, environmental, economic and social factors in order to provide for best solutions regarding country specifics and demands.

One report, by the Department of Justice, targeted poor medical and mental-health care as factors in a string of deaths.

Wilson said sport was not a factor, but a string of memoirs by his cabinet colleagues at the time revealed that he had been worried about how the World Cup would affect his chances of being substituted out of Downing Street.

Mahmood had posed as a wealthy film producer called Samir Khan when he met the former X Factor judge at a string of luxury hotels and restaurants, jurors at London's Southwark Crown Court heard.