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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a substantial factor contributing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something plays a significant role in causing or influencing an outcome.
Example: "The research showed that a substantial factor contributing to the decline in bee populations is the use of pesticides."
Alternatives: "a significant element influencing" or "a major contributor to".
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The lack of widespread intensive care facilities in Thailand is thought to be a substantial factor contributing to a mortality rate that is on average 30% higher than that in Australia (23 ).
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Certainly, a jury could have found on this record that Graves's distress resulting from his dysfunctional stomach caused him to ingest the baking soda, and that the absence of an adequate warning of possible stomach rupture was just one, albeit, a substantial factor, in contributing to that conduct.
It follows that this speed was not a substantial factor in bringing about the accident.
The negligence must also be a substantial factor in bringing about the plaintiff's harm.
Incarceration is a major factor contributing to child poverty.
4. Was the consumption of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda a substantial contributing factor proximately causing plaintiff's stomach rupture?
As a consequence off-centre impacts below the longitudinal axis of the racket may be a substantial contributing factor for tennis elbow injuries due to forced wrist flexion and eccentric contraction of the wrist extensors.
Excessive intake of dietary fat is known to be a substantial contributing factor to the development of obesity in Western society.
Peroneal palsy was a substantial contributing factor to patient dissatisfaction in our cohort.
Chromosome aberrations are generally considered as one of the most substantial causative factors contributing to spontaneous miscarriages.
According to Booth and coworkers [ 7], physical inactivity is the key environmental factor contributing to the substantial increase in the incidence of chronic conditions in the latter part of the 20th century.
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