Sentence examples for complex of causes from inspiring English sources

It's likely that it's a complex of causes.

Imperialism results from a complex of causes in which in varying degrees economic pressures, human aggressiveness and greed, search for security, drive for power and prestige, nationalist emotions, humanitarianism, and many other factors are effective.

From the early 14th century onwards, the associated settlements and their fields were abandoned due to a complex of causes, particularly climate deterioration and epidemic plagues.

Americans spend the great majority of their lives outside of school (National Research Council 2009; Falk and Dierking 2010); they must therefore continue to have meaningful opportunities to hear and learn about evolution long after they leave school, and these opportunities must navigate the same complex of causes for non-acceptance as does classroom teaching.

No one has parsed with such nuance and ferocious clarity the implosion of a nation, the complex web of causes behind it and the groups of peoples caught up in that seismic unravelling.

For Jonathan Shedler, professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado school of medicine, his appeal is better understood through the lens of "transference": in times of stress, whatever the complex blend of causes for that stress, people revert to a childhood desire for an omnipotent protector – an understandable need in young children, but dysfunctional in adulthood.

In most cases, a complex mixture of causes contribute to business failure; it is very rare for one single factor to be involved (FEE [2004]).

Beyond that complex mix of causes is a stark reality: more than twice as many black and Hispanic senior citizens live in poverty than their white counterparts.

Sure, obesity has such a complex web of causes -- namely socioeconomics, poor health and nutrition education, the demise of the two parent family, and a society where BIGGER IS BETTER.

However, it is important to recognize the multicomponent and complex web of causes of the obesity epidemic [ 48].

The perceived know-do gap in The Netherlands consists of a complex mixture of causes and effects, and involves a large variety of actors.