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"controlling factor" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a factor, such as a situation or condition, which has a direct influence on something else and is therefore able to control how it develops or behaves. For example: "Time is a controlling factor in the success of any long-term project."
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Ordinarily, though, even in the bars most amenable to smoking, time is the common controlling factor.
Nucleation was the controlling factor of the phase-separation process.
For most older people the dominant, indeed controlling, factor is the matter of work.
Consequently, mineralogy is not a useful controlling factor for permeability.
Frye retains much of its vitality and is still a major if not controlling factor in determining admissibility.
The main controlling factor here is the temperature of the upper atmosphere (where the escaping radiation comes from).
Type B designates climates in which the controlling factor on vegetation is dryness (rather than coldness).
The strong contribution of acid base property of supports as a controlling factor is suggested.
Wind-induced interference is a controlling factor in the design of grouped cooling towers.
In case of flood severity and loss, the controlling factor is less pronounced.
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Intraparticle diffusion was not the sole rate-controlling factor.
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