That's not to say public opinion is the only factor here.
"We're not making the argument that breast-feeding is the only factor," she said.
"A me attitude, where the company's immediate financial balance is the only factor, limits network thinking," Professor Barabasi says.
Benjamin Wallace-Well's article about Cass Sunstein suggests that discounting is the only factor affecting the costs of climate policy.
When this is the only factor considered, Singapore comes in top, with South Korea, Japan and China in second, fourth and fifth places respectively.
Because their research indicates that lack of moisture is the only factor that seems to limit the spread of Argentine ants, they suggest a simple solution: replacing lush lawns with desert landscaping.
Not that availability of beds and imaging equipment is the only factor contributing to good outcomes, but it does suggest that we are doing a pretty good job with the resources at our disposal.
He asserts that the outcome of presidential elections is the only factor that "will determine the future of the Supreme Court," that the days when justices surprised the presidents who appointed them are over.
And even then the sea level will continue to rise, perhaps for millennia.This is a vast challenge, and it is worth bearing in mind that mankind's contribution to warming is the only factor that can be controlled.
This in turn is a predictor of anti-social behaviour.Although nobody is suggesting that diet is the only factor that determines whether someone will behave badly in prison, it is increasingly clear that a poor diet can make behaviour worse.
Unlike the public school test, which is the only factor in determining which students are admitted to the top schools, the Catholic school test is important but not the only factor, somewhat like colleges' use of the SAT.
