Sentence examples for mere factor from inspiring English sources

Price may a tool, but the language of natural capital somehow reinforces the notion of nature as a mere factor of production, as opposed to being the "parent company", as ecological economist Herman Daly put it.

To test Hypothesis 6, we built a mere factor score for the competence test and conducted a bivariate correlation analysis with the constructs in our identity survey.

For too long, the subject of sustainability and the assumption of corporate responsibility were depicted in management literature as a predominantly defensive strategy and, therefore, applied practically as a mere cost factor.

The acquisition of information on bioaccumulation/biomagnification potential and the mechanisms involved as well as the potential to reduce the need for vertebrate testing should be explored further at all levels, and incorporated into a comprehensive testing and assessment strategy that goes beyond a mere bioconcentration factor.

Then, we will calculate values of Q for models of particles possibly representing real scatterers, and look for domains of the parameters where the behavior of S is simple (the approximate theory will then be usable with a mere correction factor) or characteristic (possible and unambiguous interpretation of the features).

It needs to be clarified whether brachial artery diameter per se is a mere confounding factor or a manifestation of atherosclerosis for interpretation of the value of FMD.

Or we single out a few as the 'causes', calling the rest mere 'causal factors' or 'causal conditions'… We may select the abnormal or extraordinary causes, or those under human control, or those we deem good or bad, or just those we want to talk about.

Our analysis shows that the goalkeeper-model can be fitted to many different compatibility relationships despite the model's mere two factors.

Detailed analysis demonstrates that the Vent1/2 are in fact not mere ventralizing factors.

Excitement surrounding the discovery has deeper implications than the mere gee-whiz factor of finding such a massive feature.

Whether this is a mere CV risk factor (a strong possibility in this kind of population) or the sign of diabetic glomerular involvement is not clear.