For example, he said, mammogram use or changes in diet or other drug use might be contributing.
Officer Vasquez did not criticize the policy; he said it might be contributing to the drop in crime.
However, it is plausible that it might be contributing, for example by raising blood pressure or by disturbing people's sleep.
Recently, it was even suggested that women's shouldering of extra domestic work alongside full-time employment might be contributing to the slowing growth pace of female life expectancy!
And medical evidence suggests that obesity might be contributing to record-high rates of Caesarean sections and leading to more birth defects and deaths for mothers and babies.
The second part of the government's action is an effort to curtail speculation that officials think might be contributing to moves in the yen.
The cardiologist found no coronary-artery disease but noted a partly obstructed heart valve, which, though longstanding, might be contributing to the patient's fatigue.
Some people have called for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to answer questions about how gas drilling might be contributing to air pollution.
What motivations and management practices might be contributing to this increase?
First, variability in the target-present images might be contributing misleading data to the summary statistics.
Also, the broad FTIR spectra observed might be contributing to the different conformers of the dye (Svobodová et al. 2012).
