Sentence examples for mundane factor from inspiring English sources

I would like to suggest a perhaps more mundane factor in addition to triumphs of children over adversity in imagined worlds.

But charisma, polls and advertising aside, Mr. Reiter said that sometimes winning a House seat comes down to the most mundane factor: which party can mobilize the most people to get out and vote on Nov. 5.

While the electric design studies of the recent past were often futuristic pods, the designs of the latest production models are dictated largely by one mundane factor: where the batteries go.

There are more mundane factors, too.

He is a disciple of traditional landscape theorists, including Kevin Lynch, John Stilgoe and J. B. Jackson, whose work emphasized the role of mundane factors like zoning and sewerage in shaping cities and suburbs.

"If you don't leave your phone on in a meeting in Italy, you are likely to miss the next one".Other mundane factors also affect how phones are used.

In one study, they asked people to evaluate the performance of a hypothetical company; when they attributed the boost in the company's performance to good leadership, people judged it more valuable than when it was attributed to other, more mundane factors.

Islamic law, the Sharīʿah, is the primary source of legislation, but the actual promulgation of legislation and implementation of policy is often mitigated by more mundane factors, such as political expediency, the inner politics of the ruling family, and the influence of intertribal politics, which remain strong in the modern kingdom.

Just as "In the Loop" showed how self-deceiving politicians who have backed themselves into nonsensical conclusions can plunge countries into war, "Four Lions" zeroes in on the fairly mundane factors that might drive someone to terrorism: the desire for community, a persecution complex, flat-out stupidity.

These are the same mundane, bureaucratic factors that conspired to prevent any kind of action in Rwanda, 20 years ago.

Much as psychotherapists are drawn to family dynamics when it comes to explaining this sort of thing, however, more mundane psychological factors are surely also at play.