FACTOR in a Sentence

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But the assignment of these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which accord with the historic facts.

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 Meanings and Examples of FACTOR
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factor
 n.  number, except 1, by which a large number can be divided exactly
 n.  fact, circumstance
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  Here the factor who had been walking on the barin's other side put in a word.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
2  "Quite so, Constantine Thedorovitch," replied the factor.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
3  But the assignment of these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which accord with the historic facts.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II
4  The spirit of an army is the factor which multiplied by the mass gives the resulting force.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II
5  Only then, expressing known historic facts by equations and comparing the relative significance of this factor, can we hope to define the unknown.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II
6  This equation does not give us the value of the unknown factor but gives us a ratio between two unknowns.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II
7  But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
8  There is Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, who is also an unknown factor, and there are one or two other neighbours.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
9  And yet this new factor must surely arrest his attention and renew his interest.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
10  We have this Beppo as a common factor, both in Kennington and in Kensington, so that is worth a ten-mile drive.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
11  He knew she had accepted without afterthought: he could never be a factor in her calculations, and there was a surprise, a refreshment almost, in the spontaneity of her consent.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
12  The Negro as a political factor can be controlled.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In V
13  By the right exercise of his power as the industrial factor of the South, the Afro-American can demand and secure his rights, the punishment of lynchers, and a fair trial for accused rapists.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In VII
14  A marvellous deal of style their factor put on, with his servants and coach-and-six; so much so that the concern soon landed in inextricable bankruptcy.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
15  Some had the feeling that in proportion as the Negro received education, in the same proportion would his value decrease as an economic factor in the state.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
Example Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
16  Take the wind-chill factor into account.
17  Look for the common factor in all these cases.
18  The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional.
19  Whether diet is an important factor in this illness is still uncertain.
20  The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting.
21  Heavy snow was a contributing factor in the accident.
22  Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases.
23  One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image.
24  There were obvious signs of the feel-good factor in the last survey taken in the wake of the election result.
25  The might of the army could prove a decisive factor.
26  The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.
27  The injury to their key player could be a decisive factor in the game.
28  Cases of leukaemia in the area near the nuclear reactor have risen by a factor of four.
29  The house is near the sea, which is a plus factor for us.
30  The vaccination program has been a major factor in the improvement of health standards.