"While cost remains a major factor in decisions about where to off-source, the quality of the labor pool is gaining importance, and this includes English language skills."

VOA: special.2011.01.21

One reporter questioned whether the artificial turf at San Jose's Ricardo Saprissa Stadium was a major factor in that loss.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"It's a risk factor in a similar way that elevated cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Columnist David Ignatius agrees with the president's move, saying Pakistan is a key factor in the new strategy,and the pressure on it must be increased.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai currently holds some But if turns out that vote fraud was a significant factor in the election, then the percentages become meaningless.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

And the fact that all of our visas are fingerprint,bio-metric fingerprints based on ensuring that that person's identity is proven is a very important factor in this,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

O'Connor says cost could be a factor in deciding to use this treatment.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Many Cuban Americans say money should not be a factor in regard to the embargo as long as the Cuban government represses freedom and aggressively opposes US policies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

He says communication was a major factor in containing the virus.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"But they have to be a little bit careful to overstate that." Both political parties also see the continuing congressional debate on health care reform as a key factor in next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The paper's authors tried to take into account other factors, but they admit it may not have been entirely possible to quantify differences in, for example,the recipient's health, which can be a big factor in the success of a transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"If we refuse to take into account the full costs of our fossil fuel addiction - if we don't factor in the environmental costs and the national security costs and the true economic costs - we will have missed our best chance to seize a clean energy future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

The third factor is a sense of pride in country and unity with other citizens.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

The Canadian-American writer John Geiger wrote about this in a recent book called The Third Man Factor. The book will soon be published in several languages, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

In his new book, "The 5-Factor World Diet", he ranks the world's top 10 healthiest nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23