Exercise may also have had a contributory factor in the deaths of Jim Fixx, the pioneer of jogging who dropped dead ona run aged 52, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams,49,who had a fatal heart attack on his exercise bike.
Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis.
working conditions are not conducive to productivity; the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city; a contributory factor.
Excess weight is increasingly viewed by scientists as a major contributory factor to cancer after smoking.
If this is the case, your urinary incontinence may be due to one of the following contributory factors.
What are the contributory factors that bring about fear?
a contributory factor, cause, etc
Cervical ripening was a contributory factor in the mode of cephalic delivery.
His poor health was a contributory factor in his decision to retire.