These luck-based factors are the biggest determinant of the survival of a single individual.

Family First believes that in Australia the biggest determinant of whether or not a person lives in poverty is housing cost.

"Monetary and fiscal policy are both stimulative," he said, and "the biggest determinant of equity prices is interest rates, not earnings."

For the immediate future, though, Japan may be the single biggest determinant of how long Asia's torment will last.

Historically, urbanization, poverty, family breakdown and changes in social ethos are big determinants of crime.

The worry is inflation, the single biggest determinant of gilt prices.

The gradual erosion of public support will be among the biggest determinants in how we proceed-and for how much longer.

In my view, this case is probably the single biggest short-term determinant of tobacco valuations.

By far the biggest determinant of what people do is what they most want to do.

Perhaps the biggest single determinant of success in the theater is timing.