Among the most powerful determinants of clique membership are orientation toward school, orientation toward teen culture, and involvement in antisocial behavior.

Another, less advantageous, powerful determinant of clique formation is socioeconomic class.

According to the American Heart Association, blood pressure is the most powerful determinant of a person's stroke risk.

Conditions in the job market, for example, seem to be the most powerful single determinant of the consumer's mood.

These random connections demonstrate the minute workings of fate that can be such powerful determinants of a person's life.

What this thesis implies is that individual responsibility is neutralized in the face of such a powerful cultural determinant.

Equally, class was a powerful determinant of the progress and success of those boys who were admitted to grammar schools.

It is widely agreed that a school's principal is the single most powerful determinant of the success or failure of a school.

Race and culture have been the most powerful determinants in the history of Mexico; as Mr. Kandell learned in his childhood, the conquest is not yet concluded.

Physical appearance appears to be a powerful determinant of one's first impression of an individual.