Sentence examples for Less instrumental from inspiring English sources

We might want to revise the World Bank's catchphrase into something less instrumental: gender equality may be smart economics but it also offers the promise of more human-centred growth.

To illustrate this proposition further, socially tied individuals usually have more or less instrumental concerns.

I will conclude by arguing that, although at present, the core of Dutch ecogenomics research reflects a more or less instrumental attitude towards nature, the field also harbours other interpretations of nature as a significant and meaningful order.

Interestingly, and perhaps a product of age, higher faculty position correlated with higher attitudes of helping, r = .516, p < .001, but, as we saw with age, less instrumental helpfulness, r = −.204, p < .030.030

Finally, I will argue that, although at present, the bulk of Dutch ecogenomics research reflects a more or less instrumental attitude towards nature, the field – in particular the metagenomic approach – also harbours other interpretations of nature as a significant and meaningful order, which could support a more humble and respectful approach to natural systems.

Without delving into gender stereotypes, dads who technically have fewer overnights are no less instrumental to the overall smooth functioning of their child's life, when there's no dodging of responsibilities.

"Bloom" opens the album with loops of piano, drums and less identifiable instrumental tones.

Coffin's strait-laced parents were also less than instrumental in inspiring or encouraging their son's always good-humoured creative endeavours.

In his earlier works Reich used voices as more or less an instrumental tone colour, embedding them as another strand in his pulsing textures.

"It's one thing to make a piece that is more or less an instrumental demonstration of what a novel technology can do, but I'm especially interested in artworks that use those technologies to tell stories or otherwise make meanings that are worth sustained attention and discussion".

Women from the former Soviet Union and Russia (8.8%) and Somalia (8.1%) had less often instrumental deliveries than Finns did (P < 0.01 for both).