The phrase "an instrumental force" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that plays a significant role in achieving a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The new policy proved to be an instrumental force in improving employee morale and productivity."
Alternatives: "a driving force" or "a key factor".
A statement by the fund said Mr. Booth was "an instrumental force in defining TDF and its mission".
For example, Americans for Prosperity, which was funded in part by the Koch Brothers, was an instrumental force in helping the Republicans hold the House of Representatives.
He was an instrumental force in St. Ignatius Retreat Program for over 20 years and was also an active member of St. Peter of Alcantara Church since 1953.
She was an instrumental force in starting the Community Mental Health Services division of VNSNY Home Care in 1986, and was a devoted member of the Community Mental Health Advisory Committee.
The organization also was an instrumental force behind the United Nations' declaration of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001 10).
A founding member of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, elected to the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Hall of Fame, a prolific author and co-editor of a leading textbook on the subject, and an instrumental force behind the first White House Symposium on Physical Fitness and Sports, he will be deeply missed by his friends, colleagues and patients.
Although Drosophila genetics have been an instrumental driving force in obtaining our current level of knowledge of Hippo signalling[2], we will focus in this review only on the mammalian Hippo pathway.
Small vocal and instrumental forces and a star lineup of soloists expert in this early 17th-century repertoire – Joshua Ellicott, Joanne Lunn, Esther Brazil and others who all deserve mention – performed electrifyingly under the penetrating guidance of the scholar-director John Butt.
The video excerpt above comes from the final section of the work: first Monk delivers a solo, accompanying herself on a shruti box, or Indian drone instrument; then the collected vocal and instrumental forces launch into the climactic "Procession".
Mahler's intent in writing his Eighth Symphony for exceptionally large forces was a similar balance between vocal and instrumental forces.
Mr. Dresser, a bassist who is one of the great instrumental forces in recent American jazz outside the mainstream, has a muscly tone and strong rhythm; he's also an inveterate creator of new bands.
