Sentence examples for been the primary force from inspiring English sources
The Diamondbacks have two of the league's best pitchers, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, but Gonzalez has been the primary force behind the team's strong first half.
Glacial action has been the primary force behind the heavy and continuous erosion of Everest and the other high Himalayan peaks.
The appointment surprised relatives of the Sept. 11 victims, who had been the primary force behind the legislation and who had been consulting with the administration and Congressional leaders about who would be on the commission.
And they note that while the consent decree has been the primary force of change, the department and the city have created qualifications and programs that all but ensure that more minority applicants will be hired.
He has been the primary force in getting more and more lawyers, legislators, and judges to think about the need for states to become aware of — and, if necessary, strengthen — their own constitutions.
Then, too, since World War II, the United States has been the primary force behind a number of astonishing transformations in the international order -- everything from rebuilding Germany and Japan, to the defeat of the Soviet Union and the reintegration of Eastern Europe and even of Russia into the democratic fold.
Over the last century melting glaciers and the physical expansion of warming ocean waters have been the primary forces behind the spike in sea levels, which rose and fell much more gradually during the preceding millennia.
In fact, these officials said, Mr. Cheney was the primary force behind bringing Mr. Baker aboard.
