Already, 19 states have bent to the lobbying influence of established players and raised barriers to the public-private partnerships that would compete with legacy companies.
Every other object bends to its influence; even the sun wobbles a bit thanks to Jupiter's irresistible sway.
And the other Asian countries, from Japan to Singapore, will bend to the influence of China – economically, politically and militarily.
A variety of graphene structures have been observed from folding to bending to scrolling, yet the influence of chemical environment over the final morphology of SLGO is poorly understood.
Specific DNA sequence patterns are known, from empirical and theoretical studies, to influence DNA bending and flexibility, and have been shown to exclude nucleosomes.
Notched earthen samples reinforced with two fibre contents (2% and 3% in weight) and three fibre lengths (10, 20, and 30 mm) were manufactured and tested under static and impact bending to investigate and compare the influence of the reinforcement on the fracture resistance of the soil material at low and high strain rates.
Hold "backward," opposite the direction of the ball's flight, to loft it skyward; either side of its trajectory to influence a little bend.
Hold "backwards", opposite the direction of the ball's flight, to loft it skyward; either side of its trajectory to influence a little bend.
I'm speaking of the well-attended "judicial education" programs that are staged at resorts offering excellent golf, fly-fishing and horseback riding and are financed by private interests bent on influencing judges to curb federal regulatory authority in areas like protecting the environment.
Thousands of companies, banks, law firms, PR consultancies and trade associations are there to bend ears and influence the regulations and laws that shape Europe's single market, fix trade deals, and govern economic and commercial behaviour in a union of 507 million.
