They are also important in shaping public opinion.
The credit-default-swap market, too, has become increasingly important in shaping the stock market.
I ask if 9/11 was important in shaping his identity, and he recoils.
The next ten years or so will be particularly important in shaping the future of philanthropy.
Indeed, the JSF may be more important in shaping the European defence industry than any prime-ministerial summit.
Nondeliberate emotion, perception and intuition are much more important in shaping our lives than reason and will.
"We found that species interactions are really important in shaping the way that species evolve," Ms. Lawrence said.
His positions on the issues of simony and nicolaitism were very important in shaping the papal stances on these matters.
The private event may have been more important in shaping the thinking of Washington's policy community than Rouhani's speech to the General Assembly yesterday.
Neuroscientists have found an evocative solution to a classic problem: which is more important in shaping the human brain, nature or nurture?
However, a major flaw of the "Let's Move" agenda is that it primarily addresses individual behaviours, largely neglecting the structural factors that are so important in shaping them.
