Sentence examples for influenced rather than from inspiring English sources

"A lot of time recently too many of the decisions have looked politically influenced rather than for the benefit of sport," he added.

It is shown that the preload and stiffness of combined bearings are mutual influenced rather than simply the superposition of multiple single bearing, therefore the characteristic calculation of combined bearings achieved by coupling the load and deformation analysis of a single bearing.

However in some situations, the position of taxa that lack compositional bias may be influenced rather than the position of taxa that possess compositional bias.

Once again: by influencing, rather than simply reacting, we can achieve better outcomes.

"Economics influences rather than determines decisions," said Preston McAfee, Microsoft's chief economist, who previously worked at Google and Yahoo.

These achievements are clear examples of where we as a charity have sought to influence rather than simply deliver.

It is a strategy pursued by many powerful nations as they strive to influence, rather than alienate, ideologically wayward but strategically important leaders and countries.

Back then, interest centred on "the talkies, which turned film stars into the new gods and goddesses, and they began to influence rather than follow fashion," says Atkins, although the stage also provided a fertile ground.

These metaphors of distance and closeness may influence, rather than merely reflect, the attitudes we have about nature and ourselves as part of nature.

However, social-psychological theory suggests that using electronic behavioral monitoring may influence rather than just record physical activity (PA), especially when a device is novel.

Provincial reluctance to accept the program resulted from an underestimation of disease risk and perceptions that "market influences" rather than local need determined program existence.