Sentence examples for largely rational from inspiring English sources

Data analysis shows that, although information richness perception of a medium is largely rational, it is also partially re-structured by non-rationality factors.

Speaking to The Independent, the head of Chatham House's Asia Programme, Dr John Nilsson-Wright, said that despite Pyongyang's ceaseless sabre-rattling and the possible testing of a hydrogen bomb early this morning, Kim Jong-un's regime actually remains largely rational and predictable.

And we hope that this is one of the lasting contributions of the book: to shift a discussion that continues to be held in largely rational terms to one that can unapologetically use the language of emotion and culture in ways that contribute to a more effective and holistic educational system.

He has argued that investors' enthusiasm for stocks is largely a rational response to rising productivity and to expectations of rising profits.

Similarly unpopular and similarly vindicated were his articles insisting that resistance in Iraq and Afghanistan would be ferocious, that PFI would be ruinously expensive and inefficient, that the "end to boom and bust" was illusory, and that the riots of 2011 were largely a rational, political act.

Sepsis related mortality is however largely preventable with rational antimicrobial therapy and aggressive supportive care [ 5].

Wellbeing impacts of reduced street lighting were therefore largely presented as rational concerns about road safety, or crime, and its impact on more vulnerable others.

It appears that the roll out of programmes to increase skilled birth attendants in rural areas has been largely based on rational logic and historic evidence without due regard to matching programme design to local contexts.

Specifically, these theories are largely dependent on rational processes [ 50] and do not allow explicitly for the impacts of emotions or religious beliefs on behaviour, which may be relevant to stigmatised diseases like TB and HIV/AIDS.

The scales exhibited acceptable psychometric properties and were largely consistent with a rational framework which guided the survey construction.

Nevertheless, traditional policy tools that are largely informed by a rational model of behavior have in many instances fallen short (Luoto and Carman 2014).