Sentence examples for less salient than from inspiring English sources

Once the nation's political priority, health as an issue is less salient than it has been in 20 years.

Even if its tonal qualities seem less salient than those of other instruments, the trombone has been crucial to the sound of jazz, particularly in the big band.

These strengths often give rise to the next great industry, even when the strengths are less salient than the country's problems.

Perceived differences based on household income categories, like the "$250,000" benchmark, seem less salient than those based on big business versus everybody else.

The systemic risk for the euro zone of Greece leaving is less salient than in 2012 because bond yields have collapsed throughout the periphery, not least on expectations that the ECB will adopt a big programme of quantitative easing.

Differences in heaviness were likely to be less salient than differences in object size.

But perhaps anger over Iraq is less salient politically than fear about terrorism.

In event-existentials, the actor is deleted or demoted to some less salient positions than the subject (Yamamoto2006, Afonso2008, Siewierska2008).

Yes, you can get poll respondents to say that the deficit is a serious concern, but it's a far less salient one than worries about losing your job, your health insurance, your pension, or the value of your home.

It is possible the Chicago- and Cook County-specific additional tax changes account for some of the chlamydia cases prevented, yet the Chicago and Cook County alcohol tax changes were small increases, were changes in sales taxes that might be less salient to consumers than excise tax changes 33 and occurred at least a year before or after the state-level excise tax change.

One suggestion is that attention is guided by salience; the more salient aspects of a scene attract attention and are represented more precisely than less salient aspects.