Sentence examples for mainsprings from inspiring English sources

He decried ideology and the class struggle, once the mainsprings of foreign policy, as useless.

"Labour are about taking over what they see as the mainsprings of power," he says.

Thus Cosimo was one of the mainsprings of Humanism.

With better quality mainsprings, torque variations have been reduced to a minimum, and with a properly adjusted balance and balance spring, good timekeeping is ensured.

The tensions of a Catholic in the Jewish-run industry of early-fifties Hollywood are themselves among the mainsprings of the movie's comedy as well as of its drama.

The dawning of knowledge, the instant of understanding, the way an idea comes together at once as if with the satisfying snap of a seat-belt buckle — such well-prepared serendipities are the mainsprings of "The Martian".

In 2000 Europe's leaders committed the region to becoming "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world" by 2010.Governments have good reason to foster innovation, for it is the mainspring of economic growth.

But at $40,000 it is hardly cheap.Another drawback of a traditional watch is that as the mainspring uncoils, the power that the escapement transfers to the balance-wheel declines, making the watch run slower.

But its mainspring may be about to break.

Here, as applied to law, was the very mainspring of the pragmatists' outlook: the meaning of a doctrine or theory is indistinguishable from the practical effects of adopting it.James and Peirce were, more strictly, the philosophers of the club, and the pair make a wonderful study in contrasts.

The combination of the two is holding back productivity improvement, the mainspring of rising living standards; firms cannot take full advantage of new information technology through just-in-time production, for instance, if deliveries are unpunctual.