Sentence examples for metropolitan influence from inspiring English sources

Whatever it is, though, you just see more of that metropolitan influence".

Studies state that its culture is slowly changing, being altered or destroyed because of urbanization and metropolitan influence.

The geographic analysis employs two variables: Census rural and metropolitan influence zone.

Tables 3 and 4 compare the use of alternative health care across the urban to rural continuum in Ontario using the four metropolitan influence zones.

People living in more rural and remote regions (i.e., moderate, weak, or no metropolitan influence zones (MIZ)) were more likely than urban or strongly influenced MIZ dwellers to report having CBD.

Demographic variables included: sex, age at diagnosis (continuous variable, in years), health region, location of residence (urban/rural, using the metropolitan influence zone classification [ 23]), material and social deprivation indices [ 24], frailty (yes/no), organ failure (yes/no), and residence in a long-term care facility (yes/no).

David Robins, who is the secretary general of the Wessex Regionalist Party, said: "It is predominantly still a rural area, therefore sees itself distinct from London and metropolitan influences".

Using a socio-ecological framework, we model the extent to which individual-level characteristics, social environment factors and perceptions of physical environment factors at the neighbourhood and metropolitan scales influence choice of the bicycle as the main transport mode.

An exploratory factor analysis distilled the indicators of the latent constructs of the socio-ecological framework into factors, which reflect physical environment challenges and opportunities perceived at the neighbourhood and metropolitan scales; influence of significant others; perceived status symbol of the bike; and perceived commuting benefits of bicycling.

The busy harbour, besides adding to the city's cosmopolitan atmosphere, is the foundation of the metropolitan economy, influencing many aspects of urban life.

In celebrating his native island, Walcott, whose first collection of 25 Poems appeared in 1949, celebrates all lives lived far from metropolitan centres of influence.