Sentence examples for perceived to be controlled from inspiring English sources

Its media is widely perceived to be controlled by the government and Singapore is ranked number 153 out of 180 by Reporters Without Borders in 2015 on the Press Freedom Index.

For instance, risks that are familiar and that are thought to be under one's control are more accepted than are exotic risks perceived to be controlled by others (Fischhoff et al. 1981).

Three themes emerged:   perceptions of harmful, unacceptable or problematic alcohol use as 'the other'   normalisation of alcohol use when perceived to be controlled and harm free   the ability to function as an endorsement of acceptable alcohol use Focus groups considered unacceptable or problematic use of alcohol to be associated with long-term, heavy and binge drinking.

Individuals whose sexual identity was at odds with their implicit sexual attraction were much more frequently raised by parents perceived to be controlling, less accepting and more prejudiced against homosexuals.

We then meet Dan and Jen within the script, a version of themselves we perceive to be controlling Max and Connie and also Daniel, the writer, another extension of Kitson written in the script.

In other words, patients perceive themselves to be autonomous when their behavior is experienced with a sense of volition and choice, whereas patients perceive themselves to be controlled when they experience pressure or coercion to think, feel, or behave in certain ways [ 11].

And, to add insult to injury, there is a natural human propensity toward complacency when progress is being made and a disease is perceived to be under control.

According to social comparison theory, people would be more likely to underestimate their comparative health risk particularly if the illness /injuries are perceived to be under control or are something that they have not yet experienced [ 1, 2].

The preoperative consultation with the urological cancer surgeon was often the only opportunity for patients to gain knowledge of PFMT before having radical prostatectomy, but the primary focus of this consultation was perceived to be cancer control rather than management of postoperative complications.

"What were perceived to be loopholes in controlling the illegal ivory trade have now been closed," he said.

Keller characterizes this capacity for technological intervention as the transfiguration of genetic determinism, a reversal of representations of nature as destiny and nurture as freedom now that nature is perceived to be easier to control.