Sentence examples for rather instrumental from inspiring English sources

In order to bring normative aspects back on the stage of today's global business world and to bridge the gap between rather instrumental approaches on the one side and rather abstract approaches on the other, the recent discussion suggests to again draw on Religious and Spiritual Wisdom traditions (King 2008).

"I think it was rather instrumental in him going to such great heights and becoming prime minister," he said.

By the 1930s their combined effect was an increasing demand for vocal rather than instrumental records and for singing stars such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

A day doesn't go by that I don't play music, but I'd much rather learn instrumental repertoire on my guitar than write songs.

However, positioning errors overshadow the rather small instrumental and timing errors as already mentioned earlier.

Such an approach, Critical Theorists argue, permits their enterprise to be practical in a distinctively moral (rather than instrumental) sense.

A positive and significant correlation between the willingness to naturalise and emigration intentions confronts us with another, rather disturbing, instrumental motive – obtaining citizenship signals a preparation for "escape" rather than a manifestation of integration.

However, given that symbolic value rather than instrumental value varies greatly across consumer goods in a buyer's market, it is no longer accurate to use the type of consumer good to measure social class.

However, the type of causality the senses were viewed as exercising was deemed to be purely "excitatory" or "inclinatory" (Quodl. I, q. 12, p. 175, 613 16), making the senses not the principal but rather an instrumental cause of intellection.

Therefore, older people with chronic illnesses should be targeted with supportive care that focuses on basic ADLs rather than instrumental and intellectual ADLs.

It is interesting to note that in addition to being numerous, the participants' needs are primarily psycho-educational needs rather than instrumental needs.