Sentence examples for reinforcing a perception from inspiring English sources

He said a blanket attempt to imprison foreign fighters "could have a radicalising effect on the returnees' friends, families and communities, reinforcing a perception of a wider war between the west and Islam".

This might act as false reassurance for those who are "merely" overweight, implicitly reinforcing a perception that messages about healthy eating and exercise are not aimed at them.

Each riesling triumph has reinforced a perception that riesling is New York's forte.

These disclosures might reinforce a perception that Netanyahu is capable of abuse of power.

The best political arguments reinforce a perception that voters already have about a candidate.

The documents are likely to reinforce a perception held by many corporate clients — and the public — that law firms inflate bills by performing superfluous tasks and overstaffing assignments.

Then there was the unusually cold winter in Northern Europe and the United States, which may have reinforced a perception that the Earth was not warming.

The inadequate risk controls at RBS will reinforce a perception that some banks have become not merely too big to fail, but too complex to manage.

A candidate forum was under way, and his rival was needling Mr. Bush with an oft-repeated joke in which he was the punchline, a yarn that reinforced a perception of him as a spoiled rich kid from back East.

(That Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim Foundation, showed up at a Modern dinner only reinforced a perception that New York institutions are in thrall to Mr. Gordeev, or at least his easy way with donations).

Even as the Sept. 11 commission wound up two days of widely publicized public hearings, the inspector general's assessment reinforced a perception among some critics that the country remained vulnerable to another major strike.