Sentence examples for shaping the behavior from inspiring English sources

Additionally, military force is also a surprisingly poor tool for shaping the behavior of other countries, except when only their peripheral interests are involved.

But in this new wave of shows, the camera often becomes a character in and of itself, or at least an agent in shaping the behavior of its subjects.

Shaping the behavior of those states should be an important goal of the United States and its partners.

The model examined the de-coupled role of agricultural profitability and landscapes initiatives in shaping the behavior of land managers, mapping alternative landscape futures over a period of 25 years.

With the absence of significant influence of oil price reduction on the food price both in the long run and in the short run, the role of market power in shaping the behavior of Malaysia's food price is likely to be significant.

To Mr. Shoemaker's credit, he has apologized, but the episode is a compelling reminder of just how powerful the business of companies like Publix can be in shaping the behavior of the suppliers who want their business.

"But the strategic choices legitimized by Presidents Bush and Putin will shape the behavior and policies of successors for years to come".

Sanders tends to shape the behavior of the candidates around him, in part, perhaps, because he can be so unchanging (and Clinton so adaptable).

"Now we appreciate that it is an endocrine organ," in other words, an organ that like the thyroid or pancreas, secretes hormones to shape the behavior of other tissues far and wide.

Many countries are stricter about enforcing diversity of private media ownership than we are, and they find ways to give an economic advantage to the better news organizations while still maintaining public-service requirements to shape the behavior of private companies that use public airwaves.

Which is why if I had one question for Kissinger after reading this book it would be: Is there, indeed can there be, anything new in the world that could fundamentally shape the behavior of nations as much as their immutable history and geography?