Sentence examples for strengthened perception from inspiring English sources

For instance, "villages receiving USAID stability projects scored lower on stability--an aggregate measure of whether the projects strengthened perception of good governance and effective service delivery--than similar villages that receive no such assistance.

Experts said the incident would strengthen perceptions of North Korea as unpredictable, unreliable and not open to negotiation.

David Webb, a corporate governance activist in Hong Kong, said of the arrests: "This, along with the recent disclosures of Donald Tsang 'palling around' with tycoons on yachts and jets, certainly strengthens perceptions that business and government are too cozy" in Hong Kong.

While the two politicians said they were not plotting Mr. Brown's overthrow, there seemed little doubt that their letter would strengthen perceptions of division in Labour ranks at the moment when Mr. Brown is seeking unity and support.

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The episode strengthened the perception that public retirement plans were unalterable, even in bankruptcy.

Its failure has strengthened the perception across Europe that austerity is the only way and nothing can ever change.

Deregulation never entirely removed the government's hand from the industry, and in some ways it actually strengthened the perception of the airlines as utilities.

The campaign period has only strengthened the perception that it is the Afghan-born American ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, and not Mr. Karzai, who is the real power here.

Twitterings aside, the White Sox's off-season moves strengthened a perception that they have a better sense of the baseball business than the Cubs.