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sways

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Third person singular of sway

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For Mr Fortuyn is not just anti-immigrant (nor anti-gay at all, both being gay and knowing that this particular issue sways no votes anyway).

British general elections have also clustered between March and June, because superstitious politicians are convinced that sunshine sways the result in the incumbent's favour.

SCHAFT, A BLUE-LIMBED robot, lifts its right foot to the seventh step of the ladder, its left foot to the eighth, and stops; it sways alarmingly in the strong Florida sea breeze.

And it seems to be the fear, not the risk, that sways people.In the morning rush hour, 500 tube trains serve London.

The NHS sways them more than anything: 38% say it will be decisive when they choose which party to vote for.

They know all too well they serve a mid-sized, declining power that only intermittently sways American policy.What is more, Britain's upper echelons are not theologically opposed to working with Europe, nor hostile to European values.

If beauty sways interviewers, the beautiful will, by and large, have more successful careers than the ugly even in careers for which beauty is not a necessary qualification.If you were swayed by someone's looks, however, would that be wrong?

Moreover, carbon fibre resonates at a different frequency to other building materials, which means it sways less as skyscrapers move in high winds which is what tall buildings are designed to do.

This argument sways most foreign donors, who continue to pour money into the impoverished country.An old Rwandan prophecy has it that a king will emerge from a great catastrophe.

On stage, garlanded with pink and white flowers, a 77-year-old Chicago-born grandmother laughs, raises her hands high, and sways to the music.

Never mind that the footbridge, designed by Sir Norman Foster to link the gallery with St Paul's cathedral, sways so much it has given new meaning to the phrase "swinging London", Tate Modern is the most ambitious museum project in Britain since the second world war.

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