Sentence examples for the distracting effect from inspiring English sources

In theory this foray into crowdsourcing allowed the audience a degree of input in the presentation of the piece; in practice it was mostly a mess, with random, unilluminating quick cuts among clips and the distracting effect of all those red laser points.

"Some of our respondents noted the distracting effect of having friendships at work, including an effect on those at the periphery of these relationships.

Sure enough, those people allowed to make plans were freed from the distracting effect of leaving the warm-up task unfinished.

In fact, for Lin items, the distracting effect of type C approached that of type A. Table 4 also shows the average logit values of the examinees who made incorrect selections.

Agreeing about the motivating effects, Diane Penrod also praised the books' blending of simple entertainment with "the qualities of highbrow literary fiction", but expressed concern about the distracting effect of the prolific merchandising that accompanies the book launches.

Add to that, the fact that going "nordo" out of radio contact should have launched a homeland security alert and new concerns about the distracting effect of the personal electronic devices in all sorts of transportation modes and, well, the cliché "perfect storm" does come to mind.

To prevent the mis-classification of migraine phases or the distracted effect on EEG, patients were requested not to take analgesics within 2 days before EEG recording, nor take any psychotropic drugs within 4 weeks before the EEG study.

Type A distractors (based on the recency effect) demonstrated the strongest distracting effect across item types and proficiency levels, resulting in the highest percentages of incorrect responses as well as the highest average examinee ability who selected this distractor.

And she was another designer this season tempted by the weirdly distracting effect of damp faces.

It's a magical, sometimes distracting effect: at the start of the film, when the characters first move through the painted canvas of the revolution, we are instantly taken to another, visually and emotionally heightened world.

A retired game official, Tony Veteri, who now helps the Jets pay attention to the rules when they practice, said that winter weather can have a distracting effect on players "The guys are more interested in keeping warm than in the game," he said.