Sentence examples for turn less on from inspiring English sources

The trial of Dharun Ravi promises to turn less on what happened between him and Tyler Clementi in September 2010 — there is general agreement about most of the events — than on why.

Without some long-range planning, the Philharmonic's next conductor search will again turn less on what the orchestra knows it wants than on whom it discovers it can get.

Love stories, like love itself, turn less on things that are easy to summarize — situations, plots — than on the little details that give a tale or encounter its unexpected power: a gripping tone, a flash of wit, the eerily sadistic undertones of an erotic obsession.

But resist it he should, and if a few diehards jump ship, so be it.As the Tory party moves towards the centre under the inclusive David Cameron and New Labour continues to sprawl out over that territory under Gordon Brown, party differences will turn less on goals than on effective delivery and credibility.

Second, these events often turn less on substance than on memorable moments -- the gaffe or zinger -- endlessly replayed on our screens.

As with much of the story, the moment turned less on geopolitics than on human relations.

And his own clean-out is far from complete: "We should do more", he says firmly.To justify this, his argument turns less on precedent than on pathology.

Still, Judge Ginsburg's opinion suggested that the appeals court ruling turned less on the recategorization of Mr. Bensayah's alleged ties to Al Qaeda than on skepticism about the basic credibility of the evidence the government presented against him.

It could be said that the novel turns less on the question of abortion, or the stupor of the suburbs, or the timidity of Eisenhower conformists, than on the single question of whether a wife should be allowed to work.

"Weak" is a powerful epithet among the Democrats, who are still staggering as a result of last year's election, which, polls suggest, seems to have turned less on such issues as gay marriage and abortion than on the perception that Kerry and the Democrats were not quite up to the task of defending the nation.

As for Mr Mandelson, he apologises only for having played a part in "a muddle rather than a misrepresentation".This careful choice of words strengthens the impression that his sacking turned less on whatever Mr Mandelson did for Mr Hinduja in 1998 and more on the confusing account he rendered when these actions came under scrutiny at the start of this year.