Example sentences of "influence by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fate of attempted reforms has only added to the north 's alienation , as Catholic bishops have time and again pulled Dublin 's politicians by the ear — ‘ a question ’ , as the senior archbishop put it earlier this month , ‘ of legislators respecting the moral convictions to which people adhere , and which are influenced by their membership of the church . ’ |
| 2 | Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are one of Europe 's most innovative design teams , much influenced by their passion for Sicily and Italy 's deep south . |
| 3 | In the example , top right , the apparent shape of the rectangles is influenced by their content . |
| 4 | In addition , people are influenced by their own preconceptions , which will have evolved , in all but the very young , in far less enlightened times . |
| 5 | Rather , it seems voters were strongly influenced by their perception of the competence of their own local authority . |
| 6 | There is not doubt that the behaviour of the police and the courts , as well as the wider public , will be influenced by their image of female crime . |
| 7 | This increase has been best documented with regard to voting behaviour in general elections , where a number of psephological surveys and statistical analyses support Johnston and Pattie 's conclusion that ‘ voters in Great Britain have been increasingly influenced by their local environment when evaluating the competing claims of the political parties … people are increasingly concerned about their local circumstances , and vote accordingly ’ ( 1988 , p. 10 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Clearly , only a minority of young men are dangerous drivers , but of those , too many are influenced by their peers to drive dangerously , ’ said Kenneth Faircloth , the AA 's deputy director general . |
| 9 | Whilst riding , children are experiencing various speeds and directions which are influenced by their own body weight and steering ability . |
| 10 | Children themselves held the greatest sway , and more than 60 per cent of mothers and father were influenced by their offspring . |
| 11 | The dominatrixes denied they were influenced by Madonna , on the contrary , they claimed , the pop icon had been influenced by their ‘ art ’ . |
| 12 | This curiosity about the world and the way in which children 's understanding of that world is coloured and influenced by their individual experiences are characteristic of all young children . |
| 13 | Numerous studies have shown than most young smokers are influenced by their friends ' and older siblings ' smoking habits . |
| 14 | Many new recruits have been influenced by their experiences during a hospital stay or visit . |
| 15 | Strongly influenced by their worldwide sales to date of over 60 million ‘ Walkman ’ products , they believe they can similarly capture a huge mass market for personal , on-the-move , multimedia information and games . |
| 16 | The subjective impressions experienced by the observers were influenced by their expectations . |
| 17 | This demonstrated the importance of family factors in determining the occupational choice of rural school-leavers — nearly 42 per cent of the respondents stated that they had been influenced by their family in their decision to work on the land . |
| 18 | The outcome will be influenced by their effort , but they need to be heavily compensated for bearing risks . |
| 19 | Data collected from a renal unit do not give a true reflection of need as general practitioner and consultant referral rates may be influenced by their perceptions of the services available . |
| 20 | Individual members of the academic community will also often readily admit that their own continuing development is heavily influenced by their interactions with their students ( a symbol of which is the dedication ‘ to my students ’ to be found in many of their books ) . |
| 21 | Q21 In what ways are consumers influenced by their group memberships and by their reference groups ? |
| 22 | In Chapter 3 , we saw that children 's comprehension of difficult sentences is similarly influenced by their knowledge of what kinds of events are likely , and we suggested that this kind of non-linguistic knowledge plays an important role in language acquisition . |
| 23 | Both societies are deeply influenced by their history and by their perception of that history . |
| 24 | Salesmen are relationship centred since both today 's sales and their longer-term future is influenced by their relationship with the customer . |
| 25 | It seems , however , that your leitmotiv is that no doctor could be expected to carry out the multifacetted role that doctors ‘ helping the police with their enquiries ’ have to perform , that they can not do so with their usual amount of skill , and that they can not carry out some of the more sensitive tasks without bias or being influenced by their paymasters — the police . |
| 26 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |
| 27 | There is no good reason why Britain should not have emulated the achievements of the Scandinavian countries who , profoundly influenced by their social democratic tradition , have set standards which in recent years our country has fallen well below . |
| 28 | It was a case of asserting the rights of children while making sure they were less influenced by their parents . |
| 29 | Beethoven , whose own opera of marital fidelity was heavily influenced by its music , regarded it as immoral -a reaction at least healthier than that of most commentators , who dismissed its plot as merely frivolous , and unworthy of Mozart . |
| 30 | Finally , besides working on geometry and being influenced by its methods , Hobbes gives it , as the science of simple motions , a foundational role in the explanatory system of his Elements . |