Example sentences of "[noun sg] can influence the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spring daylight can influence the biological equilibrium of a marine tank . |
| 2 | Most of the rain which reaches rivers and lakes has first passed over vegetation and through soils , so the land use and soil type can influence the acidity of water courses . |
| 3 | there 's no way that the , the , the committee can influence the club like that . |
| 4 | Some of them offer the beguiling idea that skill can influence the odds in our favour , but acquiring that skill usually means spending more time and money . |
| 5 | It is clear that the presence or absence of a check can influence the technique of the player . |
| 6 | They are , but it must be recognized that by adopting certain accounting policies over others , management can influence the future expansion and direction of ( as in this case ) a major nationalized industry . |
| 7 | The extent of sample crystallinity can influence the behaviour of a polymer sample greatly . |
| 8 | Additionally , animal studies have shown that monaural occlusion early in development can influence the development of auditory receptive fields in the central nervous system . |
| 9 | Just as variations in the physical and mineralogical properties of bedrock can influence the mineralogical products of weathering so different lithologies give rise to a range of weathering forms . |
| 10 | However , pH can influence the outcome of competition , with acidic conditions selecting for acetogenesis , and it is possible therefore that the luminal pH in the colon is important in this respect . |
| 11 | Although at the political level it would seem that the Keynesian position has been relegated , at the theoretical ( and practical ) level it is maintained that fiscal policy can influence the achievement of the objectives of government policy . |
| 12 | We have established that rational expectations per se do not imply policy ineffectiveness , for when rational expectations are combined with alternative models of the macroeconomy systematic policy can influence the behaviour of output and allow the authorities to undertake stabilization policies . |
| 13 | Debt management policy can influence the shape of the yield curve . |
| 14 | Together , Nicholson and Hofmann developed an impressive family of aromatic dyestuffs , and — even though the structure of benzene was still uncertain — began to understand how chemical constitution can influence the colour of compounds . |
| 15 | The conditions for perfect competition are that : ( a ) there should be many small firms producing identical products ( so that no individual firm can influence the price of the product or the wage rate ) ; ( b ) there should be many individual workers ( so that no one of them can influence the wage rate ) ; ( c ) there should be perfect mobility of all factors of production ; ( d ) all labour and jobs should be homogeneous ; ( e ) there should be perfect information on the part of all buyers and sellers ; ( f ) wages and prices should be perfectly flexible , upwards and downwards . |
| 16 | It means that man can influence the events of heaven . |
| 17 | And in any case , this sort of information will hardly prove the point in question ; for while it is true enough that capital can influence the filling of government posts , the formation of foreign policy and so on , this simply shows that the state is swayed by an interest group which may be one among many . |
| 18 | Subsequent studies have supported the hypothesis that population mixing can influence the incidence of childhood leukaemia . |
| 19 | Discourse is reciprocal when there is at least a potential for interaction , when the sender can monitor reception and adjust to it — or , to put it another way , where the receiver can influence the development of what is being said . |
| 20 | Previous investigations have demonstrated how provision of emotionally relevant information can influence the way people interpret their own behaviour and in turn whether they respond emotionally or non-emotionally to a given situation . |
| 21 | Thus spin polarisation can influence the ability of a fusion device to contain a fuel . |
| 22 | It is then not surprising that much of the response to the sociology of knowledge is a defence of these disciplines that incorporates the common-sense proposition that social context can influence the form and content of knowledge . |
| 23 | In contrast with feelings of subjective risk , authors dealing with estimates of risk have often regarded estimated risk as a multidimensional concept ( Glendon , 1987 ; Hale , 1987 ; Johnson & Tversky , 1984 ) in which context can influence the relevance of different dimensions . |