subtle influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubtleandinfluence
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subtle
adjective
uk/ˈsʌt.əl/us/ˈsʌt̬.əl/
not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofsubtleandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Finally, explicit and comprehensive scripts are the basis on which the sometimessubtleinfluenceof instructions can be studied.
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It may be that, in years to come, somesubtleinfluenceacting specifically on the hypothalamus and controlling fertility may be found.
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The dubbing process is obviously a fairly recent phenomenon, but other forms of written and spoken translation have long affected language development; dubbing has become just one moresubtleinfluence.
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Then, again—a point that was mentioned in the excellent maiden speech—one can follow thesubtleinfluenceon industry of the country's foreign policy.
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If we have made that advance, let us be quite careful that nosubtleinfluencerobs us of the progress we have made.
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However, it is not the purpose of this analysis to investigate the subtle influences that various tectonic and geological factors can have on the precise volume of granitic melt produced.
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I find it difficult to accept that with all the subtle influences that genes have on our behavior, selectively avoiding lifethreatening situations was not a possibility.
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Under market value the subtle influences of earning capacity, of profitability, of some degree of scarcity in certain circumstances, are all brought into account between willing lessors and willing lessees.
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I am not saying that the difference in this matter concerning the divorce laws is the main influence at work—there are deeper factors and more subtle influences.
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Their music primarily falls within the country genre with subtle influences of rock and folk.
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