indirect influence

collocation in English

meaningsofindirectandinfluence

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indirect
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
us
/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ...
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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 ofindirectandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindirect influence

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The ideologically liberal economic ideas and policy structural alterations that the right implements can have anindirectinfluenceon pension changes.
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The problem ofindirectinfluencethen takes the following form.
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First, there is theindirectinfluenceof the improvement in the general level of living.
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Such a process would only allow for theindirectinfluenceof the passional nature over belief.
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We may assume that they also had anindirectinfluenceon the enactment of law.
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However, transmission of genetic risk may also be anindirectinfluenceon risk for internalizing symptoms.
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A chain of directed arcs indicates anindirectinfluence.
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Our findings provide evidence for ambient temperature being one of these factors, probably acting as a more distal,indirectinfluencedriving other intermediate pathways.
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Theindirectinfluenceseems to be mediated by parents' poor psychosocial functioning and parenting practices.
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In part, this is testimony to the effectiveness of government press policy, which, as we have seen, relied heavily onindirectinfluence.
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He did not have all that much direct scientific influence on my work, but his personality is certainly overpowering, and theindirectinfluenceis enormous.
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Note, however, that a significant correlation between predictors would suggest anindirectinfluence of maternal behaviour on the future course of development.
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Socio-demographic conditions (income and education) have a direct influence on life satisfaction, but also they have an importantindirectinfluencethrough activity, physical illness and perceived health.
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The consistency of the seasonal pattern suggests that meteorological factors could play a role, either directly or as a more distal,indirectinfluencedriving other intermediate pathways.
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Projections from basal forebrain cholinergic nuclei directly regulate this system, whereas cholinergic projections to the thalamus from the basal forebrain and the brainstem have anindirectinfluence.
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The category of ' leaders ' was defined as any individual who makes policy decisions and/or has a direct orindirectinfluenceon the policy-making process (whether political, technical or economic).
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The manager and his wife help to introduce a tone of respectability and refinement which has anindirectinfluenceover the whole of the locality.
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Nevertheless, and perhaps in consequence herindirectinfluenceis in the reverse proportion.
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There is, however, one way in which, without great expense, we in this country can extend ourindirectinfluence.
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