positive influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpositiveandinfluence
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positive
adjective
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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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 ofpositiveandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Research reported earlier demonstrated thepositiveinfluencethat triggers have in enhancing creativity or solving engineering problems.
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It was noted above that this was the one area in which socio-economic status exerted apositiveinfluenceon well-being.
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Research, too, increasingly supports the validity andpositiveinfluenceof religiosity on achieving and maintaining physical and mental health.
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As a result, she has a deeper relationship and a morepositiveinfluenceon those around her.
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For any nondecreasing function f, there is a variable ofpositiveinfluence.
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Therefore, parasites might even have apositiveinfluenceon their hosts if the latter face environmental pollution.
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This pattern had apositiveinfluenceon the recruitment of cases.
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Lower concentrations of serotonin (0.01 and 0.1 mg/ml) slightly decreased embryo development, whereas 0.0001 mg/ml of serotonin had apositiveinfluenceon development.
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This has had apositiveinfluenceon the work that is taking place in that community.
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It is only in the presence of young-adult work stressors that their significantpositiveinfluenceis observed.
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Soil texture generally exerts apositiveinfluenceon yields and net returns.
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Thepositiveinfluenceof the valve in acute period of adaptation to the surgical intervention is indisputable.
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Although family contacts had apositiveinfluenceon remaining housed, they did not predict settledness.
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Thepositiveinfluenceof music on our overall well-being has been recognised for centuries.
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This theorem can be used to establish negative dependence, somewhat paradoxically, via a notion of a variable ofpositiveinfluence.
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What factors have apositiveinfluenceon cognitive and behavioral development?
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Both these subsidiary factors have apositiveinfluence, but the latter factor carries much more weight than the former.
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Interest, mobilization and ideology also show a strongpositiveinfluenceon vote similarity.
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In most instances, the campaign has apositiveinfluenceon levels of trust and efficacy.
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