Sentences with phrase «relatively small influence»

Overall, the macro-nutrient composition of our diet only has a relatively small influence on our insulin levels.

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Despite her company's relatively small size, $ 11.3 billion in revenue in 2011, she exerted her influence in broader circles.

The authors note the importance of housing prices going forward, as a relatively small change could have a large influence on the incidence of negative equity.

A relatively small number of thoughtful letters or conversations may have a significant influence on the quality of what is published.

Fortunately, their influence on American ministers has been relatively small and even less on laymen.

He said: «The number of super-conservative puritans is relatively small but, for fear of them, they have been given a weight of influence way beyond their numbers.»

Ms Mardirossian points out that, as a relatively small player in the global retail arena — compared with Walmart, for example — Woolworths has only limited capacity to influence its supply chain.

Although the effects of maternal food supplements on mean birthweight are relatively small, because of their influence across the population distribution they have great biological significance.

That incentive is now there because the cost of lobbying is small in monetary terms relative to benefits, as you only need to influence a small amount of decision makers each of which is relatively «cheap» to influence.

Because committee members» ballots are weighted according to how many people in their area voted for the Democratic candidate in the most recent gubernatorial election, Upper West Siders wielded outsize influence in the decision process because of vastly higher turnout rates in their neighborhood — even though it makes up a relatively small portion of the district.

While other types of neurons in the brainstem and hypothalamus have been shown to influence REM sleep, Dan said, «Because of the strong induction of REM sleep — in 94 percent of the recorded trials our mice entered REM sleep within seconds of activating the neurons — we think this might be a critical node of a relatively small network that makes the decision whether you go into dream sleep or not.»

That analysis, which broke down the effects of a number of different possible influences on the global temperature, found that El Niño provided only a relatively small, though still noticeable, assist.

Although the dominating influence of somatic CNAs is understandable, the relatively small contribution of CNVs to the expression picture is rather surprising.

There's good news, too, but of a perverse sort: the very limits of schooling - both its ineffectiveness and the relatively small place it occupies in children's lives - leave ample room for other influences to work on youngsters» civic values and behavior.

The coalition further notes that investments in SLRSP «can amplify other investments in educator quality and lead to improved outcomes for educators, students, and families,» and that «a relatively small federal investment can have a huge influence on locally - driven efforts to get well - prepared, well - supported principals in our highest - need schools.»

Stripping away the influence of portfolio theory (which encourages broad diversification) involves isolating and evaluating the relatively small group of equity managers who rely heavily on judgment to build concentrated equity portfolios.

Like it or not, the Internet has become a big influence on consumer shopping patterns; and while e-commerce still accounts for only a relatively small portion of pet product sales, industry experts almost universally agree that we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impact that web - based retailing will have on the pet care category.

Corrections for urban effect are quite important, because it does influence climate even when the population is relatively small (10).

Many of these changes may often be relatively small compared to their natural variations but it is the influence of these changes on the specific climate variables which the system is at risk from that is important.

Quantitatively, I would still suggest that relatively small changes in priors will have only minimal influence on the final sensitivity estimates.

Evaluating past statistics, the panel concluded that predictable influences on climate made for only relatively small changes.

Unfortunately radiative heat transfer plays a relatively small role in the heat transfer processes occurring between a sphere and a relatively dense, gaseous atmosphere under the influence of a gravitational field.

The crypto - gambling is still relatively small market compared to fiat gambling, therefore I would say that the biggest factor that will influence our success will be our capability to capture fiat gamblers who might not be familiar with cryptocurrencies at all.

Although ethnic identity was a significant predictor of self - esteem, it accounted for a relatively small proportion of the variance, suggesting the importance of other influences on self - esteem.