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Swayed in sentence

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It is easy to be swayed by arguments about how costly such market fragmentation would be.
Angry people swayed by the populist message are angrier at liberal professors, clever bankers, or skeptical journalists than they are at multi-billionaires.
But Xi, knowing that he has the upper hand on the trade issue, will not be easily swayed.
Fortunately for Xi, Trump has no interest in “democratizing” other countries, and he doesn’t seem to have been swayed by the US investors, financiers, and technology titans who want his administration to press for more access to the Chinese economy.
British officers believed that they were being brave by not being swayed by "emotions"!
This, along with widening income inequality, helps explain how voters can be swayed by a candidate like Trump, especially when they live, as many increasingly do, in their own information universes.
Perhaps swayed by promises of eurozone financial support (and Europe’s desire to prevent default-fueled financial contagion from spreading to countries like Spain and possibly Italy), the IMF took a rosier view of debt sustainability in countries like Greece than it has in emerging markets.
For example, Yao Yang of Peking University has argued that the Chinese government is able to decide the right policies at critical points, because it is not unduly swayed by any interest group.
They voted early, and they may very well have swayed the outcome.
None of this swayed the rest of the world, which views the war with disdain and alarm.
But because those politicians are so appealing to so many, they, no less than easily swayed voters, must be scrutinized.
One proposal for voting reform on the Governing Council gives greater weight to the six policymakers at the ECB's center, under the assumption that these officials are less likely to be swayed by national interests.
Ominously, in a referendum this month, Danish voters, swayed by similar concerns about refugees and terrorism, rejected proposals for closer cross-border policing cooperation with the EU.
Meanwhile, a new generation of “born free” South Africans are not swayed solely by the ANC’s historical credentials, especially with youth unemployment near 45%.
Granted, some people are not open to reasoning of any kind, and so will not be swayed by such an argument.
Western officials were also swayed by concerns about the stability of supplies in the Middle East, which accounts for a large proportion of the world’s proven reserves.
Leaving decisions to a self-interested elite is not a good answer, but neither (currently) is broad voting: People are easily swayed and might not understand the issues, and they might be too oriented toward the short term.
Most people appear to be more easily swayed by emotions – which can lead them to mass murder or warm compassion, depending on the circumstances – than by the cool calculus of rational self-interest.
In the short term, while Kadima will get fewer votes without Sharon at the helm, some voters will be swayed by sympathy for the stricken leader.
Trump seems to think that Kim can be swayed not simply by threats and pressure, but by flattery and promises as well.
Nor should we be swayed by the argument that circuses provide employment.
Do not accept uplifting anecdotes as evidence, or be swayed by glossy charity gift catalogs.
Doing so would minimize the risk of voters being swayed by tangential considerations (and, in the case of a low-stakes question, as in the 2011 referendum on electoral systems, the government should not be perceived to have a strong preference).
It is the result of policy choices that were influenced or swayed by relatively rich people (again, Unbound has the details).
Private investors are extremely hesitant to relinquish control to public entities, owing to fears that public bodies can be swayed by political influence and may not invest on commercial terms.
No political system can perfectly translate the public will into policy, and the public will is often confused, misinformed, or swayed by dangerous passions.
Joyful and preoccupied, Laska started running across the bog, which swayed beneath her feet.
The garlands of flowers swayed from the ceiling, and the gilt shields jumped against the walls.
" He was already in the narrow bucket, which swayed at the end of the cable; and holding his lamp in one hand and the signal-cord in the other, he shouted to the engine-man:"Gently!"
Enormous trees, sometimes as high as 200 feet, were linked to each other by garlands of tropical creepers, genuine natural hammocks that swayed in a mild breeze.
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