7 sentences with 'indirectly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word indirectly and other words derived from it.
• « The hypothalamus is the region of the brain at the base of the brain, which indirectly controls hunger, thirst, sleep and various other functions, in close relation to the pituitary gland. »
• « The central irony of Renaissance prosperity was that even in northern Italy, the vast majority of the population benefited only indirectly or not at all. »
• « The result: by 1800, approximately 35% of the globe was directly or indirectly controlled by European powers. How did this happen? The first part of the answer is simple: military technology and organisation. »
• « In this way, the British East India Company expanded its power in India over the next century, directly controlling some territories, indirectly controlling others through puppet Indian princes, and economically dominating others. »
• « The British victory was so decisive that Napoleon was forced to abandon his hopes of invading Britain and had to try to weaken it indirectly. »
• « Approximately 25% of the surface of the globe was directly or indirectly controlled by the British after the First World War (1918). »