NHS's winter difficulties has helped to create an impression that the service is in crisis.

ECONOMIST: Health

Mr Sarkozy prefers to create an impression of flexibility and openness to ideas.

ECONOMIST: France's economic reforms

Although Mr Rudd entered the federal parliament only in 1998, he set out to create an impression that he had been around forever.

ECONOMIST: Australia's opposition

Mr Smith also complained that footage was unfairly edited to "create an unfair impression of him and his behaviour".

BBC: X factor

Compare that with a television ad, which has to create such an impression that you remember it days later when you are shopping.

ECONOMIST: Electronic commerce

Before even being powered on, Toshiba's newest sets are sure to create an inviting first impression with beautiful new ultra-thin designs.

ENGADGET: Toshiba slims down its LED lit HDTVs with UL605, SL400 series

Mr Spitzer's office, meanwhile, is looking into whether Gotham Partners Management Company, an American hedge fund, took positions in credit derivatives to create the impression that companies on which it held a bearish view were in financial danger.

ECONOMIST: Clipped

There were mixed views on quotas, with some female politicians acknowledging they had played an important role, whilst others stressed that quotas must not be allowed to create the impression that women politicians are less capable than their male colleagues.

BBC: Betty Boothroyd