Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi had urged them not to be swayed by passion or emotion.

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But Nyantakyie told BBC Sport that the GFA is determined not to be swayed by these "latter-day football converts".

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However, Mr McGuigan's fiancee Nicci Prestage, 37, has urged the court not to be swayed by the claims of the defence.

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Elsewhere, decisions about who runs the mundane affairs of local government ought not to be swayed by, say, the war in Iraq.

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Summing up the prosecution case, Mr Edis urged the jury of five women and seven men not to be swayed by sympathy for Ms Pryce.

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Anne Simpson, head of corporate governance at Calpers, the Californian state pension fund, urged Apple to "keep calm and carry on" with the changes it had proposed, and not to be swayed by "side conversations with a single shareholder".

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But Barneveld insisted he would return to the Lakeside and would not be swayed by the larger prize money on offer at the PDC World Championship.

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According to the study, this tendency to be swayed by outside moods is not just an incidental curiosity but can systematically distort rational decisions.

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It's important to note that there is some social science evidence that in certain cases voters may not be swayed by weight.

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