Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] influence " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be said that he provided a major influence on inspiration in the development of the Division 's work in this area . |
| 2 | However , both also suggest a significant influence absent both from Middleborough and the Lion and Stag pavement . |
| 3 | ‘ Remnant theology ’ exercises a powerful influence in the Protestant churches of Western Europe . |
| 4 | He or she is not nowadays very likely to feature in the book you may write , but the idea lies at the heart of detective fiction and still exercises a subtle influence . |
| 5 | A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions . |
| 6 | Though the Treaty of Kanghwa had stated Korea to be independent , the concept of a tributary relationship remained significant in thinking in both China and Korea , and during the early decades of the Meiji period China maintained a strong influence in the peninsula , being closely identified with the more conservative element whose dominance was resented by so many Japanese . |
| 7 | It seems a pity that investigators have relied almost entirely on traditional IQ tests , which can be affected by impulsivity and other personality factors related to hyperactivity ; it is quite possible that the effects of lead on hyperactivity may be responsible for the apparent loss of IQ , even if we acknowledge a causal influence of lead on hyperactivity . |
| 8 | The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models . |
| 9 | This fate might be waived if he is considered a good influence on the other dealers . |
| 10 | This is important because public opinion has a crucial influence on the climate in which industrial relations is conducted . |
| 11 | Pauline Bishop 's beautiful house by the Lake District has a cosmopolitan influence inspired by her travels around the world . |
| 12 | Categorising types of writing is not easy , but there is good evidence to suggest that the type of writing attempted has a strong influence on the outcome . |
| 13 | Children think in black and white , good and bad , and the comic has a powerful influence on shaping attitudes . |
| 14 | Each body has a powerful influence in Parliament and is instrumental in introducing legislation into Parliament and in modifying each government 's proposals on local government legislation . |
| 15 | Bryant and Bradley conclude that a child 's awareness of the sounds in words , revealed by their ability to detect rhyme and alliteration , ‘ has a powerful influence on their eventual success in learning to read and spell ’ . |
| 16 | Symbolism has a powerful influence on COMMITMENT and BEHAVIOUR . |
| 17 | The Swedish influence has continued up to the present day , where the Faunus Kennel has a great influence on the breeding stock in Norway . |
| 18 | Food : As we have seen in an earlier chapter , our physical condition has a great influence on our minds and our emotions — the reverse also being true . |
| 19 | The volume of the ocean basins has fluctuated over time and this has a great influence over virtually every other life-generating and sustaining force ever discovered . |
| 20 | It is widely believed in Italy that the moon has a great influence on human beings and on nature . |
| 21 | Magnetic saturation has a great influence on the torque produced by a stepping motor ( Fig.3.1 ) and its effects can be included in pull-out torque calculations ( Acarnley and Hughes , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | In operational day-to-day terms the Bank of England has a major influence on three major markets , the sterling money market , the foreign exchange market , and the gilt-edged market . |
| 23 | In some of these cases the company may be the market leader , that is to say it has the largest single share of the market and because of this has a major influence on market prices and product design . |
| 24 | However , few would argue that this has a determining influence on the size of the public sector or that such a diversity of actors can he described as a single ‘ elite ’ Rather , authors such as the US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental relations and Rose and Peters in Britain tend to stress the plurality of causes of growth in public expenditure . |
| 25 | They have been able to prove without doubt that aroma has a profound influence on mind and body . |
| 26 | As we have seen , culture permeates the whole of life and has a profound influence on the meaning which people attach to the messages they hear , the way they make decisions and the social and institutional structures which they build around their creeds and values . |
| 27 | As well as creating major development opportunities for team members this shift has a profound influence on managerial work . |
| 28 | As noted above , the mother 's education has a profound influence on the probability that her children will survive early childhood , yet her opportunities to obtain schooling are compromised by early marriage and the conventions that prescribe it . |
| 29 | The molar mass distribution ( MMD ) of a polymer sample has a significant influence on its properties and a knowledge of the shape of this distribution is fundamental to the full characterization of a polymer . |
| 30 | At various points in this book I have referred to such agents — among them nations , dynasties , social classes , elites of diverse kinds , generational , ethnic and cultural groups — and we have now to examine more closely their role in political life and especially the conditions under which one or other of them has a predominant influence . |