Example sentences of "[adv] had [adj] influence " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 2 | Someone who possibly had more influence on Laing than anyone else was the late Sir Douglas Crawford , formerly chairman of Wm Crawford $ Sons , which became part of United Biscuits in 1962 when Sir Douglas became vice-chairman until his retirement in 1974 . |
| 3 | ‘ He was the only one who ever had any influence with Robert . |
| 4 | A dullish designer if one compares his work to the brio and subtleties of French Art Nouveau , he nonetheless had considerable influence as a theoretician early this century , and at the end of his life , wrote his memoirs in which he emphasised his role in the creation of the modern movement . |
| 5 | Now , before we look at Campbell 's teaching more closely , let me mention another thinker who probably had some influence on him . |
| 6 | In fact , the indigenous population probably had more influence than most historians believe . |
| 7 | The switch of news focus clearly had some influence on the public 's agenda but a remarkably small one : in terms of television influencing the public 's agenda the cause seemed much greater than the effect . |
| 8 | Because of their early contact with parents they often had considerable influence in steering parents towards specialist provision . |
| 9 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 10 | It even had some influence on paramilitary groups like the Protestant Ulster Defence Association . |
| 11 | The Communist Party never had much influence on Tyneside other than among seamen . |