Example sentences of "influence [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Since the time of the TCCB 's creation by MCC , under whose control of the first-class game the power and influence of the counties was restrained by their advisory status , stopping short of full enfranchisement , the power of the counties has become paramount , to the point at which the tail has appeared to wag the dog .
2 The general standard of farming was good , reflecting the influence of the sons who had attained either a degree or a diploma in agriculture before returning home .
3 I 'm sure it 's the influence of the Indians .
4 This healthy tone has been bred not only by the daily influence of the railways , but by the annual practice of ‘ going to the seaside ’ or making a tour , a practice undreamt of before railways , and now endemic …
5 Harvey 's group , for example , found that peeling paint in the home related to lower IQ , but that it was nothing to do with lead in the paint , relating more probably to the influence of the parents .
6 Because of the persistent influence of the mountains , sometimes a ridge in the flow pattern develops at about 15 degrees of longitude upstream .
7 If the London museum was a product of imperial self-confidence , the American Museum of Natural History in New York celebrated the growing influence of the captains of industry in a similarly grandiose fashion .
8 They take into account , for the first time , the magnetic influence of the monopoles , and find that monopoles should deposit more energy in these materials than had been previously suspected ( Physical Review Letters , vol 50 , p 644 ) .
9 Although the quantitative approach raises its own problems of methodology and measurement in attempting to model complex behaviour , it can be useful in sharpening concepts , providing some common ground between different disciplines and isolating the effects of one particular variable whilst allowing for the influence of the others .
10 As with all the needs and requirements that constitute the sources of control , its influence is mediated by the influence of the others .
11 Tudor England was no cultured and sophisticated Italian state , but the country did feel the influence of the humanists and gave hospitality to Erasmus .
12 Despite years of Thatcherism , both deep-rooted sympathy for the NHS as a bulwark of the welfare state , and the professional strength and influence of the doctors as a pressure-group were still remarkably strong .
13 Within the health service the very direct influence of the doctors has been subjected to considerable attention by policy analysts .
14 Under the influence of the drugs we exchanged a few playful cuddles and kisses , just for a lark .
15 In this case Miss T. had been during her childhood subjected to the religious beliefs of her mother and in her weakened medical condition , in pain , and under the influence of the drugs administered to assist her , the pressure from her mother was likely to have a considerably enhanced effect .
16 Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy .
17 This shift primarily reflects the influence of the processes of scientific discovery on the social thought of the period .
18 Indeed , regional Leagues played an active role in strike-breaking , encouraging the enrolment of volunteer workers , providing lorry drivers and transporting foodstuffs , and publishing news-sheets and leaflets attacking ‘ the pernicious influence of the reds ’ .
19 The influence of the accountants
20 However , the restricted influence of the Communists must be attributed in part to the subordination of their parties to the Communist International , which manifested a distinct lack of interest , knowledge or understanding of the local conditions within which they had to operate .
21 And what about the influence of the professions and organized practice on undergraduate studies ?
22 The influence of the Situationists is clearly demonstrated ( if overstated ) in these books .
23 ‘ The gigantic power and influence of the ovaries over the whole animal economy of woman ’ , as Dr Bliss put it in 1870 , meant that women 's constitutions were believed to be inherently unstable throughout the life cycle .
24 For the Elizabethan magus John Dee ( 1527–1608 ) , it was as imperative to study the specific characteristics of everything in nature as it was to understand the controlling influence of the stars .
25 Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared .
26 As the influence of the black-and-whites is so massive , it is worth looking in some detail at how they developed and came by their different names .
27 The influence of the bishops , and of the church generally , on the content of the Ordinances was negligible .
28 An important change in the balance within the industrial movement , and hence within the Labour Party , was brought about by the decline in numbers and influence of the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain .
29 The verderers were intended to act as a check upon the paid Forest officers in the interests of the Crown , but the numerous instances already cited of peculation and extortion on the part of the latter seem to indicate that the verderers were in many instances overawed by the authority and influence of the wardens and foresters of fee .
30 A strong supporting argument was the supposed harmful influence of the cities on young impressionable minds .
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