Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a [adj] influence " in BNC.

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1 Religion has had a decisive influence on thinking about dreaming , and it is achieving a revival in many parts of the world .
2 Psychoanalytic thinking has had a deep influence on psychiatry and psychology in the twentieth century , but this has been by no means decisive , and its increasingly fragmented theories have been subjected to continuous criticism .
3 Of course , there have been historical fluctuations in revolutionary activity , as well as considerable variations between societies — with revolutionary parties having had a greater influence in France and Italy than in the rest of Western and Northern Europe or in North America — but the predominant style of working-class politics everywhere has been reformist , directed toward a gradual attrition of the unregulated market economy .
4 Fortunately dietary intervention from before conception seems to have a favourable influence on outcome , which seems to be closely associated with the degree of hyperphenylalaninaemia very early in gestation .
5 To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere .
6 There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries .
7 In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England .
8 I believe that our membership of the ERM has had a major influence on the recession in the United Kingdom .
9 It is a truism that the executive search consultant hired has a stronger influence on the person eventually put on the short list of candidates than the client .
10 They had not ill-treated him in prison , but the fact that his future had been so very much in danger had had a tremendous influence on his morale .
11 Although conventional , Crossman 's technique , dazzling for the time , shines through many of Stone 's records , notably ‘ Tiger Rag ’ from 1934 , where it is obvious that the American clarinettist Jimmy Dorsey had had a strong influence on him .
12 The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art .
13 The building of Alexander Court has had a strong influence and the overall view of the area has been enhanced by the interaction of the garden and the new residence .
14 The growth of EP has had a marked influence at the low end of the publishing business .
15 As to the first question , it is evident that the working-class movement has had a profound influence upon the extension of the suffrage and the creation of mass parties ( which will be examined further in Chapter 2 ) , and hence upon the establishment of a democratic political regime as it now exists in the advanced capitalist countries .
16 The ALA has had a major influence in redesigning the police recruitment forms , which have gone through three drafts since the Met tried to interest Labour councils in their campaign to attract more ethnic minority officers .
17 Unions in Japan have had a major influence on the way the labour market is structured , but this reflects principally the fact that union membership is in large part confined to regular workers in large firms .
18 In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) .
19 Cochrane 's criticism of the impact of health care has had a lasting influence and is often used to undermine health services .
20 It is the aim of this chapter to examine these theoretical issues , especially the Keynesian versus monetarist debate , since theoretical controversy has had a profound influence on the attitude of most governments towards monetary policy as an approach to macroeconomic management .
21 Results from the project have had a direct influence on the development of a new model of human memory .
22 The historical legacy of this hegemony continues to have a profound influence on the contemporary political landscape .
23 Hobbes had had a considerable influence on Spinoza .
24 Undoubtedly , the two interrelated movements — the democratic movement and the labour movement which developed so vigorously in the nineteenth century continue to have a major influence in politics , but the relation between them has changed during the present century , in a way which is also relevant to the character of more recent movements .
25 If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ .
26 Consequently , developments in the international financial structure have had a decisive influence on how wealth-creating activities are divided among nations .
27 Throughout the world we can see how the engineering , interventionist model of Western medicine has had a major influence on definitions and explanations about health , as well as on the organisation of health services and the utilisation of resources .
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