Example sentences of "to have a [adj] influence [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 This book provided a fundamental basis for the conservation movement ( Mumford , 1931 ) , it proved to have a great influence upon the way in which land was visualized and used ( Lowenthal , 1965 ) , and its full title Man and Nature or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action clearly indicates the direction in which it was pointing .
3 It was this interplay of ideas and practical events that lay behind the ‘ interactionist revolution ’ of the 1960s and 1970s and was to have a powerful influence over both psychological and sociological thinking about crime and deviance .
4 An inter-regnum was filled by her boyfriend , Nick Rosen , a freelance journalist , who is widely believed by friends and former associates to have a strong influence on Katharine 's decision-making .
5 In one case , a company was found to have a decisive influence with a 39% shareholding , as none of the other blocks of shareholdings exceeded 4% , and so the company was in a relative position of strength .
6 This antagonism and rivalry existed between the large towns : to take one example , the rivalry of Santiago , the cathedral city , and Corunna , the seaport , was to have a decisive influence on the fate of liberal revolutionary movements in nineteenth-century Galicia .
7 A report by the London School of Economics suggested that the formation last year of Scottish Enterprise , a body linked to 13 local enterprise bodies with responsibility for investment and training , was likely to have a greater influence on the economy than the Training and Enterprise Councils .
8 Even if soil temperature is generally found to have a minimal influence on root mortality , the fact that rates of fine root turnover can vary substantially among virtually identical ecosystems needs to be reconciled with current knowledge and models of below-ground processes that do not account for this phenomenon .
9 Against a background of inherited susceptibility , diet , particularly one that is high in animal fat , seems to have a major influence on the development of colorectal cancer .
10 Henley will continue to have a major influence on management development worldwide in the 1990s .
11 His theology , nonetheless , was to have a major influence upon atonement thinking , and helped to shape modern thought .
12 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 .
13 The historical legacy of this hegemony continues to have a profound influence on the contemporary political landscape .
14 All were to have a profound influence on British landscape painting .
15 So we should expect it to have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices .
16 We should expect the mass-selling tabloid press to have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions .
17 The absence of such a universally adopted standard whereby the human conscience could have been developed to have a significant influence on human behaviour , has been the cause of much failure in efforts to administer justice .
18 One of Noverre 's choreographic masterpieces , Don Juan ( with music by Gluck ) , was to have a significant influence on Mozart 's own Don Giovanni .
19 The Bula Hurdle is likely to have a considerable influence on the ante-post market for the Champion Hurdle , for which Beech Road at present shares the 5-1 favourite spot with Kribensis .
20 As Lowe 's international playing career was drawing to a close , another RAF pilot who was destined to have a considerable influence on the style and development of English rugby began his .
21 The interest rates and prices of financial assets are generally recognised to have a pervasive influence in the economy .
22 Eight people who are themselves disabled were invited to join the group , to match the number of professionals already involved , and to have a direct influence on the work which was being developed .
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