Example sentences of "the influence of the [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1747 substantially increased the influence of the Government over the Scottish voters by effectively restricting judicial patronage to the Crown . |
| 2 | In 1825–9 he studied at Edinburgh University , graduating MD in 1829 ; the dedicatees of his thesis , ‘ De Ventris in Reliquum Corpus Potestate ’ ( on the influence of the abdomen over the body in general ) , included Professors William P. Alison and James Home [ qq.v . ] . |
| 3 | Aware of the influence of the Kirk over the people of Scotland , successive Stuart Kings of the 17th century tried to bring the Kirk under their control . |
| 4 | In any discussion about the influence of the media over our perception of reality , it is important to recognise that millions of people form an idea of reality which is based firmly on experience , not on media images , and that these millions include most older people . |
| 5 | In the great continental monarchies the influence of the ruler over foreign affairs was still powerful and sometimes decisive . |