Example sentences of "with [adj] influence [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 They 've made hectic visits to Brussels registering your interests and meeting with those with greatest influence in the E C institutions .
2 Both the JCT standard form 1980 and the JCT intermediate form introduced novel procedures to overcome these problems whilst leaving the employer with some influence in the appointment of specialists .
3 The Madeiran is an amalgam of descent from the various areas of northern Portugal and the central area around the Alentejo , as well as southern types from the Algarve , together with Moorish influence from the days of the slaves .
4 The formidable Mrs. Mary Campbell of Boquhan , a lady with great influence in the affairs of the town of Stirling , and with equally strong views on the choice of a minister for her parish church , demanded that the king 's presentation should be obtained for Robert Ure , who was the assistant minister of St. Ninian 's parish .
5 Godwin and his circle , after this shift ( 1794–7 ) , have a quite different cultural importance , with Godwin relatively isolated but with continuing influence on a new formation — that around Shelley , who married the daughter of Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft .
6 But the very fact that the French were the most intransigent as regards releasing Germany from the cruelties of the Versailles treaty made all the more imperative the need to bring to the gathering at Darlington Hall at least one French gentleman with unambiguous influence over his country 's foreign policy .
7 Under Conservative administrations the unions are persona non grata — their interests may be legislated against and their protests and strike actions ignored — whereas business interest groups may find themselves with special influence over public policy .
  Next page