Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] influence over " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Friday , citing worries about foreign influence over civil aviation , Mr Skinner issued a ‘ consent order ’ on NorthWest Airlines , forcing it to reduce the involvement of KLM , the Dutch carrier , in its recent buyout . |
| 2 | On 1 October there were further signs of Japanese influence over native affairs when eight Portuguese men and women were killed by tribesmen in Aileu . |
| 3 | Presenting a detailed manifesto for the country 's economic and political survival , he appealed for the creation of a " coalition government of popular trust and national concord " to run the Soviet Union , and for removal of communist influence over the judiciary , the security services , the civil service and state bodies . |
| 4 | ( We will return to the issue of corporate influence over government below . ) |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In terms of day-to-day influence over policy or even in terms of control over the executive , its powers are risible . |
| 7 | The second feature of bureaucracy which has enlarged its area of political influence over the choices to be made among values , priorities and objectives , rather than merely the technical means to be employed , is the discretionary power of officials . |
| 8 | In any case , the extent of central influence over policing has grown remorselessly and may not be reversible ( Reiner , 1988b , 1989 ) . |
| 9 | Scrutiny by the Comptroller could also reveal more fully the extent of ministerial influence over nationalized industries and could provide fuel for parliamentary criticism of ministers . |