Example sentences of "a major influence " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK remains a major influence in the communications business and is the undoubted European leader in electronics information systems with 15% of world markets , second only to the US . |
| 2 | He personified the pre-war amateur at his peak , a kindly engaging man who was well placed to have been a major influence in the game had he been of a more forceful character . |
| 3 | But the deal has even greater cultural significance , as The Shoe People has been given the official stamp of approval to become a major influence on millions of Russian children . |
| 4 | Once the greatest squash nation in the world and a major influence upon the development of the game , they have yet to show signs of a revival . |
| 5 | As we might expect , partisanship was a major influence upon image ratings . |
| 6 | It was the main influence on Steel 's image and a major influence on most other images , especially those of Owen and the Alliance but also those of Kinnock and Thatcher . |
| 7 | As we might expect , partisanship was a major influence upon image ratings , and it became an increasingly powerful influence as the election approached . |
| 8 | The Home Secretary was Willie Whitelaw , another traditional practitioner of one-nation ideas , and a major influence on party and government . |
| 9 | Separately and in different ways , Susan Sontag and George Steiner have suggested that a ( or ‘ the ’ ) homosexual sensibility is a major influence in the formation of modern culture . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 12 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 13 | His theology , nonetheless , was to have a major influence upon atonement thinking , and helped to shape modern thought . |
| 14 | Twiggy was a major influence and women went around trying to look flat as boards . |
| 15 | Howells , put clean through by Gray , a major influence , miskicked badly under pressure from Chris Short ; then Dryden 's desperate sliding tackle denied Stewart in the act of shooting and Cundy 's shot from a Gray free kick was hacked off the line by Craig Short . |
| 16 | When we got to Turnberry we found the rough was going to be a major influence on the tournament . |
| 17 | The effect of energy efficiency improvements will have a major influence on the changing pattern of demand in the years to the end of the century . |
| 18 | She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches . |
| 19 | It is obvious that wound dressings have a major influence on the micro-environment of the wound . |
| 20 | BLUES musician Albert King , a major influence on rock guitar playing , has died in Memphis aged 69 . |
| 21 | Bernard Shaw , the Webbs and their small circle led the way and it should not be forgotten that the Fabian Society , which they founded , is today stronger than ever , no less idealistic and no less a major influence in the councils of the party . |
| 22 | They found this to be so worthwhile that , on their return from exile , synagogue worship continued and became a major influence in religious life . |
| 23 | Wark , at 35 still a major influence at Ipswich , has faith in fellow Scot Brian McClair and nothing but admiration for youngster Giggs . |
| 24 | Up until the mid-1960s there is practically no sculpture : again no Bourgeois for example , or Nadelman or Noguchi or Roszak ; nor any Tony Smith , who after all was a major influence on Minimalism . |
| 25 | His fellow Black power advocate John Carlos is also frequently cited as a major influence . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that the early growth of trade unionism was a major influence in establishing the possibility of a cohesive bond between undertakings which otherwise would have been difficult because of their commercial rivalry . |
| 27 | The role of political pressures such as these as a major influence upon the development of employers ' associations has been emphasised by Adams ( 1981 ) , who puts forward a theory to account for the broad differences between Western Europe and the USA both in the extent of organisation among employers themselves and in their behaviour towards trade unions . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I suggest that the discrepancy between the climate modelling results which indicate seasonal temperature extremes , and the increasing body of geological information documenting a temperate climate , may be explained by the fact that the palaeogeography used in the models does not take into account the existence of these lakes and rivers , which would have had a major influence on the regional climate . |
| 30 | Another Director-General whose vision of broadcasting had a major influence in a period of important change in social attitudes was Hugh Greene , who oversaw a more liberal interpretation of ‘ public service ’ in the 1960s . |