Example sentences of "a strong influence " in BNC.

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1 In the dedication of his book , Fodor says that the following remark by the psycholinguist Merrill Garrett had a strong influence on his thesis : ‘
2 Although conventional , Crossman 's technique , dazzling for the time , shines through many of Stone 's records , notably ‘ Tiger Rag ’ from 1934 , where it is obvious that the American clarinettist Jimmy Dorsey had had a strong influence on him .
3 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 .
4 In particular , he was a strong influence on Alcuin , who probably drafted Charlemagne 's Admonitio Generalis .
5 One , a strong influence on her while she was in France , was her maternal grandmother , Antoinette duchess of Guise , a woman of formidable personality who seems to have regarded membership of the house of Guise as a distinctly higher form of life than membership of the French royal family .
6 Nevertheless the grandmother was a strong influence .
7 There was a strong influence from his parents pushing John towards an interest in ballet .
8 He accepts that his contrary nature sometimes irritated the other members but feels his sacking contained an element of Gedge wanting to remove a strong influence from the group , an influence often opposed to his own .
9 These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society .
10 Although it might be very easy to steal from a friend or colleague and not get caught most people would feel this to be ‘ wrong ’ , yet such feelings may not exert such a strong influence over decisions as to whether to steal from a larger and less personal victim .
11 Faith is better caught than taught and the example of a parent is a strong influence even while teenagers seem to be rejecting what you taught them .
12 The medieval element was a strong influence too : as a result , my mother was cajoled into making me a suede money bag with a draw-string and five polished threepenny bits for sovereigns .
13 Brooks has always been a strong influence in the stability market , evidenced by the long-term success of the Chariot .
14 Finally , an important point to note is that the person who actually deals with the customer , at the point of sale , may have a strong influence over or even control the credit transaction .
15 At present the NPN and the Federal Government have access to , or a strong influence in , national radio and television networks and six daily newspapers .
16 He had acquired a strong influence over his brother John in their work for the Company and in saving him from bankruptcy .
17 They can have a strong influence on training programmes and the equipment used for training , including simulators .
18 Equally , when it came to promotion to captain in the Mediterranean fleet , interest was obviously a strong influence upon the admiral , for he remarks in July 1799 that ‘ Adam Drummond came to me yesterday .
19 His thoughts are random and rambling , not intense but swift and changeable , often involuntary ( as he remembers incidents at home ) and often compelling ( as he regrets the passing of Duckwich , a strong influence on him ) .
20 Though the Treaty of Kanghwa had stated Korea to be independent , the concept of a tributary relationship remained significant in thinking in both China and Korea , and during the early decades of the Meiji period China maintained a strong influence in the peninsula , being closely identified with the more conservative element whose dominance was resented by so many Japanese .
21 Categorising types of writing is not easy , but there is good evidence to suggest that the type of writing attempted has a strong influence on the outcome .
22 ‘ . Thus if Scargill was satisfied that ( a ) Branch members would accede to a call for a strike by their local officials , ( b ) that those officials would call a strike , and ( c ) that the National Executive ( over which he had a strong influence ) would sanction such strikes , then he could achieve the equivalent of a national strike without submitting it to the membership at large for their endorsement .
23 But jazz vocalism — and with it this kind of tension — has been a strong influence on popular singing , from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra down to many recent performers .
24 Because of its widespread use in technical and scientific English in particular , it has had a strong influence on similar registers in other languages through translation .
25 These trends are potentially very important because the number of people in a household and the composition of the households — in terms of such characteristics as sex , age and relationships to each other — both have a strong influence on the preferred type and location of housing accommodation .
26 The above reference to large and powerful retail chains implies that they can exert a strong influence in the marketplace .
27 Nevertheless South Africa 's 650,000 Muslims have a strong influence , mainly through their militant youth movements .
28 Exerting a strong influence on all areas of commercial , financial , social and cultural life during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , Edinburgh was the focus for many of the changes which transformed Scotland from an economically backward country into a pioneer industrial nation .
29 Even when the working party has produced its final report as for History , or made strong recommendations after wide consultation , as for modern foreign languages , the Secretary of State may well have a strong influence on the final version that becomes part of legislation .
30 Likewise , the early Christian ground plans and arrangements had a strong influence .
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