Example sentences of "a considerable influence " in BNC.

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1 He had a considerable influence upon the thinking of Piaget .
2 ‘ It is easy to ridicule the ‘ that 's not cricket old boy ’ attitude , ’ remarked Wolfenden , ‘ but in its deeper ( and usually inarticulate ) significance it stili provides something like the foundations of an ethical standard which may not be highly intellectual but does have a considerable influence on the day-to-day behaviour of millions of people . ’
3 The Bula Hurdle is likely to have a considerable influence on the ante-post market for the Champion Hurdle , for which Beech Road at present shares the 5-1 favourite spot with Kribensis .
4 Trade unions exerted a considerable influence upon the Labour Party , especially after the introduction of the new Labour constitution of 1918 .
5 As Lowe 's international playing career was drawing to a close , another RAF pilot who was destined to have a considerable influence on the style and development of English rugby began his .
6 The Plymouth Brethren were founded in that year of 1820 , by an Anglican ex-clergyman , on the basis of strict Calvinism , which had been a considerable influence earlier on John Wesley , but not embraced by him .
7 Therefore , Leapor may have had a considerable influence on the choice of poems to be printed .
8 The type of packaging has a considerable influence on the way a product is used .
9 But in the twenties and the early thirties , it exerted a considerable influence over much of London and the Home Counties .
10 Individuals and pressure groups can exert a considerable influence on government and have indeed done so very effectively in relation to many aspects of the AL of maintaining a safe environment .
11 To this day , the Royal Association for the Deaf ( R.A.D. — as it is now known ) retains a considerable influence in the affairs of deaf people in London and surrounding counties whilst the B.D.A. has poor support in the region .
12 In spite of his opposition to the aims and ideals of the N.D.D.S. and the B.D.D.A. , S. Bright Lucas did sterling work for the deaf and dumb poor of London and was a considerable influence in the founding of the National Deaf Club of which he was President .
13 During this time it is likely that he also met Pompeo Batoni who was to be a considerable influence on his early manner .
14 The extent to which the child has been encouraged to be physically independent , to develop spatial awareness , a sense of direction and response to sound and tactile cues and to use any vision he possesses positively will have a considerable influence on the extent to which he is able to meet the demands of his school environment .
15 Hobbes had had a considerable influence on Spinoza .
16 The prosecutor 's pretrial dossier , which contains a substantial input by the police , has a considerable influence on the outcome of the case since the judge works from it at the trial in developing the case and examining witnesses and accused alike .
17 Interestingly , religion had a considerable influence on herbal use in cookery , since the church authorities decreed the times when meat should be eaten , when fish only was the rule , and when there were fast days or fasting weeks .
18 Other demographic factors which have a considerable influence on household formation are less easy to predict — one is marriage : for example , the 1978-based official population projections expected two-thirds more married men in the 20–24 age band than were actually found in 1985 ( Population Projections 1978–2018. 1980 ; Sparks , 1986 , p. 24 ) .
19 There are a large number of situations in which it is expected that professional judgement will have a considerable influence upon the implementation process .
20 It would seem that , despite the obscurity of much of his career , Swinderby was a considerable influence in the early spread of Lollardy .
21 During the six years that the Century Guild existed its output was modest , though its participation in public exhibitions gave it a considerable influence .
22 First , at the θ = 0° position the motional voltage has a considerable influence on the chopping behaviour , as shown by the differences in the results for the motor stationary and operating at 1 000 steps per second .
23 Radicality of surgery had a considerable influence on survival ( curative resection : 11.8 months ; non-curative : 4.6 months ; Fig 1 ) .
24 The Enterprise Centre , under the leadership of Elayne Burley , has already had a considerable influence in effecting change at Napier .
25 Later these people reached all the inhabited areas of the Pacific and possibly America , it having been argued that they may have had a considerable influence on the rain-forest peoples of the New World , evidence coming from great similarities between certain groups in Borneo and central America , similarities greater than between these peoples and their geographic neighbours .
26 Although the preparasitic larval requirements of the horse strongyles are similar to those of the trichostrongyles of ruminants , adult horses , unlike cattle , may carry substantial worm burdens and therefore have a considerable influence on the epidemiology of infection .
27 Away from the Chamber he will be a considerable influence in the corridors of power … particularly when it comes to private legislation , that is laws promoted by councils or bodies like British Rail or the Channel Tunnel company .
28 Away from the Chamber he will be a considerable influence in the corridors of power … particularly when it comes to private legislation , that is laws promoted by councils or bodies like British Rail or the Channel Tunnel company .
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