influence - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • alcohol: No one under the influence of alcohol will be allowed to sail.

Object

  • decision: Analyzing the status of various client groups can influence decisions on whether to begin new groups or focus on capacity building of existing groups.
  • outcome: In that case, bloc voting did not substantially influence the outcome.
  • behavior: Gravity is a force that influences the behavior of objects in the real world.
  • opinion: There are still areas of resistance to change and they are still attempting to influence opinion at the highest level.
  • perception: It will provide support to government departments, and will work to influence public perception and build awareness of disability issues.

Converse of object

  • exert: First, whether it can move beyond the role of passive recipient of management information to exert active influence over company policy.
  • wield: In Britain, finally, the church, or rather the churches, wield tremendous influence in all spheres of life.
  • exercise: Cosmology, for instance, is entirely founded on observation of a system over which we apparently can exercise no direct influence.
  • corrupt: Public anxiety about the potentially corrupting influence of the new language was constant from its birth.
  • have: Soil The texture of soil has a large influence on the nitrogen content of the soil.
  • examine: The Business Environment examines the external influences on business organizations.

Adjective modifier

  • undue: Knowledge and approval; effect of undue influence, suspicious circumstances, fraud, mistake.
  • profound: To manage holiday a profound influence no bureaucracy and.
  • considerable: However, despite their considerable influence, the political correspondents were unable to stand in the way of change.
  • musical: What have been your main musical influences, and which bands can you hear your influence in?
  • strong: Dracula - Best Vampire book ever written - strong influence on all modern vampire tales.
  • powerful: Media, and TV in particular, holds probably the most powerful influence on our society and that's why we're into it.

Noun used with modifier

  • jazz: Franks for his use of jazz influences to compliment his excellent lyric content and King for writing some of the great soul classics.

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