Sentence examples for Preserve influence from inspiring English sources

Still, trying to preserve influence in the company, he had to deny almost monthly rumors that he was about to retire.

The Saudis are meddling in Syria and the Iranians in Yemen, and each is leading a war to preserve influence within the borders of its national security.

For Russia, as a permanent council member with a veto, this meant preserved influence.

The Taliban are longtime Pakistani allies in Afghanistan, and Pakistan has signaled its interest in preserving influence there.

Tribal groups, meanwhile, want to preserve their influence and fear the new voting system erodes their influence.

American diplomats made one last effort to preserve their influence.

Golisano had helped finance the Democrats' successful takeover of the State Senate, last fall, hoping that this might preserve his influence.

But London has not made any progress in persuading its partners to change the voting system to preserve its influence.

Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, a son of the late congressman, who now represents Harlem in Albany, suggested that Mr. Rangel was trying to preserve that influence by backing Mrs. Clinton.

Officials are now thinking hard about how to preserve British influence, when there is no British voice or vote in the room.

That Lawrence was employed in a black propaganda operation as part of a classic Great Game gambit to preserve British influence is plausible.