The phrase "a damaging influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that has a negative effect on a person, group, or situation.
Example: "The constant negativity in the workplace created a damaging influence on employee morale."
Alternatives: "a harmful effect" or "a detrimental impact."
"Everyone can see the absurdity of Plato's statement that the mixolydian mode should be banned as it would have a damaging influence on the development of character," Andriessen says.
Post-war national governments, however, saw Birmingham's accelerating economic success as a damaging influence on the stagnating economies of the North of England, Scotland and Wales, and saw its physical expansion as a threat to its surrounding areas – "from Westminster's point of view was too large, too prosperous, and had to be held in check".
a Other studies have also identified powerlessness as a damaging influence for soldiers on peacekeeping operations For example, Weisaeth & Sund[61] found that in Norwegian soldiers serving in Lebanon under the UNIFIL United Nations peacekeeping mission, the feeling of being powerless to act or intervene when witnessing some atrocity was a main contributor to post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Osborn was like Marsh in many ways, slow and methodical, but would prove a damaging influence on Marsh.
Even among two rival Shiite political cliques, there is agreement over one thing: the potentially damaging influence of an extended American military presence, and their mutual willingness to consider doing without it.
This position was further substantiated by Bart Chilton, the one CFTC commissioner who truly has the public's interest at heart; he issued a statement earlier this year focusing on the damaging influence that unbridled speculation has on commodity prices including oil.
Their damaging influence on hosts is mainly a consequence of a very rapid reproduction that quickly leads to large aphid colonies, which are often difficult to combat by means of biological pest control.
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Another important aspect of the recent research in the nano-imaging field is the search for advanced functionalization of NPs for bio-application by applying various surface coverings that play a dual role of stabilizing colloid and preventing possible damaging influence of inorganic NPs on the biological samples.
And, despite President Bush's damaging influence on the image of Texas, liberal-minded folk thrive here and the arts are taken as seriously as big business.
Olmsted and Goodloe identified slave labor as the single most damaging influence on the southern economy: it was inefficient, absorbed capital away from reinvestment, and required substantial overhead.
