Sentence examples for a restraining influence from inspiring English sources

This will serve as a restraining influence on future presidents.

"He was a restraining influence on the uber-modernisation tendencies and that influence has been removed".

Zurab Zhvania, his prime minister, was said to be a restraining influence on the president's impetuosity.

Arbatov also saw himself as a restraining influence on the Kremlin hawks.

"Now they are not able to act as a restraining influence".

At earlier riots, the Shankill bomber Sean Kelly also acted as a restraining influence.

But it remains the only country capable, in theory, of exerting any restraining influence on his erratic regime.Not that North Korea shows much evidence of restraint.

In the 3-3 home draw with Basel it was noticeable that Ferdinand was failing to exert any restraining influence on the 19-year-old Phil Jones, whose nomadic energy outweighed his sense of danger.

To date, conservative political activity has been chiefly devoted to erecting a strong restraining influence against liberal measures.

It is my opinion that catch had a pronounced effect on the course of events in the three subsequent Tests  ... [Chapman's fielding] exercised a most restraining influence on the Australian batsmen".

The president describes Mr Zhvania as his political mentor; others saw him as a rival and restraining influence on him.