Sentence examples for a sway over from inspiring English sources

We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life.

He then added: We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life.

"We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life," said Chris Bryant, a Labour member of Parliament.

Here and there in their unexpectedly engrossing history, fruits have held as powerful a sway over man as has gold or myrrh.

Here are some of Mr. Bryant's remarks during that debate in the Commons last week: We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life.

The Federal Communications Commission may feel the resulting company would simply have too big a sway over the industry, potentially using its size to drive unfair deals with content providers.

A traffic signal swaying over the only intersection ticked like a clock in the quiet.

Furby was like that — it held an odd sway over a number of people I know, even some who were old enough to know better — but I'm convinced Pleo and his ilk are different.

The current system allows great leeway to national regulators, who, operating in the role of "lead regulator," would exercise a strong sway over banking regulatory issues that affect an E.U.-wide bank considered to be within their jurisdiction.

To be fixed to a single jurisdiction means that the law holds a greater sway over you than it otherwise would.

In a bizarre geometry, the owners of Starr, who hold a certain sway over AIG executive matters, include the latter's ex-CEO Greenberg.