The phrase "an influence could be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing potential effects or impacts of something in a hypothetical context.
Example: "In this study, we explore how an influence could be the key factor in determining the outcome of the experiment."
Alternatives: "a factor might be" or "a potential impact could be".
Some scientists who have long doubted that a human influence could be clearly discerned in the Arctic's changing climate now agree that the trend is hard to ascribe to anything else.
Interestingly, a mutual influence could be detected between the individual effects of acetate and ammonium concentrations for CR and MAALT (second-order interactions).
Clearly, Diabetes Care, as the main clinical journal of the American Diabetes Association (ADA)—an organization whose reach and influence could be argued to rival a major corporation would clearly qualify for such an approach.
For territorial species, a surrogate for natal influence could be any area conforming to home range concept of the parents; from a simple Dirichlet tessellation if the home ranges are contiguous, minimum convex polygon, or utilisation distribution kernel from parental observations [ 48- 51].
The same composer's "Étude," from 1969, was a homage to Rachmaninoff, whose influence could be heard in its roiling textures over an underlying trill.
"This concentration of wealth and influence could be a hidden time bomb under India's social fabric," warned the authors of the US-based Emerging Markets Forum.
Shiite clerics had largely stayed silent while Mr. Sadr's followers briefly seized control of several southern Iraqi cities, but their influence could be a crucial check on Mr. Sadr.
True or not, this perceived lack of power and influence could be a real roadblock to participation.
A protectionist EADC, wielding huge political influence, could be the worst possible thing for European governments who want to deal with new defence challenges in a cost-effective way.
