Sentence examples for and is influential from inspiring English sources

Mapam maintains a Marxist ideology and is influential in the left-wing section of the kibbutz (collective settlement) movement, from which it draws much of its strength.

And they have tried to lash the advertisement to the Democratic presidential candidates because MoveOn has ties to the party and is influential with its core voters.

This kind of treatment sends a strong signal to wider society about the nature of Muslims in Britain, and is influential in shaping people's assumptions about Muslims and Islam– forming the basis of Islamophobia.

But those trying to oust Mr. Pearce say he is vulnerable if the right candidate challenges him — preferably, they say, a Republican with ties to the Mormon Church, which counts Mr. Pearce as a member and is influential in his district east of Phoenix.

Mr. Norquist, who holds regular lunches with a cross-section of conservative leaders and is influential with White House and Congressional Republicans, said, "If there hadn't been this big-government problem, Ashcroft would have been talked about as the Bush successor.

Because martensite is a major phase transformed during the quenching of steel parts and is influential in the distortion, a new martensite start (Ms) temperature and a martensite kinetics equation are proposed.

"He loved power and being influential," one neighbour said.

(Schwartz founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York and was influential as both an actor and a director).

It is notable that Igbo women engage in trade and are influential in local politics.

Buddhistic Shintō was popular for several centuries and was influential until its extinction at the Meiji Restoration.

He was elected to the National Assembly, serving from 1984 to 1989, and was influential in uniting France's rightist parties.