Sentence examples for assert more influence from inspiring English sources

Will corruption rise as Iraqi ministries assert more influence on the subcontracting of American billions?

Former immigration officials said that moving Mr. Cronin to oversee inspections would also let Stuart Anderson, the agency's top official for plans and policy, assert more influence over immigration programs.

As much as the Senate campaign is an opportunity for Democrats to assert more influence in Albany, it is also a chance for the increasingly influential Empire State Pride Agenda to make its mark on state politics.

But the officials said they were still sifting through intelligence reports to determine whether the attacks indeed marked an attempt by Al Qaeda to assert more influence over the Pakistani Taliban's operations.

Qaeda allies in North Africa, Somalia and Yemen are seeking to assert more influence after the death of Osama bin Laden and the diminished role of Al Qaeda's remaining top leadership in Pakistan.

If their back four still looked shaky at times, their midfield was finally asserting more influence.

If Iraq fragments, if Iran starts to assert more visible influence or if a civil war breaks out, "the president could be blamed," Mr. Rothkopf said.

In another 2011 column, he said that the government could have used the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile to assert more regulatory influence over the wireless industry.

We want them to grow and to assert more students.

Mr. Putin could clearly break this ownership chain, but many journalists fear that he may make matters worse by asserting more central control and political influence over them.

I'm afraid it's impossible, Mary asserted more firmly.