Sentence examples for backstage influence from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jiang wielded heavy backstage influence in choosing the new leadership team under Mr. Xi that was appointed at the Communist Party's 18th congress in November.

Mr. Jiang, who continues to wield backstage influence in China's politics even now, is widely said to have given Bo Xilai's political career a boost at crucial times.

For all his Tibet-inspired history of withdrawal from Chinese events, he rolls up in Riyadh every year or two, supposedly to exert a liberal backstage influence on his Saudi peers.

Whether the beneficiary is Charlotte, Lynch or all of the above, this storyline and the backstage politics sure to influence it will be one of the more fascinating developments of WrestleMania season.

"Marine uniform, dressed up, smart clothing, tuxedos, formal wear," Mr. Formichetti said backstage to describe the influences in clothes designed by Romain Kremer.

In his early days, when Bear was out there at every concert and backstage, he was directly influencing what was going on.

But much of Pye's political influence is exerted backstage.

And then there's also the continual jockeying for power and influence and the backstage bitchiness that sometimes leaks out into the public domain.

With glam rock, the influence of all this backstage gay banter began to show itself front of stage too.

Although men exercised greater formal power and authority in the political realm, women influenced political decisions through backstage roles.

While some observers painted the decision as a backstage maneuver by powerful bankers seeking to consolidate their influence, economic reformers chose to view the shake-up as a small victory for their team.