Sentence examples for been a powerful influence from inspiring English sources

Its centre at Cardiff University has been a powerful influence on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the reform of incapacity benefit.

The Pakistan captain Salman Butt – who, the court was told, had been a powerful influence on his young team-mate – bears a particular responsibility.

While many people in the NHS dislike the idea of direct local government control, local politics has always been a powerful influence on reconfiguration debates.

I was intrigued by regular correspondent nilpferd's references to McCoy Tyner in relation to pianists' use of hook-like repeating patterns, a reminder that though this series hasn't addressed Tyner specifically, he's been a powerful influence on piano jazz and on the form in general.

"She has been a powerful influence on the food movement," said Mr. Pollan, adding that he admires her "clarity of thinking" and her ability to cut through complex issues to the simple truth: "We all know nutrients are important," he said.

In the blueprint for overhauling federal education policy that President Obama sent to Congress on Monday, his administration seeks to confront some of the major educational challenges that have developed during the eight years that President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law has been a powerful influence on the nation's public schools.

But early childhood is a powerful influence.

Her mother, who died in 2005, was a powerful influence.

My mother was a powerful influence on the creative aspect of my life.

"On the contrary, it is a powerful influence on the present".

My one surviving grandparent, my maternal grandmother, was a powerful influence on my boyhood.