Sentence examples similar to bestow influence from inspiring English sources

Yet like another impressively endowed Los Angeles arts institution, the Getty Trust, the Colburn has found that riches alone do not bestow unlimited influence.

Access to Mar-a-Lago is highly prized in China, bestowing respect, influence and the allure of potential business opportunities.

But these are for the elite (perhaps as gifts bestowed by influence-seeking Chinese).

Neither he nor his father covet the power and influence bestowed on proprietors, he insists.

The only clear, common thread uniting activists is outsized and increasing influence, bestowed by proxy advisors and a fawning press.

I spent most of the first half uncharitably wondering whether the documentary was less about a disabled driver striving to compete on equal terms than about the power and influence bestowed by a rich and successful elder brother.

Simony, in the form of buying holy orders, or church offices, was virtually unknown in the first three centuries of the Christian church, but it became familiar when the church had positions of wealth and influence to bestow.

Mr. Reddy is accused of using his and his father's political influence to bestow favors on businessmen who in turn agreed to invest in companies that he owns.

To counter the earl's influence, Henry bestowed Geoffrey de Clinton with a position of power rivalling that of the earl.

The Epiphany Prize will bestow $100,000 – which is quite influencing indeed – to the most inspiring film that created a "great increase in man's love or understanding of God".

So many members of the younger generation of Kennedys are dead or disqualified; the dynasty that bestowed its mystique and political influence on Mr. Obama was also feeding on his youth and charisma.