Sentence examples for built up influence from inspiring English sources

He married advantageously and built up influence with successive governors of New York.

Political opposition is not tolerated and family members have built up influence – and, in some cases, fortunes.

McKeon, who endorsed former state Sen. Tony Strickland as his replacement, will become the third California congressman to head for the exits when his term expires, further shaking up a delegation that has built up influence on Capitol Hill because of its stability over the years.

Another fear is that Mr Thaksin's alleged generosity to Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn in the past was intended to build up influence with him once he succeeds to the throne.

He said that allies of Gülen – who over decades built up strong networks of influence within Turkish institutions – still needed to be weeded out of the security services.

In his telling, the Igbo aroused hostility because of their intelligence and success; they had always been a democratic, well-educated and progressive people, and they flourished in the bigger context of Nigeria; jealousy of their influence built up and led to measures that echo the persecution of Jews in Germany.

This gave him enormous influence and also built up serious resentment against him by others in the campaign.

Unum has built up its influence in Britain.

As they have built up their influence, Iraqi Shiites have also suffered losses.

Despite living outside of Turkey, Gülen has built up huge influence in the country.

Iran has steadily built up its influence in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, with whom it fought a bloody eight-year war in the 1980s.