Sentence examples for corner of influence from inspiring English sources

Padilha believes the actions of individuals are dictated by the system in which they exist, which in the case of Rio's police force is so warped that the only rational thing for a new recruit to do is to find his own small corner of influence and avoid being killed by the guns his superiors have sold to the drug-dealers.

A former Massey miner's recorded voice laments Blankenship's union-busting ways, which eventually shattered and reduced the once-heroic United Mine Workers to a tiny corner of influence: "We had to produce to keep our jobs".

But that describes only one corner of their influence.

Meanwhile the White House is recruiting figures of influence from every corner, including from past Republican administrations, to help to make the case.

"With the Internet, you can have one cranky corner of Kentucky ending up influencing Indonesia," said Heidi Larson, a lecturer at the Project to Monitor Public Confidence in Immunization, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

"Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016" collects images of influence from all corners of contemporary culture.

"They have cornered themselves out of a lack of influence on any of the parties that are driving this -- Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran.

Greenland is one corner of the world where American influence has actually receded.

PARIS — In my latest column, I look at the wines of Galicia, in the far northwestern corner of Spain, where the cool influence of the Atlantic is strong.

The trouble is, beyond all the Milifandom and Farage gaffes, whatever Frankenstein's Parliament we end up with will influence every corner of our lives; from whether or not we are a nuclear power to how much we pay for the bus.

These are the people who, from all sorts of different perspectives, have studied and written about how Britain's rich and varied history has influenced every corner of the globe, arguably more than any other nation.