Sentence examples for curbing influence from inspiring English sources

But he is a subtle intellectual and will not mistake himself for the Divine, and he has the curbing influence of Senator Joseph Biden, a conventional Roman Catholic, at his side.

If Tauzin was hired, he would be unable to lobby Congress for a year under laws aimed at curbing influence abuse.

For years, he succeeded in curbing American influence.

His campaign-finance reform was aimed at curbing the influence of money in politics.

Another source of friction arose over the differing approaches to curbing Iranian influence in the region.

Erdoğan and Putin share another aim: curbing US influence in the Middle East.

Senator John McCain has staked his campaign for the presidency in large part on his reputation as a reformer intent on curbing the influence of money in politics.

If we were really serious about curbing the influence of money, we would consider regulating all kinds of political speech, all year long.

As even 18th-century church inspection records show, the Christian church had great difficulty in curbing their influence, especially within their clans.

In 1993 the government launched a largely successful "antifascist" campaign aimed at curbing the influence of HSP supporters in the military.

But they should realize that this concern has nothing to do with the problem of curbing the influence of special-interest money in elections.