Sentence examples for exercise its influence from inspiring English sources

Qatar in particular now holds the presidency at the Arab Summit, which gives it the legitimacy to exercise its influence.

To the extent that the Roman Catholic Church in the DRC has attempted to exercise its influence in terms of family planning, it has been to promote natural methods over "artificial contraception".

And while the federal government can exercise its influence on health policy using its power of the purse, it has, until recently, been hesitant about spending the necessary funds to address the addictions crisis.

Administration officials say the United States will have to exercise its influence tactfully and quietly.

Neighboring governments want China, the North's leading provider of aid and trade, to exercise its influence on the isolated country.

"I asked that China, given its close ties with Myanmar, exercise its influence, and Prime Minister Wen said he would make such efforts," Mr. Fukuda said.

While politicians do their best to control it, media also exercises its influence on politicians.

The administration allowed the need to placate labor unions to hinder the United States from exercising its influence.

But in practice the United States usually gets its way, exercising its influence behind the scenes, often in interactions between Mr. Fischer and Mr. Summers.

Prior to the Carter Doctrine, the United States had exercised its influence in the Middle East through friendly governments in Saudi Arabia and Iran: the so-called "twin pillars" of American policy.

The version also exercised its influence upon Egyptian Christians and its rendering of the Pentateuch was adapted by Abū al-Ḥasan to the Samaritan Torah in the 11th 12th centuries.