Sentence examples for exert a restraining influence from inspiring English sources

Irrespective of Chilcot's findings, I suspect that the one motive for UK involvement was that conveyed to me by a party grandee, hot foot from Downing Street, at a gathering of then-valued Labour supporters, on the eve of the war: "The bloody yanks are going in anyway, and Tony says we have to be with them to exert a restraining influence".

All of these factors exerted a restraining influence at Monday's concert, in which an assortment of pop-jazz luminaries paid tribute to the composer, who was present.

This will serve as a restraining influence on future presidents.

"He was a restraining influence on the uber-modernisation tendencies and that influence has been removed".

Zurab Zhvania, his prime minister, was said to be a restraining influence on the president's impetuosity.

Arbatov also saw himself as a restraining influence on the Kremlin hawks.

"Now they are not able to act as a restraining influence".

In the 3-3 home draw with Basel it was noticeable that Ferdinand was failing to exert any restraining influence on the 19-year-old Phil Jones, whose nomadic energy outweighed his sense of danger.

But it remains the only country capable, in theory, of exerting any restraining influence on his erratic regime.Not that North Korea shows much evidence of restraint.

To date, conservative political activity has been chiefly devoted to erecting a strong restraining influence against liberal measures.

The president describes Mr Zhvania as his political mentor; others saw him as a rival and restraining influence on him.