Sentence examples for exerting a major influence from inspiring English sources

Several evolutionary models proposed that molecular hydrogen (H2) was the primary energy source on the early Earth, exerting a major influence on the origin of life.

Furthermore, Mr. Littrell's wife, Leighanne Wallace, who was critical of the Firm, began exerting a major influence over his decisions, according to executives close to the band, incurring resentment both within and outside the group.

Beginning in the early 17th century, the Mawlawīyah (Turkish: Mevleviyah), an order of dervishes who were followers of the 13th-century Sufi mystic and poet Rūmī, were exerting a major influence on poetry.

But a subsection of the guests reflected the changing culture of the field, which somehow has become simultaneously more corporate and more cool, moving into Barnes & Noble and Borders and exerting a major influence on fashion designers (Donna Karan recently hired the comic book artist Paul Pope to design for DKNY jeans).

Thanks to the tax breaks and the favored treatment it received from Chernomyrdin during the six years when he was the prime minister of Russia (1992-98), Gazprom became a huge conglomerate, buying up a whole range of other industries (including much of the country's news media) and exerting a major influence on the country's politics.

Economics have exerted a major influence over these trends.

He still exerts a major influence on the board.

Climate variability also exerted a major influence on environmental changes.

South African trade policy has exerted a major influence on the composition and aggregate growth of trade.

Nabis, group of artists who, through their widely diverse activities, exerted a major influence on the art produced in France during the late 19th century.

Morrison was not the only black woman to exert a major influence on African American literature in the 1970s and '80s.