Sentence examples for expanding their influence from inspiring English sources

"The emphasis is on expanding their influence through the economy," he said.

The Blue Jays are also interested in expanding their influence in Latin America.

Isis and al-Qaeda-type groups that are little different from it, such as Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar ash-Sham in Syria, are expanding their influence at an extraordinary rate in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.

"The presence of extremist organizations in Libya, and expanding their influence, is a concern not only of the U.S. but certainly of the regional states, as well," he said.

"We need money from the international community to unite the rebels and stop well-funded Islamists from expanding their influence," he says.The FSA groups, who say they have about 50,000 fighters against a largely conscript government force of around 280,000, are only loosely linked.

Sheila Coronel of the PCIJ cites the story of Ramon Durano, the head of a political clan from Cebu, who delighted in observing that all 12 of Jesus's apostles were his cousins, save Judas, who betrayed him.Since political clans have few goals beyond preserving and expanding their influence, they have little interest in policy-making.

Expanding their influence-peddling efforts beyond executive offices, like president and governor, and legislative offices, like Congress and state legislatures, well-heeled special interests have become a dominant force in crucial state judicial races.

"They taught Islam with the intent to expand their influence.

What most subcultures want, after all, is to expand their influence while retaining their identity.

But longer term, conservatives like Feliciano feel they are well placed to expand their influence.

Terrorists are exploiting the phenomenon of the criminalisation of the state to expand their influence.