Sentence examples for maintained influence from inspiring English sources

Berlusconi has been a key player in Italian politics for more than 20 years, and has maintained influence despite a conviction for tax fraud.

Qatar maintained influence with al-Nusra; however, sending an operative into Aleppo was extremely dangerous, and the three-day deadline for Padnos had passed.

Lukács renounced this heresy after residence in the Soviet Union under Stalin, but he maintained influence through literary and dramatic criticism.

Amadou Aya Sonogo, the newly promoted general, has maintained influence despite officially handing power back to civilian leadership last year, and the move this week appeared set to bolster his position.

He will also oversee the final transfer of lead responsibility for security to Afghan troops, including in the most volatile districts in the south and east where the Taliban have maintained influence if not outright control.

Even so, "insurgents maintained influence in many rural areas that serve as platforms to attack urban areas and were able to carry out attacks with roughly the same frequency as in 2012 — although these attacks tended to be in less populated areas," it said.

But is this the best way to maintain influence?

Others argue he is playing a game of "psychological jujitsu", to maintain influence over his successor.

president, Andy Stern, has been especially active in trying to maintain influence.

The U.S. position is to support Russia in maintaining influence in E. Europe.

Meanwhile, the United States did not cut off development and military aid to Honduras, in an attempt to maintain influence there.