Sentence examples for maintains influence over from inspiring English sources
The Catholic diocese, which maintains influence over many immigrant populations, holds Masses each year on Columbus Day in the explorer's honor.
Pakistan has a crucial role in the Afghan peace process because it maintains influence over several Taliban groups that are fighting inside Afghanistan against United States and NATO forces, and it has shown no inclination of loosening its leverage.
The Ministry of Health maintains influence over the health system by mandating local authorities to provide a minimum package of services (Standard Pelayanan Minimal or SPM) to their population.
Others argue he is playing a game of "psychological jujitsu", to maintain influence over his successor.
The Kurds are also seeking to maintain influence over a number of other disputed areas along their border with the rest of Iraq.
The Russian military action in Georgia, which erupted a week ago, underscored the Kremlin's determination to maintain influence over other former Soviet republics and ward off expansion of NATO, which Georgia wants to join.
Television advertisers are fighting to maintain influence over consumers who are used to receiving a range of targeted advertising responses each time they place a keyword search into Google.
Russia, which Western powers accuse of trying to destabilize Ukraine to maintain influence over its old Soviet empire, has accused Kiev's leaders of mounting a fascist coup.
In his book World Order, Dr. Kissinger observed that Iran, Russia, India and China want to keep their influence in de facto partitions of Afghanistan, while Pakistan wants to maintain influence over the Pashtun-dominated south.
For example, in some clinics departmental managers sought to maintain influence over 'their domain' and shunned an integrated approach where they perceived it to involve more work or to affect 'their area' of work.
The parliamentary action also follows weeks of anger over the recent cross-border rocket barrages from Pakistan, which has a strong interest in maintaining influence in Afghanistan.
