Sentence examples for major forces behind from inspiring English sources

One of the major forces behind the bathroom bill, and a big supporter of Dan Patrick, was Steve Hotze, a Houston physician and a longtime ultraconservative kingmaker.

Venus and Serena Williams have been major forces behind the scenes, particularly on the issue of equal prize money, but neither plays a full schedule of events anymore.

He was, however, profoundly opposed to integration within professional baseball and is thought to have been one of the major forces behind the "gentlemen's agreement" that barred black players from being signed to major league teams.

He has found that one of the major forces behind the increase in Asia's research productivity has been the extent to which universities collaborate with other institutions, both domestically and internationally.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, one of the major forces behind the establishment of Pakistan (though he died a decade before the country's founding), was a noted poet in Persian and Urdu.

The major forces behind more competitive, value-driven companies will be capital-market checks unleashed by the market for corporate control, more aggressive ownership incentives, and compensation linked to shareholder-value performance.

Bloomberg News also was a major force behind changes in journalism.

OFFICIALLY Mr. Tint Swe, 47, was a major force behind the military's formidable propaganda machine.

Stock splits were a major force behind the big increase in share counts at major companies.

Exxon is also a major force behind the Global Climate Coalition, a business lobby that opposed Kyoto.

Ruth Spencer: She was a major force behind last week's episode... but what happened?