Sentence examples for make an influential from inspiring English sources

It might be grounds for a reduced sentence from a federal judge, who can choose to make an influential recommendation to the Bureau of Prisons.

Maybe he doesn't want to make an influential enemy in the incestuous policy world where he continues to work (he is the president-designate of the Brookings Institution).

If he has a chance to make an influential endorsement, possibly even to nudge Obama to victory, does he have the willpower to refrain?

You need to be in a position where you are further along than most, in order for you to make an influential impact in society.

The former Anfield man made an influential mark on his Merseyside return.

The setting of subsidy levels is a negotiation between industry and government, according to Michael Liebrich, chief executive of analysts Bloomberg New Energy Finance, who made an influential presentation to David Cameron and the world's leading energy ministers in May.

In January, 1875, he made an influential speech on the floor of the Senate calling for the withdrawal of troops and the restoration of "self-government" in the South.

Kenneth Pollack, who served on the National Security Council under President Clinton — and whose book "The Threatening Storm" made an influential case for the war in 2002 — recently led a small group at the Brookings Institution in writing a detailed report on a new strategy for Iraq.

We argue that the number of Twitter posts does not make a user influential.

His warmth, sociability, and trustworthiness, to say nothing of his unthreatening but keen intelligence, would have made him an influential senator, the kind who can make deals and make them stick.

The company's owner, Erasmo Ponce, a Mexican immigrant whose up-by-the-bootstraps story and business success have made him an influential leader among Mexicans in New York City, said he had been working with the authorities to make all the necessary corrections and improvements to his factory, which is in Bushwick.