Sentence examples for preponderant influence from inspiring English sources

In some areas the rulers appeared to be absolute, while in others elders and priests had the preponderant influence.

It remained the preponderant influence in Roman Catholic Church law until 1917, when the Code of Canon Law was adopted.

Because the Third Estate was to have twice as many deputies as the others, only voting by head would assure its preponderant influence.

Meanwhile, the internal situation had worsened, as a result of resentment over the preponderant influence of the nominees of the powerful Duke of Burgundy in the king's council.

A failure to move toward monetary union would lead only to "a preponderant influence of Germany," Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the former president of France, said in a 1997 interview in the French daily Le Monde.

With η = 0.9 Pa .s, γ = 2.71 × 10 − 2 N/m and L = 150 μ m, we find Oh ≅ 221, which indicates a preponderant influence of the viscosity in the leveling phenomenon.

His failure to learn Swedish increased his difficulties, yet his experience, his knowledge, and his magnetic personal charm gave him preponderant political influence.

Because of the preponderant musical influence of artists such as Talking Heads, Blondie, Madonna, The Police and Eurythmics, whom producers Timbaland and Danja listened to during the writing of the album, "Promiscuous" takes inspiration from pop music of the 1980s.

Now the question is whether Myanmar is on its way to becoming a democracy in which the military retain some influence and privileges but are no longer preponderant, or whether it is going be a state in which the army remains on top behind a democratic facade – perhaps thanks to a narrow Burman ideology.

Stalin, however, consented readily to Churchill's provisional suggestion for zones of influence in southeastern Europe: the U.S.S.R. should be preponderant in Romania and in Bulgaria, the western powers in Greece, and western and Soviet influences should counterbalance one another evenly in Yugoslavia and in Hungary.

However, dominance and kinship are two preponderant components of macaque societies, and the extent to which they influence these tolerant relationships in the wild is still unknown.