Sentence examples for reducing its influence from inspiring English sources

"For me, that says it all".Since it regained independence in 1991, Ukraine has struggled to keep on good terms with Russia even while reducing its influence.

Trump's determination to weaken Iran, which cannot be done without reducing its influence in the Middle East, and especially in Syria, could also be used as leverage to increase US support to the rebels.

Ever since Legal Aid Society lawyers went on strike in 1994, 10 months after Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani took office, the mayor has set about cutting the organization's financing and reducing its influence as the chief defender of the indigent in New York City's courts.

Georgians hope that this might lead to Russia's easing its visa requirements and reducing its influence on Georgia's own separatist statelets, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.Yet as this week's incursion into Ingushetia showed Chechen rebels are an elusive force, whether in towns, forests or mountains.

Several years ago, state legislators also weakened the section's authority, effectively reducing its influence in interagency matters related to archaeology.

The committee said: "In light of the evidence we have received, we conclude that the government have not made a convincing case for exercising the opt-out and that opting out would have significant adverse negative repercussions for the internal security of the UK and the administration of criminal justice in the UK, as well as reducing its influence over this area of EU policy".

This agreement was not accepted by the province of Buenos Aires, since it reduced its influence and power over the other provinces.

Meanwhile, there is a danger that Britain's increasingly aloof stance within the Union could marginalize it and reduce its influence.

Despite these attempts to reduce its influence, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III found it essential to the conduct of their military campaigns and sustained its power and financial autonomy.

By reducing the government's stake they hope to reduce its influence.

I'm in favour of anything that reduces its influence on the conduct of cricket, or at the very least lends itself to a uniformity of its application".