Sentence examples for retained influence from inspiring English sources

Saleh's party and his followers, along with the biggest opposition bloc, Islah, Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood, still retained influence.

The meetings, particularly with the Jordanians, were delicate — the King needed to show his subjects that he retained influence over the Temple Mount.

They said the agreements showed that Mr. Obama retained influence and credibility among the allies despite his party's drubbing in the recent midterm elections and his inability so far to overcome Senate Republican objections to a revised nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

There is evidence, however, that he retained influence over Worcester even after this time, and that Leofsige perhaps acted "only as a suffragan to Wulfstan".

Æthelred appears to have retained influence during his nephew's reign: the Life of St Wilfrid relates how he summoned Coenred and made him swear to support Wilfrid in his conflict with the church hierarchy.

Even though an English prisoner, David retained influence in Scotland and Robert had his Guardianship removed by parliament and given jointly to the earls of Mar and Ross and the lord of Douglas this did not last and Robert was once again appointed Guardian by the Parliament of February 1352.

Mr Uribe retains influence in Congress.

Russia retains influence as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Outgoing president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner retains influence among the unions and social movements.

Suddenly, the European Union will seem a more attractive way of retaining influence.

Perhaps he set aside such misgivings for the sake of retaining influence with the Americans.