Sentence examples for the tool of influence from inspiring English sources

In today's Russia, energy is itself the tool of influence.

Namely, that when it comes to the tools of influence, more may not always be better.

The tools of influence, such as authority (seen in the opening line), social proof (second line), and scarcity (third line), have been used to persuade consumers since Edward Bernays launched the public relations industry during the first World War.

Jobs aren't the only tool of influence that can be brought to bear on behalf of the F-35.

What is very clear, though, is that aid is still more a tool of influence (the British Council is effectively a propaganda outlet, though this fact doesn't seem to bother Moscow's many Anglophiles) than genuine philanthropy and the shifting of resources seems to have little to do with the actual needs of its recipients.

Its main tool of influence is the ISI, which is feared by politicians and public alike.

Mr Kerry said the "misperception" that America was disengaging appeared to be based on the "simplistic assumption that our only tool of influence is our military, and that if we don't have a huge troop presence somewhere or we aren't brandishing an immediate threat of force, we are somehow absent from the arena".

Misperceptions may be based "on the simplistic assumption that our only tool of influence is our military and that if we don't have a huge troop presence somewhere or we aren't brandishing an immediate threat of force, we are somehow absent from the arena," he said.

This point that technology itself is not the corruptive influence, only the tool of crooked Silicon Valley monopolies becomes clear in the movie's ending, which diverges abruptly from Eggers's much bleaker denouement.

Mindful of this, and the objective of using eventual European Union membership for Bosnia as the new tool of international influence, Mr. Ashdown has made strengthening the rule of law and attacking organized crime his priorities.

In pushing for high military budgets, the arms lobby has impressive tools of influence at its disposal.