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'was an influence' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about something that had an effect on something else. For example: Her mother's advice was an influence on her decision to pursue a career in medicine.
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It was an influence in that sense".
Of course she was an influence.
I heard that Bette Davis was an influence.
Pollan was an influence on Waters.
She was an influence from that point.
Nabokov's "Pale Fire" certainly was an influence on this book.
The trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker's cool style was an influence on bossa nova.
When I met [director] Brian Helgeland, I described Mrs Kray and how she was an influence.
The Yeatsian strain in Keyes was an influence Larkin himself would struggle to resist.
I doubt I really was an influence, but I think it's the most unbelievable collection.
Evans's playing on that album was an influence on jazz pianists for years to come.
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