Sentence examples for wield decisive influence from inspiring English sources

After the election of 1993 he resumed the title king and supported an awkward coalition government, apparently hoping to wield decisive influence as the throne behind the power.

Technically the Soka Gakkai and the Komeito are independ ent but Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai, is believed also to wield decisive influence in the Komeito.

While there was recurrent conflict within the CNT between moderates and FAI activists, the atmosphere of violence and urgency in which radical activities were carried on in Spain ensured that the more extreme leaders, such as Garcia Oliver and Buenaventura Durutti, tended to wield decisive influence.

Washington wields decisive influence at the World Bank, which has nearly $15 billion in outstanding credits to India and planned to extend $3 billion more this year.

The United States still is the key player and wields decisive influence.

There is even a hint of modesty when he concedes he should have predicted before the election started that the Lib Dems would wield decisive political influence despite losing seats.

At a stroke, it has also dispelled a long-held tenet among politicians in the Philippines that the church wields decisive political influence.President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino signed the act into law in December 2012.

Great writers, Girard argues, come to grasp that our desires are less personal than we like to believe, and that others often wield a decisive influence over us just when we think we are free.

In recent years a few hardworking MEPs have wielded a decisive influence on the final shape of EU directives that ranged from chemicals and services to animal rights and working hours.

While Mr. Medvedev is clearly a Putin loyalist, Russia has never had leaders who have wielded decisive authority from the background.

Langa sees Moeketsi as a decisive influence.