The prestige of the scientist in our culture gives considerable influence to whatever he does. (religion-online.org)
The problem being, the «other side» often has the podium and other considerable influence to their advantage. (nakedpastor.com)
They generally do a good job of describing the study but they express doubts about our findings because they believe that parents, especially affluent parents, have considerable influence over special education placements. (educationnext.org)