Sentences with phrase «influence held over»

In particular, consideration should be given to whether responsibility is held at an individual level or shared within a team; to the level of influence held over the content of IPCC products.

In the conversations, he bragged about the power and influence he holds over Italian soccer's governing body and trumped - up his role in securing a recent television contract for the league.

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Kupchan said the Kremlin may once have held influence over Assad, when there was a chance he could lose the ongoing civil war.

Fox first announced its 10.75 pound per share offer in December 2016 but the deal has been held up concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well a clutch of UK newspapers.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as...

The larger issue is that it's now possible to hold a serious, legitimate debate on whether these two sites wield excessive influence over hundreds of millions — or perhaps billions — of people worldwide.

«Another ESPN insider also said that Magic was «privately seething over the Wilbon thing and in general did not like that Simmons held all the power and influence.»

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as...

In top - down team structures, the leader holds more influence than others over the eventual decision.

The deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

Though The Simpsons began as a funhouse mirror held up to everyday America — the doofus dad and mischievous son, the loving mom and brainy daughter, the nerdy neighbour — over the years the show has gone from reflecting culture to influencing it.

The NRA holds massive influence over U.S. politics.

In a statement provided to NBC News, AMI appeared to dismiss the report: «The New Yorker and Ronan Farrow's suggestion that AMI engages in any practice that would allow it to hold influence over the President of the United States is laughable.»

Ultimately, underlying business performance is almost certain to hold a major influence over a corresponding stock's long - term performance.

Although the modern trucking industry has existed for over a century it is still younger than the railroad, which still holds tremendous influence over transportation policy today.

The Fox - Sky deal has been held up by concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well as British newspapers including The Times and The Sun.

Even worse, separate primary elections are held in each state over six months, meaning states that vote early have far greater influence over the outcome as underperforming candidates drop out

Coupled with Russia's failure to establish a religiously and ideologically «neutral» public space in 1990s, this indicates that Christian religious ideals still hold strong influence over Russian culture.

Close study shows it to match other Scriptures that picture the ascending Jesus declaring his victory over Satan to fallen angels who once influenced the world to sin, but who now are being held in spirit - prison as they wait for their day of judgment.

He would provide a profile of the early Church which was «a religious communion claiming a divine commission, and holding all other religious bodies around it heretical or infidel, a sort of secret society binding its members together by influence and engagement, spread over the whole world, a natural enemy to governments, intolerant and capable of dividing families and breaking laws.

Who is the Philosopher Who Holds So Much Influence Over Pope Francis?

Today, he feels that America is growing more extreme in its dogma, which is «holding a growing influence over American politics.»

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In some churches, where the minister has traditionally been a strong, dominant figure with significant power and influence over all decisions affecting the church, many men feel extremely threatened by a woman holding that degree of power and influence over church life.

How Can Wine Producers Cater to the Tastes of Millennials Though research shows that the over 55's hold 80 % of the UK's wealth, there is no denying the influence that millennials have and this industry - shaping authority will only continue to grow...

Burgess also holds that fathers who interact with their children have more influence over their children's lives than fathers who do not spend as much time with them.

And if anything has held true about baby naming trends over the past several decades, Hollywood's movies and actors often have a big influence.

Some people believe that the meaning of a child's name can hold influence over their personality and character when they are older.

The single most important event to influence Kenya's political landscape over the next five years will be the general election to be held on 4 March 2013.

Iran's growing influence in the region, control over proxy governments in Syria and Lebanon, hold over parts of Iraqi politics and involvement in the civil war in Yemen has led to the strange bedfellows of Israel and Saudi Arabia finding common ground in counteracting Iranian influence.

Because the selection will the made by the full Legislature, the overwhelming Democratic majority in the 150 - seat Assembly has far more influence over the process than the 63 - seat state Senate, where Republicans hold a bare majority along with Brooklyn's Sen. Simcha Felder.

Flanagan, who took over the top Senate post from the indicted Dean Skelos in the spring and began worrying that an «open» Staten Island seat would be won by Democrats, convinced the popular Lanza to stay out of the DA's race with promises of added power and influence, undermining the GOP's chance of recapturing the seat that had been held by Republican Daniel Donovan Jr., elected to Congress in May, a GOP insider said.

As a result, far more rural people have run for elective office or held an elective office or know someone who has done so, and rural people have far more influence in a direct democracy manner over their local governments than people in urban areas.

This necessitates that members sign their names to their ballots in the convention — and several anti-Wright sources worried to the Observer that this could influence their vote, as a number either hold jobs at the city Board of Elections that the county machine has influence over, or have relatives who do.

«Cynthia is running to be a governor for the people, not for the billionaires and corporations who have held influence over New York's Democratic establishment for far too long.»

Speaking to reporters at City Hall just before he leaves on a family vacation, de Blasio said he believes the Democratic governor holds substantial influence over the Republican - led Senate's leadership, which led to several measures the mayor had been pushing for during the recent legislative session being watered down.

Silver held onto his Lower Manhattan seat for four decades and wielded enormous influence over his district.

The lines of connection between Cuomo and the people who have filled the top staff position at JCOPE have led to repeated criticism that the governor holds excessive influence over the ostensibly independent ethics panel — a charge the administration has repeatedly denied.

The Manhattan Democratic Party is badly fractured, and the chairman holds influence over just a handful of seats, procedures and appointments.

Today, the moon's hold over us is usually masked by the influence of electrical lighting and other aspects of modern life.

Marketers understand the power that kids hold; the «nag factor» has considerable influence over what their parents buy.

Of course, it is late 18th century England, and Jane's parents hold a high degree of influence over the matrimonial choices of their children.

Yet in confronting his students, he himself becomes entranced by the woman, and his life begins to spiral out of control as her influence exerts its hold over him.

As I suggested in my previous report, it seems unreasonable to hold schools accountable for influencing something over which evidence suggests neither the family environment nor schools has any meaningful influence.

Today, White folks still hold tremendous influence over the NAACP, but now much of it is through the support of labor unions --

Today, White folks still hold tremendous influence over the NAACP, but now much of it is through the support of labor unions — 70 percent of whose members are White.

Students also make up the majority of a school's population and can easily hold the most influence over the climate.

If Benefit In Kind and VED hold huge influence over your purchase (or company car acquisition) choices, the C350e will be the C - class for you, given it emits as little as 48g / km.

The driver can use the «Hold» and «Charge» functions in the MMI user interface to specifically influence the battery's charge state, e.g. to increase storage of electric energy so that it can be used over the final kilometers to the destination.

Conclusion The credit bureaus may seem able to exert a great deal of influence over many aspects of life, but you are entitled to check that the information they hold on you is correct, and to take steps to have any inaccuracies removed.