Militants on both sides remain strong, and they exert much influence politically.

NGOs exert an indirect influence on Government planning priorities through their publications.

How does the Sun reach out across empty inert space and exert influence?

This is a matter for both parties the Government cannot easily exert influence in this respect.

Likewise, developing countries are concerned about any undue influence that foreign companies and Governments could exert on their domestic regulatory processes.

Governments must ensure that the messages expressed in religious discourse do not exert any influence detrimental to women on civil society.

Whether imprisoned or integrated into FARDC, former Ituri armed group leaders can still exert influence over their militias through the control of assets and loyal constituents.

Not only do such activities exert a pernicious influence on the sound growth of China's children, they also challenge the Government's efforts to stamp out such reprehensible behaviour.

It should not be construed as a licence to practise a religion, and no one religious group should be able to exert influence over the registration of other religious groups.

Though the movement's ranks have thinned somewhat, its adherents continue to exert considerable influence in Congress. It has powerful and well funded backers, including the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

In Afghanistan, the difficulty of breaking with the past should not be under estimated, especially because elements of previous regimes and armed groups continue to exert influence on the political environment.

It is important that they be encouraged to build national and international coalitions and to exert influence, through the democratic process, on policies and actions of Governments in favour of peace.

Although Osama bin Laden and his chief lieutenant, Aiman Al Zawahiri, may issue the occasional video or audio tape, their opportunity to exert any meaningful direction, as opposed to influence, is seriously limited.

Beyond its final composition, we cannot afford to ignore the fact that the new Security Council will be judged by its results and by its capacity to exert a positive influence on international realities.

In view of the above, I once again call on the Security Council to exert its maximum influence to avert a further deterioration of the situation and to ensure that the restrictions imposed on UNMEE are lifted.

Traditional and religious factors, however, exert a strong influence on gender relations in rural areas in terms of women controlling the distribution of land, its use, the distribution of profits from the sales of farm products, etc.

Thirty pilot schemes have been set up in companies and non commercial organisations, which vary in size, sector, the degree of attention paid to diversity and promotion, and the degree of influence they exert in their own sector.

The recent saffron revolution in Burma presented China with not only a challenge, but also an opportunity to exert its influence. Yet it failed the test of statesmanship once again by sitting on its hands and merely calling for restraint.

They can exert their power and change other people right?

To speak of Sarkozy as a substitute for Tony Blair in Europe would be premature and unhelpful, given Blair s inability to exert significant influence on US policy. But Sarkozy is both eager to transform France s relations with the Alliance and has a strategy to do so.

The United States and Europe have issued strong statements condemning the crackdown and calling upon Myanmar s neighbors, especially India and China, to exert their influence on the regime. The response from both has been muted (as it has from Thailand, which also has strong economic ties with Myanmar).

The woman needs the consent of the husband to exert commercial activities

ESCWA will also exert efforts to involve civil society institutions in its work.

Markets need to be developed for environmental services (particularly water protection, climate change and biodiversity), based on secure property rights in order to provide the revenue support for the provision of those services and as a more equitable way for society to exert influence over which national and global values are delivered.

and international influence.

Trading in influence

Influence and status.

The EU s legitimacy problem has two different aspects apathy, leading to a low turnout in the European parliamentary elections, and outright euro skepticism. The voter turnout problem partly reflects frustration about the present state of the EU, and also people s impression that they can exert little influence by voting one way or the other.

The increase in the supply of resources will exert some pressure on soaring steel prices.

And so the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

We can influence behavior.

They really influence people.

With regard to Iraq, since George W. Bush s presidency, the United States has strived to exert a moderating influence on Shia power, so that the country can create a more inclusive political system specifically, by passing a new law on sharing oil export revenues among the Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish communities. Unfortunately, the precise opposite happened. nbsp

With regard to Iraq, since George W. Bush s presidency, the United States has strived to exert a moderating influence on Shia power, so that the country can create a more inclusive political system specifically, by passing a new law on sharing oil export revenues among the Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish communities. Unfortunately, the precise opposite happened.

Syrian supporters counter by claiming that Mr. Hariri was assassinated by the enemies of Syria those who wanted to exert international pressure on the Syrian leadership in order to accelerate the demise of Syrian influence in Lebanon and or start a chain of reactions that would eventually force a regime change inside the Syrian Arab Republic itself.

And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?

And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?

The Provisional Institutions must exert greater efforts to convince Kosovo Serbs to participate in the process.

And it represents your influence.

Factors that influence health conditions

UNMIL deployment is complete, but, its limited mandate undermines the Mission's ability to exert authority throughout Liberia.

The influence and if you have noticed, one of my spheres of influence is biology is from a grasshopper.

And then there was another influence.

To carry out that test, Gilens and Page ran a horse race between the preferences of average voters and those of economic elites defined as individuals at the top tenth percentile of the income distribution to see which voters exert greater influence. They found that the effect of the average voter drops to insignificant levels, while that of economic elites remains substantial.

I'm fed up with the power that a few exert over the many through gender, income, race, and class.