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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

This is Islam's influence on Hinduism and Judaism.

Such magazines have a great influence on children.

3.1 Influence of women's organizations on mainstream policies

The teacher has a great influence on his pupils.

Many TV programs have a bad influence on children.

They can exert their power and change other people right?

It's how does the drug exert its effects on your body, how powerful is this drug, how potent is it?

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.

The Commission on Human Rights is becoming an instrument to exert political pressure on sovereign States through the manipulation of the human rights agenda.

Do you think our climate has an influence on our character?

Short of this, the clean up effort will exert a lot of pressure on the resources of the East African Coastal States.

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

(a) the climate of the region, and its influence on rainfall patterns

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

Civil society could also be more active and, for example, exert pressure on the Caterpillar corporation to stop providing bulldozers to the Israeli army.

(b) rainfall patterns, and their influence on surface hydrology, and related hydro geology

Provoked the sprouting of dislocated environment, mainly women who, in turn, exert a high demographic pressure on the natural resources in the immigration small farms.

and international influence.

Trading in influence

Influence and status.

Because they found that loss aversion is a more powerful influence on people's behavior.