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

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

Local governments make or exert influence on decisions and investments regarding road, transportation and transit systems.

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.

Politically driven hidden agendas and shifting ideologies to exert coercive influence on recipients must end they serve only to punish the poor.

Where formal charges are unavoidable and the offender is convicted, there are now more possibilities for the judge to exert a reforming influence on young offenders.

The review arrangements may apply to operations whose sole consequence is to enable an enterprise or group of enterprises to exert influence on one or more enterprises.

Capacity building also appears to be the best way in which UNHCR can exert significant influence over asylum laws and practices.

ICRC has been actively endeavouring for many years to exert such influence with regard to the rules of international humanitarian law.

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.

Yet, this difference between the Internet and other means of communication is rather technical in nature, and does not exert a decisive influence on the meaning and substance of the freedom of expression.

If the intention of the contributor is to exert undue influence on a political party or candidate, the offence of bribery can be used in the absence of specific laws regarding such contributions.

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.

New regulations with regard to quality control that have been adopted by the main importing countries such as the United States and the EU will exert a strong influence on the fish processing industry.

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.

Don't exert yourself. Be quiet.

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.

I'm coughing, I mustn't exert myself.

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

National economic development can exert pressure on territory still in the hands of indigenous people.

They have come to occupy centre stage in our daily lives and in the conduct of external relations with other States. Accordingly, our foreign policy is guided by human rights considerations indicating the kind of influence we wish to exert on the global arena.

They're a bad influence on a man.

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.

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

He has a profound influence on his people.

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).

However, it has repeatedly been shown in practice that governments and international or non governmental organizations can exert influence on such groups and persuade them to acknowledge that they have to respect certain obligations of a humanitarian nature so as to safeguard and protect the population under their control.

The teacher has a great influence on his pupils.

Many TV programs have a bad influence on children.

His influence on the world stage was almost immediate.

Influence on the work of other United Nations bodies

They can exert their power and change other people right?