Mr. ROMNEY: No authorities of my church will ever exert influence on presidential decisions.
In 1999, a parliamentary inquiry concluded that it could not prove that masons exert improper influence on public life.
Neither do most of the debates which will, in practice, exert a heavy influence on the outcome.
Glencore said China is reviewing its proposed merger with Xstrata with a focus on whether the combined company would exert too much influence on China's copper market.
Nor is it clear whether he will continue to exert great influence on Kosovo's nationalists.
Lobbyists argue they play a vital role in improving policy and legislation but their critics claim they are hired by companies to exert an unhealthy influence on the political process.
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Shays, McCain and their colleagues argue that as long as corporations and special interests are allowed to donate millions in soft money, the contributors will be able to exert undue influence on important pieces of legislation.
Others argue that the unrest is a simple matter of criminality, where parents failed to exert enough influence on their offspring, he adds.
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Mr Hain said the report concluded that the PUP had not done as much as it should to exert influence on the groups to end such activities.
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Even when institutional investors like pension funds try to work within the system, using their significant, long-term shareholder standing to exert influence on corporate boards, they have been turned back.
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Only by strengthening those who share one's country's norms and interests - rather than its procedures and rhetoric - can governments exert constructive influence on internal changes in other states and societies.
Nor can the new king hope to exert anything like the influence his father had on the world stage.
Once Barcelona had settled after the early goal, there was no way back for United as several changes in formation failed to produce a spark and Wayne Rooney was unable to exert any influence on events, first from the left flank and then from the centre.
They also exert a strong influence on other consumers, sharing their purchases and opinions in social circles and online.
Midfielders Gary Dicker and Elliott Bennett had found it difficult to exert their influence on the game and were harried and hustled by a faster and stronger Stoke midfield.
But Mr. Butler's relentless activism in the American case is a reminder that bondholders, employees and suppliers have the last legal word on what happens in a Chapter 11 case and can exert their will to influence the outcome.
On legislation concerning criminal law, the courts and the judiciary, they often exert great influence.
Rijkaard denied the meeting with the referee but any influence he tried to exert on match official Pierluigi Collina at Stamford Bridge did not go down well with Mourinho.
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Some observers say their influence is now on the wane, adding that this has allowed the state to exert greater control over the press.
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