adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an influential position
▪ It's useful if you have friends in influential positions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Advertisers are not as influential as they seem.
▪ Their contemporary, postwar work was often as influential as their prewar discoveries.
extremely
▪ Miller and Swift's Handbook is an extremely influential text; it and similar books are on all the best shelves nowadays.
▪ The limitations of party competition Schumpeter's redefinition of democracy as a method has been extremely influential.
▪ This view has been extremely influential.
highly
▪ In this respect no figure is more characteristic of the twentieth century than the highly influential economist John Maynard Keynes.
▪ Through the Pattens, Joe met many new friends, some highly influential, others merely famous.
▪ Marxist - Leninist ideas became highly influential among the intelligentsia in the 1920s and have remained so ever since.
▪ The ie has ceased to exist as a legal entity, but the family unit has remained highly influential.
increasingly
▪ However, in the second half David Beckham became increasingly influential.
▪ This viewpoint was becoming increasingly influential in Moscow.
▪ The Audit Commission has become increasingly influential over education policy.
▪ It is an increasingly influential idea in evolutionary theory, and one that will recur throughout the book.
▪ Accountants are increasingly influential in the boardrooms of large and small companies throughout the world.
▪ The Construction industry Council is becoming increasingly influential and now speaks on behalf of all industry professionals.
▪ Meanwhile the NGOs, which are increasingly influential players at global summits, are also making their preparations.
▪ Now, an increasingly influential and literate middle class was sharing in making it and in the demand for it.
less
▪ But this activity was less influential than the rumours which began to circulate about the New Poor Law.
▪ Party leaders became less influential in the choice of delegates.
▪ Forty-five per cent said that farming organisations were less influential than they were 20 years ago.
more
▪ In many societies, for example, manufacturing capital is more influential than it is in Britain.
▪ The religious conservative vote is perhaps more influential in South Carolina than in any state.
▪ His historical analysis of the problem has proved even more influential than his own philosophical attempts to respond to it.
▪ The other, still more influential, was Stoicism.
▪ How far are market forces in this area more influential in determining who gets what housing than state intervention?
▪ Hugh Gaitskell, more influential as leader of the Opposition than many prime ministers, had declared that socialism was about equality.
▪ It would also create a community in which the Orthodox were far more influential than they are today.
most
▪ Is it possible to determine who are the most influential individuals in terms of either their ideas or actions?
▪ The Slaters were one of the most influential families in Norwich history and the history of textile manufacturing in this country.
▪ Advanced classes study the classical works of the most influential writers of the Patristic, Medieval, Reformation and Modern periods.
▪ One man Ebony mentioned, but only in passing, would become one of the most influential black deejays of all time.
▪ Actually, the master criminal was carrying out his greatest coup, to murder and replace the world's most influential intelligence.
▪ Errors and Expectations was probably the most influential work of pedagogy to emerge from the world of open admissions.
▪ The works of the most influential modern writer in the genre, Robert Heinlein, are suffused with economics.
▪ Though he holds no official post, he is seen as the most influential politician in the state.
particularly
▪ Jungianism is particularly influential in woman-centred psychological theory.
▪ The scientistic rationale was particularly influential in the creation of modern economic theory.
▪ His introduction to the Hackett translation of the Theaetetus has been particularly influential.
▪ The establishment of a botanical laboratory at Buitenzorg in Java was particularly influential.
▪ The realist view of power has been particularly influential in the United States among theorists and foreign-policy practitioners alike.
▪ This shows that slope form and soil moisture status are particularly influential in determining erosion rates.
▪ The work of Dewey Within political theory the work of John Dewey has been particularly influential.
politically
▪ Getting these automated systems to work will require cooperation of the politically influential postal unions.
▪ But it also is true that neither candidate came from a wealthy, politically influential family or a powerful political machine.
so
▪ And it is their Derrida, the nihilist or joker, who has been so influential in literature departments.
▪ The book is likely to fuel some disputes about whether Morris was really so influential and instrumental as he claims.
▪ This is so ingrained and so influential, I shall have occasion to come back to it many times.
▪ Unfortunately for you, your work was so influential that you now have no secrets from posterity.
▪ By 1411 Hus had become so influential that Prague was laid under papal interdict.
very
▪ Evans-Pritchard's arguments against Freud have been very influential in anthropology and, by extension, within sociology.
▪ Lacan has been very influential, although he is an almost impenetrably obscure writer.
▪ Cybercommunities, organizing themselves rapidly in response to slow central governments will be very influential.
▪ Superman was also to prove very influential at stud.
▪ The type of subsoil upon which the foundations are built is a very influential factor.
▪ Vinny Jones - Again very influential during the promotion season, Wilko signed him as a notice of intent.
▪ In spite of their unsystematic nature they were nevertheless very influential in constructing a particular image of political woman.
▪ It is worth remembering that nursing staff can be very influential in making recommendations.
widely
▪ Blues, of course, has been widely influential, indeed formative, on the development of rock.
▪ Each achieved or produced something spectacularly new and each was widely influential, often sparking creative collaboration elsewhere.
■ NOUN
book
▪ Another influential book of the seventies, Braverman's Labour and Monopoly Capital, proved gender-blind.
▪ Maine's most influential book, Ancient Law, was first published in 1861, ten years after the Great Exhibition.
factor
▪ The type of subsoil upon which the foundations are built is a very influential factor.
▪ The timing of pay increases has clearly become an influential factor in organizations' compensation programs.
figure
▪ An influential figure in selecting Boudiaf's successor appeared to be Maj.-Gen.
▪ But administration officials and other sources now concede that Alispahic remains an influential figure with close ties to Izetbegovic.
▪ The fear remains that one of the most influential figures in this year's championship could yet lose out.
▪ Behind-the-scenes assistance came from influential figures in politics and the arts, including U. S. Sen.
▪ After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s.
▪ Former Middlesbrough boss Bruce Rioch was the influential figure behind a double promotion triumph.
figures
▪ The fear remains that one of the most influential figures in this year's championship could yet lose out.
▪ Behind-the-scenes assistance came from influential figures in politics and the arts, including U. S. Sen.
▪ After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s.
friend
▪ Ashbee and his influential friends met or corresponded almost daily to pursue their tastes.
▪ I interceded with an influential friend to gain the youth political asylum.
▪ Mr Komarek may have some influential friends, but he also faces powerful enemies.
▪ Christine Mills did not have any really influential friends but Taczek certainly did.
group
▪ The scheme was introduced by an influential group of senators and is almost certain to pass.
▪ Lewis was a leading member of an influential group of Catholic writers who flourished between the wars.
▪ We had prominent citizens and influential groups cable the Prime Minister and the provincial Premier.
man
▪ She's the daughter of a journalist, an influential man.
▪ But Adalard was not the only influential man in Charles's entourage at this time.
people
▪ The North will not get that investment if certain influential people keeping banging on about how wonderful things are.
▪ But I knew I would get strong support from a lot of influential people.
▪ Depending on how influential people were, Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting.
▪ Go to meetings and talk with influential people.
▪ He would meet many kinds of influential people.
▪ Sometimes, influential people are not the most overtly powerful.
▪ Making contacts Having access to influential people and people who can give you information is helpful.
politician
▪ An influential politician would command patronage, although one didn't like to think of it like that.
▪ Osmena, one of the most influential politicians in the national legislature.
▪ But influential politicians were still required to push the new policies.
▪ Though he holds no official post, he is seen as the most influential politician in the state.
position
▪ Many of the latest appointees to influential positions are products of Dorothy Heathcote's and my own teaching.
▪ But the influential position of giant corporations varies significantly from industry to industry.
▪ Do hearing people tend to occupy more influential positions in technology than do deaf people?
▪ Both approaches, whilst encouraging interaction between teachers and project staff, left the teacher in the less influential position.
▪ It allows Mr Yeltsin to put a reformer into this influential position.
▪ It is read by the leaders of industry and commerce, graduates in influential positions.
report
▪ They investigate specific topics, with the aid of specialist advisers, and have issued some influential reports.
role
▪ The influential role played by President Francesco Cossiga in events leading to Andreotti's resignation drew criticism from some political quarters.
▪ Personal likes and dislikes play a more influential role in international affairs than is often thought.
▪ What, for example, is the basis for the influential role doctors have been able to play in health service policies?
▪ These findings suggest that media coverage did not play an influential role in encouraging people to participate in the Detroit riot.
▪ He also kicked badly out of hand until he settled down to play a more influential role after the interval.
work
▪ It is the meaning attributed to the de-industrialisation process by the influential work of Bacon and Eltis in the mid-1970s.
▪ Errors and Expectations was probably the most influential work of pedagogy to emerge from the world of open admissions.
▪ He is wide-ranging in his interests, but his most influential work falls into two areas.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a highly influential member of Hong Kong's banking community
▪ Although she was not a professional politician, her views were influential in shaping government policy.
▪ an influential film critic
▪ an influential religious leader
▪ Galbraith was a highly influential writer on economic affairs.
▪ Her uncle is a rich and influential businessman.
▪ It is a highly influential art magazine that is widely read by dealers.
▪ Jacobson's one of the most influential people in New York.
▪ Marx was clearly the most influential of all the socialist writers.
▪ She is probably the most influential member of the finance committee.
▪ The program has gained the support of several influential businessmen.
▪ Various groups were influential in shaping public policy.