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In Wikipedia:
In his opinion, a powerful England was a factor for peace and a disarmed Britain would have no more influence for peace in Europe than she had in the Far East where Japan had invaded Manchuria.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The most important of these is the collapse of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 11 This was the most important avenue of U.S. influence in developing countries for the past three decades.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Then came Venezuela, Syria and Hamas, but even Belarus, supposedly a country over which Russia has the most influence,’ ’ remained silent.”
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In Simple Wikipedia:
The country had a big influence over European politics, economy, and culture.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The concern is that Libya will have a negative influence on the manner in which it will preside over the organisation.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The time has come to abandon the idea that Russia, by its actions in the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflict, had a decisive influence on Georgia’s choice to join NATO.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Greece had the most influence on the development of aesthetics in the West.
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
Britain’s influence in the world depends first and foremost on the health of her internal economy and the success of her export trade.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They conclude that Christian evangelicals are the country’s dominating political influence.
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
In Saigon, for example, the US Minister was urging that his country’s influence must be felt “not only through the gravitational pull of our aid program but in actual participation in certain controls and in accelerating certain French concessions”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Glenn Reynolds points to a good article in the IHT about the growing concern among French thinkers that their country’s influence in the EU and the world is in decline.
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In Wikipedia:
Japan) often have significant cultural influences (the relatively great importance attached to worker solidarity as opposed to shareholder rights) that result in a reluctance to shed labour in times of difficulty.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
New Zealand reggae has Mori influences.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Our mission is to restore America’s influence & position in a world, & we must use all a weDrunk Newsons in our arsenal – above all, our values.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Egypt has a major influence amongst other Arab states, and has historically played an important role as a mediator in resolving disputes between various Arab nations, and in the Israeli – Palestinian dispute.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Already, more Chinese than Americans use the Internet, and the potential growth? and China’s influence? is enormous.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
From day one of his Prime Ministerial term, Mr. Rudd has set about increasing this country’s profile / influence on the international stage.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Of course, that means that Russia will have an enormous influence on the member states of western Europe and hence, on NATO, policies.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
9 / 19 / 08: The New York Times reports that America’s legal influence is waning as the number of international courts citing U.S. case law has declined, particularly in the area of human rights.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
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