substantial influence

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandinfluence

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The results indicated that the correction factor was not significant and had nosubstantialinfluence on the parameter estimates of other variables in the models.
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However, it cannot claimsubstantialinfluenceover the policymaking process, and its prospects for increasing its role in the future seem dim.
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Societal concerns and demands do not directly affect farmers' choices of production practices, but do exertsubstantialinfluencethrough political and economic pressures.
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Other factors considered (length of stay, perinatal risk, learning to stand at the age of 1 year), had nosubstantialinfluenceon these models.
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When 1, the resistivity effect is dominant; when 1, nonlinearity has asubstantialinfluenceupon the disturbance structure.
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These differences in natural growth patterns can havesubstantialinfluenceon the meaning of findings from prevention trials.
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It is possible that the problems associated with children's encounters with violence in their neighborhoods might have had asubstantialinfluenceon their rates of aggression in the school settings.
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The extent to which elderly people continue to rely on informal care, however, suggests that any reduction in informal care could have asubstantialinfluenceon demand for formal care.
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Redistricting has asubstantialinfluenceon parties' electoral fortunes, so the process receives extremely close attention from those potentially affected by changes to the pattern of constituency boundaries.
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Herein it is presented as having exerted asubstantialinfluenceon assuring that result.
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Shrimp size had asubstantialinfluenceon the data.
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Schools have asubstantialinfluenceas well (mentioned by 36% of females), but that influence steadily diminishes with age, suggesting that the influence of schools diminishes when adolescents leave school.
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However, the 'market' situation of high demand and low supply meant that traditional professors, particularly of natural sciences and medicine, long retained asubstantialinfluenceover appointments.
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He is the senior manager of the school; he should have the opportunity to wieldsubstantialinfluencein the selection of his colleagues.
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It is very difficult to gauge how much, but these imports will have asubstantialinfluenceon food prices in this country.
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Aid is extremely important, but the great andsubstantialinfluencefor growth in the developing countries must come from encouragement of private investment.
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I believe that this tax will have asubstantialinfluencein allaying that danger.
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Its purpose is to protect human health but thesubstantialinfluenceof the chemical industry has resulted in a proposal full of loopholes.
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The amounts involved from a commercial point of view are great, and have asubstantialinfluenceon the exchange problem, directly or indirectly.
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